Dr Gary N Chambers [email protected] School of Education.

Dr Gary N Chambers

[email protected]

School of Education

Our ITE provision:

-Primary

-Secondary

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2012-13 The Cluster Pilot

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2012-14 Transition to School Direct Clusters

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The challenges faced to date:

• Converting Primary Schools to School Direct – the expectation of employment

However– cluster model is growing

– most Primary Clusters are applying for School

Direct 2014-15

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The challenges faced to date:

• The free market – the money issue

However - Growing emphasis on ‘the moral imperative’

- Developing relationships with Teaching Schools

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The challenges faced to date:• Breakdown of

– Sense of collaborative work with other HEIsHowever – good work with APTE continues

– Sense of collaborative work with the TA (as was)

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The challenges faced to date:

• Sense that NCTL is working against HEIs

• Possible loss of schools long established in the Partnership

However – attempts to minimise this with strategic use of core numbers

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The challenges faced to date:

• Embedding agreed systems re: recruitment However - success of review meetings

• Running two different models in parallel

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The challenges faced to date:• Increasing the number of School Direct schools in the

Partnership.

How?Partnership Development Co-ordinatorsHuge investment of resourceIncrease in subjects on offer

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Our intention:• to remain a major ITE provider in the region

• a continue to offer a distinctive , high quality product

Thank you for listening

Dr Gary N Chambers

[email protected]

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