However, it will be critically important for the framework to take into account and build on the areas covered
in initial teacher training, creating continuity and progression.
Initial teacher training Although the demand for teachers nationally is rising, last year the government announced a 15 per cent cut in teacher training places for universities.
The added bonus is that this enables teachers to get into as many classrooms as possible, a concept for some which hasn't been experienced
since initial teacher training.
We also
run initial teacher training to bring new talent into the profession and continuing professional development and school to school support to help teachers across the region keep improving.
And in 2013 - 14, despite having fewer trainees, more teachers qualified and gained a job within six months (
see initial teacher training table).
This needs to include the introduction
of initial teacher training, an improved curriculum, and a requirement on all schools to teach the subject.
Today's email said the increase applies to universities (HEIs), school -
centred initial teacher training centres (SCITTs) and all School Direct partnerships for the «category 1 subjects» of drama, history and primary (excluding PE and undergraduate courses).
The postgraduate teacher apprenticeship was only approved for delivery in October, at which point the ESFA started encouraging ITTs, particularly school - centred
initial teacher training providers (SCITTs), to get on the register so they can deliver the standard from its launch date this September.
Figures published in late November for
Initial Teacher Training courses starting next autumn are concerning; secondary applications have declined significantly with only 9,150 applying, as opposed to 15,760 for this time last year.
The reason why it is worse now and it was never quite like that before is because we will not be able to rely on large centres of research and development - Keele, Loughborough, Nottingham - Trent, Exeter - all of these have withdrawn
from initial teacher training education [for design and technology].»
This includes, for example, the schools and universities we partner with to deliver
initial teacher training as part of the Leadership Development Programme.
Ark, which runs 35 schools, had partnered with both Dixons Academies Trust and Oasis Community Learning to run separate two -
year initial teacher training programmes starting this September.
The low number of trainees
starting initial teacher training courses this year is «very concerning», according to experts — with some subjects showing as half or less - than - half full...
The lack of rigorous SEN course content
at Initial Teacher Training (ITT) level was also highlighted as a concern, along with the lack of SEN knowledge across the workforce, an issue compounded by funding not being provided for CPD.
An analysis of the size of the training pool as identified by the Department for Education (DfE) in their annual
Initial Teacher Training census suggests that vacancies are eroding the pool fastest in some small subject areas, such as social studies and business studies.
Commenting on today's report on
Initial Teacher Training by Professor Ralph Tabberer, Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson said:
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People has recommended the Department for Education embed financial education within the new
Initial Teacher Training framework.
The survey by The Key, a leadership and management support service, also revealed that almost 90 per cent of school leaders thought cuts to council services had a «detrimental impact» on the support their institutions received for SEND, and 88 per cent believe
initial teacher training does not adequately prepare teachers to support pupils with additional needs.
The study found teacher training places on university courses had fallen by a third since 2009 (from 30,246, to 20,195), in line with the government's drive towards an «increasingly school - led
initial teacher training system».
UCAS figures have revealed that 20 people in England have conditional offer to start a
Mandarin initial teacher training course in September, out of 150 applications.
Teaching Apprenticeships are proving to be very successful in attracting graduates compared to
other Initial Teacher Training programmes, which have failed to meet recruitment targets for five years running.
Schools Week understands teaching schools and universities have been approached to create a «super SCITT» [school - centred
initial teacher training].
The education department, together with the British Computer Society, is running a campaign to get new blood to teach computer science with awards of # 9,000 to # 20,000 to people signing up to the computer science
initial teacher training scheme which starts in September 2013.
Labour says it wants to «embed SEND more substantially into
initial teacher training so that staff, children and their parents are properly supported».
Phrases with «initial teacher training»