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Overview of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) arrangements in the UK

Overview of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) arrangements in the UK. Alice Hansen Children Count Ltd. England. Wales. Northern Ireland. Scotland. England. Routes into teaching. Wales. Undergraduate Postgraduate. Northern Ireland. Scotland. England. UG routes into teaching. Wales.

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Overview of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) arrangements in the UK

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  1. Overview of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) arrangements in the UK Alice Hansen Children Count Ltd

  2. England Wales NorthernIreland Scotland

  3. England Routes into teaching Wales • Undergraduate • Postgraduate NorthernIreland Scotland

  4. England UG routes into teaching Wales • Bachelor of Education (BEd) • Bachelor of Arts (BA) • Bachelor of Science (BSc) • 3- or 4-year undergraduate programmes • Studied concurrently with a teacher training element (e.g. Qualified Teacher Status) NorthernIreland Scotland

  5. England PG routes into teaching Wales • PGCE courses are available at: • universities and colleges throughout the UK • in a school • School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) • Teach First • School Direct Training Programme • Between one and two years long NorthernIreland Scotland

  6. England Current challenges Wales • Rising demand for teachers • Teacher training places • Application processes • Promotion and marketing Universities UK Parliamentary Briefing , Initial Teacher Training Nov 2013 NorthernIreland Scotland

  7. England Rising demand for teachers Wales • National audit office: • Extra 256,000 school places will be needed by 2014–15 • Demand for teachers could increase by 14,000 between now and 2014. NorthernIreland Scotland

  8. England Rising demand for teachers Wales • Recruitment to ITT has fallen: • government allocated 9,580 to the School Direct route but just 6,370 places were taken up (66% of allocation) • 560 postgraduate ITT places for secondary physics were filled against an overall target of 990 (66% of allocation) • 550 places short of the maths target (88% of physics) • 91% of allocation of UG and PG to universities was filled NorthernIreland Scotland

  9. England Teacher training places Wales NorthernIreland Scotland

  10. England Application processes Wales • Many School Direct partnerships did not consider applications made after the school term had concluded (15 July 2013) • Some universities received significant proportions of applications to key subjects after July 15th but could not interview because they had reached set targets NorthernIreland Scotland

  11. England Promotion and marketing Wales • Government criticised for advertising only one route: School Direct NorthernIreland Scotland

  12. England Current opportunities Wales • Raised awareness of teaching as a profession • Closer than ever liaison between universities and schools, with universities often taking the lead for ‘core’ training NorthernIreland Scotland

  13. England Current opportunities Wales • Continuing professional development opportunities for newly qualified teachers • Mathematics Specialist Teacher (MaST) Programme for primary teachers • Subject knowledge including progression through the primary school • Pedagogy • Collaborative working with colleagues NorthernIreland Scotland

  14. England MaST programme Wales • Evaluation: • Positive impact on pupils’ attitudes in school • Better than expected gains of pupils’ attainment • More frequent professional development activities happening in schools • MaSTs are being used in other schools to support mathematics National Foundation for Educational Research Evaluation of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher (MaST) programme Training June 2013 NorthernIreland Scotland

  15. England References Wales • Universities UK Briefing Documents can be found at: • http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2013/InitialTeacherTraining-Nov2013.pdf • http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2013/BriefingInitialTeacherTraining.pdf • The MaST programme evaluation can be found at: • http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/publications/PMSZ01/PMSZ01.pdf NorthernIreland Scotland

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