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Welcome
We are delighted to share the news that the DfE have redesignated Thames Gateway as the Teaching School Hub for Medway, Gravesham and Dartford, we are really proud of the fact that 86% of schools in our area have chosen to work with us in our first designation period and we look forward to continuing to grow and develop these relationships. In addition to our designated area it is also our privilege to work with a further 240 schools across Kent and beyond, so a huge thank you to all of our schools, teachers and leaders who have chosen to work with us, we look forward to continuing to develop our offer and our partnerships with you.
We hope you find this bulletin a useful guide to our work and the opportunities for your schools and staff. We also welcome feedback so please do let us have any suggestions as to how we can continue to improve the service we provide.
If you have any questions or feedback we would love to hear from you via this google form.
Best Wishes
Faye
We hope you find this bulletin a useful guide to our work and the opportunities for your schools and staff. We also welcome feedback so please do let us have any suggestions as to how we can continue to improve the service we provide.
If you have any questions or feedback we would love to hear from you via this google form.
Best Wishes
Faye
Appropriate Body
Thank you
As we reach the halfway point of the year, can we thank you for all that you are doing to support your ECTs. We do not underestimate the workload that having ECTs presents and we thank you for the tireless effort that goes into ensuring that they are supported and developed.
ECT Reports
The window for ECT reports is now open with a deadline of submission of the 14th March.
Please find recorded guidance and step-by-step guides for all our report types below.
Progress Review:
1.recorded guidance
2. step by step guide
End of year 1/interim assessment:
1. recorded guidance
2. step by step guide
Final Assessment:
1. recorded guidance
2. step by step guide
Please contact catherine.root@tgtsh.org.uk if you have any further questions.
As we reach the halfway point of the year, can we thank you for all that you are doing to support your ECTs. We do not underestimate the workload that having ECTs presents and we thank you for the tireless effort that goes into ensuring that they are supported and developed.
ECT Reports
The window for ECT reports is now open with a deadline of submission of the 14th March.
Please find recorded guidance and step-by-step guides for all our report types below.
Progress Review:
1.recorded guidance
2. step by step guide
End of year 1/interim assessment:
1. recorded guidance
2. step by step guide
Final Assessment:
1. recorded guidance
2. step by step guide
Please contact catherine.root@tgtsh.org.uk if you have any further questions.
Early Career Framework
Thank you
We want to extend a huge thank you to schools for all they are doing to support our ECT and mentor participants with the ECF in schools, in particular ensuring they are released for their PD events and helping keep them on track with their ECPDP self-study platforms.
Block completion deadline - 25th March 2024
The completion date for your ECTs and mentors to complete their block of learning on their ECPDP platforms for this half-term is the 25th March. This is a deadline set nationally and engaging in material is a key part of the ECF that links to school funding, with more details given below.
DfE funding for ECF and tracking participants
A reminder that DfE funding for ECF is calculated using a matrix that is based on participants' engagement in the self-study platform and attendance to events, both of which are compulsory features of the programme. We have reattached a document for Induction Tutors with details on how to track your school participants internally and detailing what they should have completed.
We are aware some schools are being audited by the DfE for their use of additional funding for Early Careers Framework - Time off Timetable and are being asked to supply evidence for each ECT of:
Year 1 ECT conference 20th March 2024
This is an all day event at Detling, Kent County Showground. Whilst this event is mandatory for ECTs we appreciate there may be last minute absence. If you know your ECT/s cannot attend please could you let us know 48 hours in advance as we have a waiting list for this day and ECTs are grouped by phase with individual packs made for them.
Registering new ECTs and mentors
For ECTs and mentors to go into the January 2024 cohort for ECF, they must be registered before Thursday 29th February 2024. All ECTs and mentors registered after this date will go into the April 2024 cohort for ECF.
Event map and mentor FAQ
We have reattached our final event map for the year and our mentor FAQ.
Mentor FAQ
Final Event Map 2023 - 24 ECTs and mentors
We want to extend a huge thank you to schools for all they are doing to support our ECT and mentor participants with the ECF in schools, in particular ensuring they are released for their PD events and helping keep them on track with their ECPDP self-study platforms.
Block completion deadline - 25th March 2024
The completion date for your ECTs and mentors to complete their block of learning on their ECPDP platforms for this half-term is the 25th March. This is a deadline set nationally and engaging in material is a key part of the ECF that links to school funding, with more details given below.
DfE funding for ECF and tracking participants
A reminder that DfE funding for ECF is calculated using a matrix that is based on participants' engagement in the self-study platform and attendance to events, both of which are compulsory features of the programme. We have reattached a document for Induction Tutors with details on how to track your school participants internally and detailing what they should have completed.
We are aware some schools are being audited by the DfE for their use of additional funding for Early Careers Framework - Time off Timetable and are being asked to supply evidence for each ECT of:
- expenditure, such as a receipt for classroom cover or a timetable.
- 20 hours of mentoring.
Year 1 ECT conference 20th March 2024
This is an all day event at Detling, Kent County Showground. Whilst this event is mandatory for ECTs we appreciate there may be last minute absence. If you know your ECT/s cannot attend please could you let us know 48 hours in advance as we have a waiting list for this day and ECTs are grouped by phase with individual packs made for them.
Registering new ECTs and mentors
For ECTs and mentors to go into the January 2024 cohort for ECF, they must be registered before Thursday 29th February 2024. All ECTs and mentors registered after this date will go into the April 2024 cohort for ECF.
Event map and mentor FAQ
We have reattached our final event map for the year and our mentor FAQ.
Mentor FAQ
Final Event Map 2023 - 24 ECTs and mentors
National Professional Qualifications
In our latest Specialist NPQ results our delegates achieved 100% pass rate in NPQBC and NPQLTD, and 98% for NPQLTD, congratulations to all of our delegates.
We have just completed the Induction process for all NPQ February cohorts and are delighted to be working with clusters run by EKLA, Concordia, Swale Academies Trust and Gravesham Learning Partnership.
We are currently awaiting the DfE announcement on future NPQ funding, we will share this information when we have it, but we are committed to continuing to run the full suite of NPQs in locations across Kent.
September 2024 will see the first cohort of delegates on the NPQ SENCO - it is really important to stress that whilst this will now be the official SENCO qualification the DfE are encouraging all Senior Leaders to consider this qualification to further support SEN students across schools.
We have just completed the Induction process for all NPQ February cohorts and are delighted to be working with clusters run by EKLA, Concordia, Swale Academies Trust and Gravesham Learning Partnership.
We are currently awaiting the DfE announcement on future NPQ funding, we will share this information when we have it, but we are committed to continuing to run the full suite of NPQs in locations across Kent.
September 2024 will see the first cohort of delegates on the NPQ SENCO - it is really important to stress that whilst this will now be the official SENCO qualification the DfE are encouraging all Senior Leaders to consider this qualification to further support SEN students across schools.