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Induction 2014
Introduction for:
NQTs and SBMs
Chris Cherry
EAS Senior Challenge Adviser
Approriate Body Induction Co-ordinator
Lorraine Hunter
Professional Programme Coordinator
Purpose of Induction (NQT) Year
Provide additional support to teachers in the
first year of their career
Ensure that every teacher meets a minimum
professional standard by the end of that year
Overview of the
Induction Year
Agenda
• Purpose of Induction
• Statutory requirements
– Timescales (Sessions / Terms / Eligibility)
– Funding
– Release time
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Key Responsibilities
Practising Teacher Standards
Outline of GTCW Processes
Outline of Induction Profile Processes
Guidance Handbook
The MEP
Induction Year (Revised 1st September 2012)
• Statutory requirement for newly qualified teachers in
Wales who gain qualified teacher status after 1st April
2003.
• Usually over 3 full terms or the equivalent
• Flexibility to work part time / take breaks
• Work on a short term supply basis (STS)
• In order for a period of employment to count towards
statutory Induction, a newly qualified teacher must:
– have qualified teacher status (QTS);
– must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) and;
– must be employed in a maintained school or non-maintained special school;
Outline of Induction Year – Detail Later
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3 school terms if on a full time contract
380 sessions (190 days) for P/T, temporary or STS
For supply teachers ALL sessions can be accrued
Assessed against Practicing Teacher Standard (PTS)
Required to reference evidence in an ‘Induction Profile’, but not
mandatory to collate in a portfolio
• Support carried out through partnership between:
– School
– “Appropriate body” (LA) – management delegated to EAS
– External Mentor (teacher appointed by Welsh Government (WG) & allocated
by GTCW)
• An optional Masters in Educational Practice (MEP) running
concurrently and extending into year 2 and 3 of career
Overview of Induction Year
• Programme of professional development activities designed
to support the start of your career as a teacher
• Set objectives arising from reflection on your practice during
Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
• These will evolve as the Induction period continues in
meetings with School Based Mentor
• Aim - meet “Practising Teacher Standard” (PTS)
• Induction Profile – Describes how you meet the PTS
• This and professional dialogue assist the Headteacher and the
External Mentor in reporting on progress and deciding
whether to recommend that you have met the PTS
NQT - Key Responsibilities
• Make Career Entry Profile (CEP) available to the school and work with
School Based Mentor to use CEP and Practising Teacher Standards as a
basis for setting professional development objectives and action planning;
• Take an active part in planning “your” Induction programme, identifying
and reviewing objectives;
• Engage fully in the programme of monitoring, support and assessment,
taking increasing responsibility for their professional development;
• Know and understand the elements of the Practising Teacher Standards,
monitor their own progress and collect evidence for use in formal
assessment;
• Record progress using the ‘Induction Profile’
• Raise any concerns about the Induction programme, initially using the
schools’ internal procedures, but with the Induction Co-ordinator at the
EAS if necessary.
School - Key Responsibilities
• Allocate a School Based Mentor to help provide support for each NQT
• Work with the NQT, using the CEP and as a basis for setting professional
development objectives and action planning in order to meet the
Practising Teacher Standard;
• Plan an Induction programme, identifying and reviewing objectives;
• Provide statutory release time from teaching commitments;
• Arrange a programme of support and monitoring;
• Monitor progress towards meeting Professional Teacher Standard,
advising the NQT on evidence to collect;
• If necessary raise any concerns about an NQT’s progress with the local
authority, at the earliest opportunity, so that additional support may be
provided.
• Liaise with the External Mentor.
Local Authority (EAS) - Key Responsibilities
• Liaise with the External Mentor (EM), appointed by GTCW in
order to provide support AND assess progress
• Work with the EMs to quality assure the support given by
schools
• If necessary discuss any concerns about an NQT’s progress
with the school and NQT, so that additional support may be
provided
• Liaise with the EM and moderate their work
• Administration of progress documentation
• Making FINAL decision on recommendation of school and EM
on Pass / Fail / Extension
Funding and its use
• Funding document aimed at schools, not NQTs
• £2,100 per NQT
• To fund:
– additional 10% - (10% of 90% = 9%) - non-contact
time
– Cost of training courses
– Supply cover
Support time
• Additional 10% time over normal teaching time
• In addition to PPA time
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regularly timetabled
in blocks
time to attend specific courses
to view excellent practice elsewhere
time to attend training in school or support meetings with
your school based mentor / external mentor
Limits to use of the funding
• All teachers undertaking Induction will be
expected to focus their professional
development activities on the following core
priorities:
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Literacy
Numeracy
Reducing the impact of poverty on attainment
Additional Learning Needs
Behaviour management
Reflective practice
Knowledge of and rates of progress of pupil minority
groups
GTCW Role
GTCW Role in Induction
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Allocation of external mentor (EM)
Maintaining a register of completed Terms / Sessions
Maintaining register of supply sessions for STS
Facilitate online record of statutory induction
Distributing funding to schools
Issuing NQT certificate upon completion
Acting as an ‘Appeals’ body
Guidance from GTCW
http://www.gtcw.org.uk/
Cymraeg:
http://www.gtcw.org.uk/gtcw/index.php/cy/prof
essional-development
English:
http://www.gtcw.org.uk/gtcw/index.php/en/pro
fessional-development
SCHOOL ACTION – Send to GTCW
Title
Sent to Competed /
Sent by
When
Induction/MEP Notification
Form
GTCW
School
Within 10 working days of
commencement of
induction
Induction Funding Claim Form
GTCW
School
At end of each calendar
term. Date stipulated by
GTCW in direct
correspondence with
each school.
Step 1
Step 5
Guidance on GTCW Processes
Full details in this document:
The Induction
Profile
OVERVIEW
Induction Profile
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Used to manage the induction process
Plan objectives and describe support to be provided
Describe progress
Tool to provide pointers to evidence that you are
meeting each of the Practising Teacher Standards
GTCW Online Facility
• A new GTCW Online Induction Profile and External Mentor
Record facility has been introduced for NQTs starting
induction from September 2014. All documentation
contained in the Induction Profile and the External Mentor
Record will be completed and stored securely online
meaning that all relevant parties will have instant access to
the documentation and there will no longer be a
requirement to e-mail the documentation to relevant
parities, including the Appropriate Body.
• Further information about this facility is available via the
Induction, MEP and EPD section of GTCW’s website.
SCHOOL ACTION – upload to GTCW
Sent to Competed / Sent
by
Section
Title
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Personal Details
EAS
SBM with NQT
Within 3 weeks of start of
induction
2:Part A
Induction
Priorities: Planning
EAS
SBM with NQT
Within 3 weeks of start of
induction
2:Part B
Induction
Priorities: Progress
Review
EAS
SBM with NQT (and EM
when appointed)
Termly
OR after 140 / 270 / 380 Sessions
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Evidence of
meeting PTS
EAS
NQT (supervised by
SBM and EM)
With above – as a work in
progress
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Record of
Induction Period
NQT – signed by
schools
After each period of employment
GTCW
When
EAS Website
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Access to further
Professional
Learning
Opportunities
EAS Website –
NQT Section
http://www.sewales.org.uk
EAS NQT Programme
• http://www.sewaleseas.org.uk
• Courses specifically for NQTs
• Courses for other teachers that may also be
suitable for NQTs
Masters In
Educational
Practice
http://walesmep.ac.uk/cym/
http://walesmep.ac.uk/eng/
Contact Details
Contact Details
Area
Who to
Contact
Contact Details
All ADMINISTRATIVE QUERIES,
requests for and submission of
documentation
Business
Support
[email protected]
01633 415478 (Llanwern Office)
Concerns about INDUCTION
PROGRAMME or Individual NQT Chris Cherry
MEP and MENTOR
MANAGEMENT / NQT-EM
Allocation
[email protected]
07944 235270
Lorraine Hunter [email protected]
07904644994