Overview
Each term ECTs will focus on a different strand of effective practice: behaviour, instruction and subject. They will also develop understanding of how pupils learn.
The key learning from the three strands is outlined below:
What they'll learn
Behaviour
- Using routines to support behaviour management.
- Creating a positive learning environment.
- Support with overcoming low-level disruption.
- Support with creating high expectations in the classroom.
Instruction
- Supporting pupils through instruction based strategies such as questioning, scaffolding and modelling.
- The importance that prior knowledge plays learning.
- How to adapt classroom practice to meet the needs of all pupils.
- How to use feedback effectively.
Subject
- Creating good planning habits to support learning goals.
- Strategies for examining and addressing the gaps and misconceptions pupils may have.
- Considering how literacy can be developed across all subjects.
How they'll learn
- 3 full-day conferences (focused on deepening their understanding of how pupils learn, the principles of adaptive teaching, and effective implementation).
- 6 one-hour virtual clinics to support early career teachers to address a typical teaching problem faced by most teachers, based on their study materials and key areas from the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF).
- Regular modules of online learning. Self-study modules help early career teachers engage with the latest research and ideas for practical classroom implementation in a manageable and accessible way.
- Regular instructional coaching sessions designed to support early career teachers to apply insights from the study materials into their classroom practice. Mentors will provide teachers with a specific, bite-sized step to practice each week that responds to their own classroom context and practice.