Supporting Students and Probationers in Scotland TEAN “Let’s Talk About...” Series GTC Scotland, Edinburgh 4 June 2015 Norrie McKay (Senior Education Officer)

Supporting Students and Probationers in Scotland : The GTC Scotland Role StudentProbationer Early Phase Teacher Set criteria for recognising degrees Accredit all ITE courses and set minimum entry requirements Provide national Student Placement System Set Standard for Provisional Registration Prepare students for probation Partnership with universities Possible student registration Administer all processes for TIS and FR Partnership with Scottish Government and local authorities for funding, placements and vacancies Provide national profile system Set Standard for Full Registration Support LA probationer managers Provide monthly information to partners Administer Professional Update scheme Support professional learning and use of Standards Set Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning and Standards for Leadership and Management TQ PGDE Provisional Registration Full Registration Recognised degree 4 yr Education degree incl TQ Teacher Induction Scheme Flexible Route Professional Update Influence of “Teaching Scotland’s Future” report

Set criteria for recognising degrees Accredit all ITE courses and set minimum entry requirements Provide national Student Placement System Set Standard for Provisional Registration Prepare students for probation Partnership with universities Possible student registration Administer all processes for TIS and FR Partnership with Scottish Government and local authorities for funding, placements and vacancies Provide national profile system Set Standard for Full Registration Support LA probationer managers Provide monthly information to partners Administer Professional Update scheme Support professional learning and use of Standards Set Standard for Career- Long Professional Learning and Standards for Leadership and Management StudentProbationer Early Phase Teacher The GTC Scotland Role in the Early Phase

The National Picture  OECD: a “world class” system  Very well resourced by Scottish Government  Produces a high quality workforce  98% success rate on TIS  High retention rates  Variable quality of the Flexible Route experience  Potential to discourage diversity in provision  More strategic use of funding for workforce planning would be helpful  Continuing tension between real vacancies and student preferences

The Area Picture  Developing partnerships: universities / local authorities / schools; coherence and continuity  Innovative placement experiences  Good quality professional learning programmes  Increasing profile of practitioner enquiry  Growing incidence of Masters level learning  Variable engagement in co-ordinating student placements, probationer placements and Early Phase  Coherence and continuity issues raised by geographically based partnerships  Equity issues raised by innovative placement models

The Local / School Picture  More consistency in professional judgements  Better “gatekeeping”  Assigned supporter with specific role and funding to provide dedicated time for the role  Benefits for other teachers  Variable use of funding for 0.1 FTE dedicated time for supporters  Workload issues for teachers in joint assessment  Supporter and teacher knowledge of university criteria, SPR and SFR but developing