New scholarships for teachers and SEN support staff
30 Apr 2014 12:25 PM
Teachers and SEN support
staff will be able to apply for funds worth up to £1 million to develop
specialist skills.
Teachers and special educational
needs (SEN) support staff will from today be able to apply for funds from the
National Scholarship Fund worth up to £1 million to develop
their specialist knowledge and skills.
For the fourth year running,
teachers can bid for up to £3,500 while SENsupport staff can bid for
up to £2,000 to fund training which will improve the support available to
children and young people with special educational needs.
The application window for the
fourth round will open for 4 weeks from 30 April. To date £7 million has
been made available through the fund, benefiting almost 2,000 teachers and
support staff in schools across the country.
Charlie Taylor, Chief Executive
of the National College for Teaching and Leadership, said:
We believe that a teaching
profession that values continual professional development is crucial to raising
standards in our schools.
These scholarships - alongside
other reforms to improve teacher recruitment and training - will help deliver
our objective to raise the status of teachers.
Donna Frost Phillips, a
successful applicant from the third round of the fund, said:
The fund has allowed me to
undertake the specialist dyslexia training course, which I would not have been
able to do without this funding. The course is having a direct impact on the
literacy development of the learner that I am working with through my
training.
The school will have a
specialist teacher on site, which means children and teachers will have access
to specialist advice teaching, meaning they won’t have to buy in
specialist support.
The outcome of the fourth round
will be announced in August 2014.
Notes to
editors
The National Scholarship Fund is
open to all qualified teachers and SENsupport staff in eligible schools.
Applications are assessed against stringent criteria and verified by a panel of
experts.
Applicants are assessed on the
following criteria:
- priority specialism
of SEN
- support from school - teachers
and support staff are required to demonstrate support from their school in
terms of accessing resources and being able to carry out activities within and
outside the school
The guidance National scholarships for
teachers and SEND support staff has more information.
The bursaries will fund up to
50% of a training or development course, up to a maximum of £3,500 for
teachers and £2,000 for SEN support staff.