4 November 2015. Purpose To give an overview of how the Foundation is continuing to support professionalism in the sector with a focus on: Initial teacher.

4 November 2015

PurposeTo give an overview of how the Foundation is continuing to support professionalism in the sector with a focus on:

Initial teacher education The role of the Society for Education and

Training Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS)

• Our goal is to help teachers and trainers develop and improve their skills to enhance their own professional standing and that of the sector.

• We are guided in this by the Professional Standards.• By promoting dual professionalism and teaching

expertise, we seek to raise the quality and outcomes of further education for learners, and through this increase its impact on employers and the economy.

What do we mean by professionalism?

• To support the standards, we commissioned ‘How to guides’– University of Huddersfield and Wolverhampton guides are both ITE focused

• A stand alone workbook and self assessment pack for practitioners is already available. Similar workbooks for HR / Quality managers and Leaders are forthcoming

• Professionalism symposium and seminar series in early summer 2016.

Growing professionalism and status in the sector

Level 5 teacher training modules – developed to support those teaching GCSE resits in maths and English. Already unitised by Ascentis and being embedded in HEI DETs

Revisit DET Guidance in an ITE working forum – a sector led approach

FE Advice service dealing with 500 queries a month

Developments in Initial Teacher Education

• Professional membership body for teachers, trainers and assessors working in education and training system

• Builds and promotes professionalism and status, ensuring better recognition for expertise and experience

• Opportunities for professional development, sharing and building knowledge and evidence-based practice

• Launched May 2015 following extensive consultation• 12,500 members and rising

Society for Education and Training

Society for Education and Training• Hosted by ETF – share same goal of raising standard

of teaching and training in FE & Skills sector• But SET driven by member requirements for support

to help their professional development• Opportunities to provide expert practitioner input to

new ETF CPD initiatives• Newly established Practitioner Advisory Group for

members to advise future development of benefits• Currently recruiting Management Board to develop

and approve strategy and policies

Society for Education and Training• Face-to-face regional CPD events and topical

monthly webinars• Improved quarterly journal InTuition, monthly

InTuition Extra and website learning content• Discounted access to wide range of ETF CPD

courses• Vehicle for practitioner research and academic

articles• Online communities of practice

Over 16,000 practitioners have gained QTLS since 2008

SET continues to offer QTLS: 3 cycles per year, with next opportunity to register from 1 December to 29 January 2016

1800 applications in 2015 with a 90% success rate

Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS)

From survey of members who had achieved QTLS in 2013 and 2014:• 80% of respondents considered that the

process has improved their teaching practice• 84% considered the process had increased

their confidence in their teaching practiceStakeholder interviews suggest a need to improve the rigour and to increase parity with QTS

QTLS Impact Study 2015

Phase 1: from 1 August 2015• 2014 professional standards explicitly

integrated into the Professional Formation on-line workbook from 1 September 2015.

• Closer alignment of QTLS with DET: Pilot of QTLS with 45 premium graduates who achieved DET in June 2015

• Guidance developed for Headteachers

QTLS: On-going development

Phase 2: from October 2015• Technical review of Reflect • Further consultation with SET Fellows,

QTLS reviewers and moderators and stakeholders in October/November to inform on-going developments to improve the quality and standing of QTLS

QTLS: On-going development

1. Strengthening of:• the eligibility criteria• the application process• the review and moderation process2. CPD opportunities• for applicants, eg updating English and maths

skills, • for QTLS supporters, eg on-line mentoring

programme

Summary of proposed steps to reform QTLS

The Education and Training Foundation

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Society for Education and Traininghttps://set.et-foundation.co.uk

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