Teacher training

The latest news and analysis on how teachers are trained, including initial teacher training (ITT) – or initial teacher education (ITE) in Scotland – and the early career framework (ECF)

Friday

7th Oct 2022

Need to know: Teacher pay, strikes and ‘appalling’ comments
Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including the government’s stance on teacher pay, a strike ultimatum and the education secretary’s controversial speech
Need to know: Teacher pay, strikes and ‘appalling’ comments
Teacher trainee shortage fears as ITT cold spots revealed
Exclusive: Government faces fresh calls for a ‘pragmatic and realistic approach’ to tackling teacher training cold spots created by its controversial ITT provider shake-up
Teacher training: Fears over ITT 'cold spots' across the country

Tuesday

4th Oct 2022

Gullis: Minister wants to ‘explore’ teaching apprenticeships
School standards minister Jonathan Gullis says he would be open to looking at undergraduate teaching apprenticeships amid recruitment ‘challenges’
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Friday

30th Sep 2022

Need to know: GCSE plans, teacher shortages, behaviour
Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including the DfE and Ofqual’s plans for GCSE and A-level exams, the shortfall in teacher trainees and tips to tackle low-level disruption in your classroom
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Where new teachers in Scotland can go to hone their skills
There are plenty of opportunities to ensure that your professional learning does not stop after you qualify as a teacher, explains Colin McGill
Where new teachers in Scotland can go to hone their skills

Thursday

29th Sep 2022

Teacher training cold spot task force unveiled
The government says the new ITT steering group will work with the sector on ‘next steps’, after fears that its culling of providers would lead to regional ‘cold spots’
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DfE reveals approved teacher training providers
DfE publishes full list of organisations accredited to offer teacher training courses from 2024 following its shake-up of the sector
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ITT shake-up: Universities could launch legal action against DfE
The government’s reaccreditation of teacher training providers was ‘unnecessary and flawed’, says higher education leader
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Wednesday

28th Sep 2022

DfE shake-up to shrink teacher training market by 25%
Exclusive: A total of 179 providers have now been approved to offer courses following the DfE shake-up of the sector, ÌÇÐÄVlog has learned
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Monday

26th Sep 2022

Secondary teacher trainees 40% below government target
Physics, computing, English and biology are facing particular problems, new data shows
Secondary teacher trainees 40% below government target
Why we need two-year ITT courses
Teacher training courses are so short that trainees only have enough time to learn how to survive in the profession – and no more, says Professor Geraint Jones
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Friday

16th Sep 2022

Could six weeks in Prague fix the teacher recruitment crisis?
From Rome to Prague, a small number of SCITTs believe the chance to teach overseas during ITT could lure more new teaching recruits – and bring benefits to the schools they work in, both home and abroad, as Keith Cooper discovers
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