New approach to teacher training inspection from next week
4 Jun 2014 01:03 PM
New teachers must be
given the best possible training to ensure they can deal with the rigours of
the classroom in their induction year, Ofsted said ahead of the implementation
of a revised initial teacher education (ITE) inspection
framework.
From next Monday (9 June) there
will be a new two-stage inspection process whereby inspectors will check on the
quality of training and the trainees’ teaching in the summer term. This
will be followed by a second stage in the autumn term when Ofsted inspectors
will see new teachers implement what they have learned in the
classroom.
This change to the process and a
number of revisions to the previous framework follows
a consultation that took place earlier this year. It applies to all
ITE partnerships which provide training that leads to qualified teacher status
and to the further education teacher training inspected by Ofsted. The
responses to the consultation and revisions to the ITE framework have already
been shared at a number of conferences with the sector.
Sean Harford, Ofsted National
Director for Initial Teacher Education, said:
‘Teaching is a tough yet
very rewarding job. So it is important that the training new teachers receive
is the best it can be. Trainees should learn how to promote good behaviour in
the classroom so they can focus on teaching, and children and young adults can
focus on learning.
‘Through our new two-step
inspection process we will make sure that teachers are putting into practice in
the autumn what they learned in their training.
‘I expect this new way of
inspecting will help to raise standards. When we judge providers to require
improvement or are inadequate we will support and challenge them to improve; we
then will re-inspect them the following year.'
Many teachers leave the
profession because of unruly learners. Ofsted has revised the inspection
framework to focus on how trainees are taught to promote good behaviour in the
classroom and to allow them to experience a wider range of settings, schools
and colleges as part of their own training.
Notes to
editors
- The Ofsted initial teacher
education inspection handbook is online athttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/initial-teacher-education-inspection
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- In a speech in January HM Chief
Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said that Ofsted had not been as demanding in the
past as it should have been with initial teacher education providers. This
speech is online athttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/north-of-england-education-
conference....