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Learners First School Direct – About Us

Learners First School Direct – About Us. Approximately 130 schools in and around Rotherham Collective approach to improving standards across the board Learners First Schools Partnership existed prior to School Direct starting

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Learners First School Direct – About Us

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  1. Learners First School Direct – About Us • Approximately 130 schools in and around Rotherham • Collective approach to improving standards across the board • Learners First Schools Partnership existed prior to School Direct starting • Structures for high quality training in place ready to be developed further for S.D. • ‘Mission’

  2. Mission• all students making at least good progress• no underperforming cohorts• all teachers delivering at least good learning and• all schools moving to at least the next level of successful performance

  3. Learners First School Direct – Our Model • Creation of a central ‘pool’ of trainees • Interviewed by Heads / SLT members from various schools • Looking to create a collective identity through planners, induction, twilight, experiences • Training Plan – weekly twilights to ensure we know what trainees are doing • Centralised recruitment and allocation • Centralised Training Plan • Bespoke mini-training experiences across partnership • Expectation to employ – large number of schools to fulfil where possible

  4. Learners First School Direct The Training Plan • Designed and led by group of strategic partners, including 7 or 8 schools • Almost weekly to Easter, with impact evaluation activities designed to enhance professional files & raise standards for host school staff in terms of mini-presentations to departments • Non-negotiable and fully compulsory part of training year – QA procedures built in • Innovative – SEND element built into primary plan and to be put into secondary where possible

  5. S.D. rushed into by TA • Application process chaotic for first few months • Misinformation – many potential candidates have struggled to find the correct information • Drop outs (more to come in September?) • Role negotiation with university – tough at times, but we all want the same outcomes • Recruitment to maths and science Learners First School Direct – Hurdles

  6. Recently Qualified Teachers (RQTs) Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) PRE-ENTRY TO THE PROFESSION Initial Teacher Training (PGCE, School Direct) • Continue to raise standards • Developing career progression already in place – S.D. underpins what already existed • Expand S.D. provision – but only where expectation to employ isn’t concrete • Introductions between schools and trainees looking for jobs • Possible creation of a ‘pool ‘ of teachers once qualified in order to retain for Rotherham Learners First School Direct – The Future

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