Dr Gary N Chambers School of Education

Our ITE provision: -Primary -Secondary School of Education

The Cluster Pilot

School of Education Transition to School Direct Clusters

School of Education The challenges faced to date: Converting Primary Schools to School Direct – the expectation of employment However – cluster model is growing – most Primary Clusters are applying for School Direct

School of Education The challenges faced to date: The free market – the money issue However -Growing emphasis on ‘the moral imperative’ -Developing relationships with Teaching Schools

School of Education The challenges faced to date: Breakdown of – Sense of collaborative work with other HEIs  However – good work with APTE continues – Sense of collaborative work with the TA (as was)

School of Education The challenges faced to date: Sense that NCTL is working against HEIs Possible loss of schools long established in the Partnership  However – attempts to minimise this with strategic use of core numbers

School of Education The challenges faced to date: Embedding agreed systems re: recruitment  However - success of review meetings Running two different models in parallel

School of Education The challenges faced to date: Increasing the number of School Direct schools in the Partnership. How?  Partnership Development Co-ordinators  Huge investment of resource  Increase in subjects on offer

School of Education Our intention: to remain a major ITE provider in the region a continue to offer a distinctive, high quality product

Thank you for listening Dr Gary N Chambers School of Education