NEW PROFESSIONAL TUTORS

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NEW PROFESSIONAL TUTORS

• Hayley Hill

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NEW PROFESSIONAL TUTORS

• THE STANDARDS
• Professional Attributes
• Professional Knowledge and Understanding
• Professional Skills

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• THE STANDARDS
• A key responsibility as a Professional Tutor is
  ensuring that the trainee is able to meet the
  Standards.

• What do you currently do to evidence standards in
  your school?
• List your ideas
• Share with your neighbour

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• THE STANDARDS
• A key responsibility as a Professional Tutor
  is ensuring that the trainee is able to meet the
  Standards
• AND
• knowing where to evidence this in school

• Select 3 professional standards
• What experiences are provided in school to
  achieve this standard?
• What evidence could the trainee collect?

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Supporting ITTs is a whole School and
department responsibility
How would you rate your practice?
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• THE STANDARDS
• Key Points
• Understand expectations of the standards
• (Guidance to accompany the Professional
  Standards for QTS and Requirements for Initial
  teacher training -0845 6060 323 ref TDA0497)
• Then...
• Be aware of where experiences can be offered/
  gained within departments and across the school
  to support ITTs
• And.....
• Consider types of evidence to demonstrate
  engagement with professional activities

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Examples of activities to achieve QTS against
Professional Standards for Teachers
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Examples of activities to achieve QTS against
Professional Standards for Teachers
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• THE STANDARDS
• Key Questions
• Who else is involved in supporting ITTs in
  school?
• What other programmes are in place in school to
  support ITTs?
• What other school/department activities do ITTs
  participate in?

• THEN........
• What are your expectations for ITTs engaging with
  these activities and people?
• What are your expectations for all colleagues
  involved in supporting ITTs?

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a) Involve head teacher-interview skills session,
b) keep line managers informed of supporting
colleagues, c) ask for mentoring to be a
performance management objective
a) what they look like, b) quality evidence, c)
how to make progress against standards, d) what
outstanding progress looks like, e) regular
meetings focusing on progress
a) Expect mentors to keep other colleagues
informed of inform of ITT updates/objectives, b)
establish Training Departments, c) encourage
joint observation with HODs
a) Joint observation between mentors and PT, b)
joint mentor meetings, c) programmes for new
mentors
a) Reflect on progress against standards, b)
review portfolios as a group, c) interpret the
standards as a group
a) Evidence all CPD programmes, b) inform
facilitators of the standards they are supporting
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• Establishing a Training Department/Team
• Key Thoughts
• Does the trainees timetable mean that they only
  work with their mentor?
• Does the trainee have opportunities to liaise
  with other colleagues in a team or school?
• If you a mentor is absent who else will support
  them?
• A Training Department will
• (a) Have a collective responsibility and
  commitment to support early career teachers
• (b) Support one or more trainee teacher
• (c) Allocate a designated mentor to support the
  trainee
• (d) Allocate a buddy mentor to support the
  designated mentor and trainee teacher
• (e) Provide all colleagues in the department
  opportunities to work and support the trainee
• (f) Provide a rich variety of learning
  opportunities
• (g) Work collaboratively with the Training Team
• (h) Support the schools and university training
  programmes
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Do you have other opportunities that not
only.....
support development of professional skills?
...provide evidence for Q standards?
...but also support learning Teaching?
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Supporting progress against the standards

• How would you know that a trainee is struggling?
• What would you put in place?

What would you expect of a good trainee? (in and
around school)
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• Having attended PT training how do you now view
  your role?
• What do you need to do as a consequence of today?
  E.g. 3 action points
• Universities
• Hayley Hill
• hayleymartin14_at_btinternet.com