The Essential Conditions for the
Successful Induction of NQTs:
Implementing the new regulations for performance management

A CPD/staff development course for teachers in UK Schools,
International Schools, Independent schools, post-16 institutions and FE Colleges

This course led by Chris Haines will offer strategies for schools to ensure that NQTs succeed and meet the statutory requirements.

The key ingredients of a successful NQT induction programme and the skills needed to be a successful NQT induction tutor ie classroom observation, conducting professional reviews, giving constructive feedback etc will be explained.

The training day is a practical course for senior managers who have responsibility for developing systems to support the induction of newly qualified teachers (NQTs).

The course will offer strategies for schools to ensure NQTs succeed and meet the statutory requirements.  It will focus on the standards necessary and assessment procedures essential for determining whether an NQT has satisfactorily completed an induction period.  The importance of the role of the NQT induction tutor will be emphasised in detail.  The key ingredients of a successful NQT induction programme will be outlined so that schools can exceed the statutory requirements and develop the NQT fully.  The links with performance management will be highlighted.

This course will explain:

  • How schools can meet the statutory requirements to ensure success
  • The key ingredients in an NQT induction programme
  • The national standards
  • How to conduct classroom observations and provide constructive feedback to NQTs
  • The importance of professional reviews, how to conduct them and the ingredients for success
  • The role of formative and summative assessment during the NQT induction period
  • How to support and monitor the NQT
  • Skills necessary to be a successful NQT induction tutor
  • The importance of the role of the NQT induction tutor
  • How to deal with competence issues

Delegates will receive:

  • Overhead transparencies used on the day
  • Accompanying explanatory notes
  • Summaries of the key points from the relevant statutory requirements
  • Examples of lesson observation pro-formas
  • Case study material to highlight existing induction programmes

Programme


9.30 Arrival and registration

10.00  The Changing National Context

  • Announcements regarding the induction of NQTs
  • Some implications for schools
  • Clarifying the issues around performance management

10.30 Key Features in an Induction Programme
  • The formative and summative assessment procedures
  • Key events and timings in a school's induction programme
  • Clarifying the key roles and responsibilities
  • Models of tutoring

11.15 The Career Entry and Development Profile
  • Key characteristics of an effective teacher
  • The qualified teacher and induction standards
  • The Career Entry Profile and its use
  • Using the standards to set targets

12.00 The Role of the Induction Tutor
  • Tutoring qualities essential for successful induction
  • The skills of listening and questioning
  • How to monitor and support the NQT

1.00 Lunch

1.45 Assessing the Progress of the NQTs
  • Observing the NQT in action
  • Establishing ground rules and constructive feedback
  • The collection and use of evidence
  • The importance of professional review meetings
  • A summary of the assessment procedures
  • The risk of failing and what to do
  • Approaches to quality assurance and establishing consistency

3.15 Performance Management and the NQT
  • Linking into performance management arrangements
  • Setting objectives for pupil progress and teacher practice

3.30 End

External Course Dates:
Please contact us for dates or to discuss delivery of this course in-house.

Target Audience:  Senior managers who have responsibility for developing systems to support the induction of newly qualified teachers

Trainer: The course will be led by Chris Haines, who has experienced the development of a system of performance management when working within Westminster Council.   He manages The Effective Teaching & Learning Network, works closely with many schools and leads national conferences on school strategies to improve teaching, learning and assessment.  He is a successful full-time education consultant and trainer specialising in learning strategies, developing skills and improving assessment, tutoring and formative value added approaches to raising achievement.  He is currently working as a consultant to the Institute of Education on a tutoring, target setting and value added project.

The Effective Teaching and Learning Network
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