Link Tutor and Mentor Development Meeting Tuesday 23rd January 2018 12.00-3.00pm

Agenda CPD: Early Years (Kate Allott) Networking Ofsted Inspection Outcomes Mentor Handbook Updates Next meeting: Tuesday 24th April 12.00-3.00pm Mastery in Mathematics

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes: YSJ Press release https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2017/ofsted-success-for- school-of-education/ofsted-success-for-school-of- education.html

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes Overall effectiveness: 2 Outcomes for trainees: 2 Quality of training across the partnership: 2 Quality of leadership and management across the partnership: 1

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes 23 trainees observed (13 schools) 18 NQTs observed (13 schools) Wide range of evidence including meetings with mentors, steering group, trainees, head teachers, tutors; documentation including mentor training materials, trainee satisfaction questionnaires, programme and SE documentation, recruitment procedures

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes: strengths Leaders are thorough and meticulous in their self- evaluation. They have a relentless focus on sustaining and improving the quality of training across the partnership so that trainees’ outcomes improve rapidly. The university provides strong institutional support for initial teacher education. Leaders have a clear vision, are exceptionally proactive and demonstrate incisive decision-making. Rapid improvements to the quality of training benefit current cohorts of trainees, as well as NQTs. Leaders are highly responsive to emerging issues and demonstrate an excellent capacity to improve.

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes: strengths Skilled and experienced trainers contribute effectively to the training programmes. Academic content and practical teaching experiences are crafted carefully to ensure frequent and timely opportunities for trainees to apply their knowledge across a range of school contexts. Trainees display the personal and professional attributes necessary to form effective relationships with pupils and involve themselves fully in the life of their schools. They use their subject knowledge effectively to plan well-structured lessons so that most pupils make strong progress.

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes: areas for improvement continue to improve trainees’ understanding of assessment so that they can adapt their teaching to maximise pupils’ progress, especially for the most able and those who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities continue to improve completion rates on the School Direct route in the primary phase ensure consistently high-quality training experiences and better feedback to trainees across the foundation subjects in the primary phase

Ofsted Inspection Outcomes Most school-based mentors and link tutors provide sharp and insightful feedback which helps trainees to reflect critically on their teaching. Link tutors develop excellent relationships with schools and play a valuable role in developing the capacity of school-based mentors. Regular joint observations are effective at ensuring parity of judgements. The partnership’s assessment of how well trainees teach is accurate and consistent. Target-setting, including at the end of the training programme, is also accurate. It enables trainees and NQTs to improve their teaching and secure stronger progress for pupils.

2017-18 Key areas for improvement Increase student teacher confidence and competence for TS2 – Pupil Progress with a focus on progress for all learners Increase student teacher confidence and competence for TS5 – Differentiation including, those who have special educational needs, are disadvantaged and the higher attaining pupils Increase student teacher confidence and competence for TS6 – Monitoring and Assessment

2017-18 Key areas for improvement Increase final Grade 1 (Outstanding) outcomes for Lower Primary student teachers Increase student teacher confidence in relation to systematic, synthetic phonics particularly those on the Upper route (including both discrete and applied phonics) Full report available at: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find- inspection-report/provider/ELS/70118

School of Education: what we are doing Reviewing documentation for Lower Route trainees, including ‘what does an outstanding practitioner look like in the EYFS?’ Ensuring that all Upper trainees have several teaching sessions and an appraisal on phonics in all placements Providing a CPD tracker for all trainees to ensure they observe, teach and assess learning across all subjects of the National Curriculum during their programme

School of Education: what we are doing Developing a breadth of on-line training materials for mentors Providing a structure of development meetings for external link tutors and external mentors Sharing expertise across the partnership including increasing the number of Grade 3 schools

Mentor Handbook Mentor Role and Responsibilities General Information (allocation of hours, workload….) Quality Assurance What to do on each SE What to do if there are problems How well am I doing as a mentor Appendix: Documentation, resources, link to website, schedule of link tutor visits……..

Updates Early Years documentation and appraisals: what does a good and outstanding EYFS practitioner look like SoE Subject Review in May Katy Bloom: School Experience Lead (oversees SE Directors, documentation)

Updates On-line mentor development materials Teacher apprenticeships Discussions: Creative Academy with Ebor MAT, bespoke Masters level strand with ELEVATE MAT, research project with Middlesborough TSA Teacher apprenticeships

Updates University ‘game changers’ STEM, Creative Centre in 2020, London campus, Mental Health Hospital on Haxby Road

Next meeting: Tuesday 24th April 12.00-3.00pm

Next meeting: Tuesday 24th April 12.00-3.00pm