A team of experts will develop new qualifications for
teachers to help them develop and progress their careers.
The new advisory group, which met for the first time
yesterday (Tuesday 16 July), will support the development
of new, specialist qualifications for experienced teachers
that build on the core areas of the Early Career Framework
– the biggest teaching reform in a generation - such as
assessment and teaching practices.
In the first-ever integrated Teacher Recruitment and
Retention Strategy launched in January, the Department
outlined its ambition to develop new, specialist
qualifications to support teachers wishing to progress
their careers in non-leadership roles.
Minister for School Standards said:
These new qualifications, backed by education experts,
will provide recognition for those teachers who want to
develop their skills and progress their careers.
Our ambition is for teachers to be able to do so without
having to pursue traditional leadership routes, instead
expanding their expertise in vital areas such as
curriculum or behaviour management.
The expert panel draws on a range of experience from across
the school system, including curriculum experts, current
school leaders and leading academics. The group will play
an essential role in helping to ensure all the
qualifications are aligned in order to maximise the
benefits for teachers.
The professional qualifications will build on the landmark
Early Career Framework, which is set to be backed by at
least £130 million a year when fully rolled out. The
framework is a two-year package of training and support at
the start of a teachers’ career will include a reduced
timetable to allow teachers to make the most of their
training.
Richard Gill, Chair of the Teaching Schools Council said:
Effective professional development is proven to benefit
teaching and, therefore, impacts on students in many
ways.
There is a need to ensure that the current programme of
qualifications meet the needs of the current educational
landscape. These new bespoke qualifications will provide
practitioners with an excellent opportunity to develop
and progress their careers, building stronger and more
effective classroom practice without the need for them to
follow traditional leadership roles.
The first specialist programme to be rolled-out for
teachers will be a Teacher Developer qualification,
creating a coherent career path from classroom teacher
through to mentor, helping to train young teachers at the
start of their career.
The new qualifications are expected to be in place during
the 2020/21 academic year.
The full list of those on the advisory group is below:
- Richard Gill, Chair of the Teaching Schools Council
- Matthew Hood, Chief Education Officer at Ambition
Institute
- Cat Scutt, Director of Education and Research at
Chartered College of Teaching
- Reuben Moore, Executive Director for Programme
Development at Teach First
- Samantha Twiselton, Director of Sheffield Institute of
Education
- David Weston, CEO of Teacher Development Trust
- Lesley Powell, Executive Headteacher at Shotton Hall
- Emma Rennison, Executive Director of the Outwood
Institute of Education
- John Blake, Curriculum Research and Design Lead at Ark,
and Director of Strategy and Policy at NowTeach
- Emma Lennard, Primary Curriculum Consultant
- Hamid Patel, Chief Executive of Star Academies
- Anne Heavey, National Director at Whole School SEND
