Reforming Teacher Education and Development

1. Reforming Teacher Education and Development Toni Fazaeli Deputy Director Improvement Group Department for Education and Skills

2. �The post-16 learning and skills sector is pivotal to our aim of bringing social justice and economic prosperity to everyone� �The sector provides learning to about 6 million people each year: to young people preparing for working life or university; to adults changing careers; to returners to the job market; to employees developing their skills; and to people wanting to learn for the pleasure of it� �Equipping Our Teachers for the Future� 2004

3. �Some� Key drivers �Foster� report �Realising the Potential� 2005 FE White Paper �Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances� 2006 �Leitch� report �Prosperity for all in the global economy � world class skills� 2006 DfES �Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners�, particularly: 14-19 education and training reforms adult basic skills needs Development of the �Quality Improvement Strategy�

4. �The Foster report noted the need for a major enhancement of leadership and workforce development, and we strongly agree with this. Support for teachers and trainers to continue to develop and improve their practice is crucial to ensuring learners receive effective teaching tailored to their needs� �We want to create, within the framework of the Quality Improvement Strategy, a well qualified workforce and a sustainable culture of professionalism, and to enable staff to improve and update their skills continuously� FE White Paper �Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances� 2006

5. Initial Teacher Training Reforms (1) What�s happening? New standards published by LLUK in November 2006 � apply to whole sector. New qualifications for ITT from Sept 07: �Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector� initial award. Confers licence to practise (at L3/4). �Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector� for teachers in associate or limited teaching role (at L3/4). �Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector� for teachers in the full teaching role. Leads to QTLS, (min L5). New regulations to be introduced from Sept 07 will make it a requirement for all new entrants to teaching in FE to gain the initial award and an appropriate teaching qualification within 5 years of enrolling.

6. Initial Teacher Training Reforms (2) Current developments HEIs and awarding bodies: developing revised ITT qualifications and courses based on the new Standards and Units of Assessment on LLUK�s website & developing optional units for CPD ITT providers: await further information from awarding bodies on new qualifications as these are developed. Teacher trainees: those on existing courses will continue with their current ITT programme. New entrants can find out about appropriate courses and requirements from the LLUK helpline: 020 7936 5798. Centres for Excellence in Teacher Training: building future ITT systems around networks of providers, that provide trainees with good experience of teaching and professional development across FE system Developing professional conference and registration mechanism through �Institute for Learning�, the professional body for FE. �30m investment in 07/08 to embed lessons from ITT pilots

7. �Initial teacher training needs to be reinforced by continuing professional development. The best colleges and providers already prioritise the development of their workforce, but we must ensure the same happens everywhere and establish a more effective national structure to support that�. FE White Paper �Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances� 2006

8. Developing CPD September 2007 � introducing a regulatory requirement (applying to FE colleges) supported by national CPD framework and guidance LSC contracts to require professional development of staff from other providers

9. Developing CPD All teaching practitioners to fulfil, at the very least, 30 hours of CPD per year Colleges and providers to draw up development plans for CPD Teaching staff to maintain a portfolio of CPD Teaching practitioners to be professionally registered LLUK developing �business interchange� programme, to support professional and occupational CPD IfL developing data base and systems to support registration of CPD

10. Leadership � Strong management and leadership are crucial in all providers� drive to improve quality� FE White Paper �Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances� 2006 Introducing a qualification which all newly appointed college principals will be expected to achieve within a 3 year period Developing regulations to underpin this requirement Reviewing position of existing principals

11. Other Policies Supporting Workforce Development LLUK FE workforce strategy � due in July 2007 Continuation of financial incentives - Bursaries and Golden Hellos New data set being developed to replace LSC SIR and cover whole sector Equality and diversity strategy Safeguarding

12. Further Information Workforce Development Improvement Group DfES mark.kaczmarek@dfes.gsi.gov.uk Tel 0114 259 1338