1. Gareth Conyard and Hong Nguyen Teaching Profession Unit
Consultation: Strengthening QTS and supporting teacher career progression
Gareth Conyard and Hong Nguyen
Teaching Profession Unit

2. Over the course of this presentation…
We will…
Provide you with some context and an update on the our work with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Share with you our approach and work so far to help strengthen QTS and career progression for teachers
Provide you with an opportunity to shape policy thinking on CPD for teachers at the early stages of their careers

3. As part of this work, we are…
Speaking to a range of individuals and organisations across the education sector
Understanding what best practice looks like
Exploring options for what strengthened QTS could look like
Asking open questions to help inform and shape policy development
Looking at the ways that the system can better support teachers at the start and duration of their careers

4. QTS Excellence Everywhere White Paper (March, 2016)
Secretary of State commits to strengthening QTS (February, 2017)
Justine Greening becomes Secretary of State for Education (July, 2016)
Policy development to strengthen QTS and improve teacher career progression begins…
(March, 2017 onwards…)

5. Keeping and strengthening QTS is vital.
I believe that teachers should have the highest quality qualification and what I want to see is a QTS so well regarded, so strong that school leaders will naturally want all their teaching staff to have it.
Secretary of State for Education February 2017

6. How does teaching compare to other professions?
Size of UK workforce
Professional Body
Regulator
Length of training
Accountancy
342,000
6 professional bodies
Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
5 years for school leavers and approx. 3-4 years for graduates
Law (Solicitors)
139,000
Law Society
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
2-3 years for graduates
Law (Barristers)
15,900
Bar Council
Bar Standards Board (BSB)
Architecture
33,184
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Architects Registration Board (ARB)
4 years post graduation
Medicine
280,785
British Medical Association (BMA) and other specialist bodies
General Medical Council (GMC)
5 year medical degree & 4-8 years depending on specialism
Nursing
618,000
Royal College of Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
3-4 year degree and registration dependent on continued CPD

7. International Comparisons
Country
Length of Training
CPD
Mentoring & Support
England
1 year PG training or 3-4 years for UG
NQT induction in first year of teaching.
NQTs receive induction tutor to provide guidance and support
Finland
5 year degree and a 1-2 year course to qualify at masters level in relevant subject
In-service training every year. Municipalities required to fund three days of mandatory professional development
No central regulations for induction or mentoring. Decided at school level.
Germany
Qualification at masters level required and two state examinations
Required to participate in state organised training and development
Induction recommended for first 1-3 years. Mentoring also recommended.
Singapore
16 months PG in addition to 4 year undergraduate degree
Required to serve a three year teaching bond
Teachers participate in additional training and mentoring. They are observed for first 3 years.
USA
4 year undergraduate degree as well as a 1-2 masters degree
2 years of professional development including additional training and meetings with a leadership coach
In addition to support from a leadership coach, the support varies from state to state
Australia
Undergraduate degree and masters required
CPD mandatory for all teachers
Mentoring, conferences and workshops provided to teachers

8. A teacher’s career journey
Initial Teaching Training
(ITT)
Statutory Induction
C Teach
National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)
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9. CPD Discussions: Current Gaps
What are the skills or knowledge gaps for teachers at the end of ITT?
What skills and topics should CPD for teachers at the early stages of their careers focus on?
What examples of great CPD have you experienced or been a part of? Are there any examples of best practice that you have observed in ITT or at schools that you’ve worked with?

10. CPD Discussion: Quality
What are the hallmarks of ‘high quality’ CPD?
What examples of great CPD have you experienced or been a part of? Are there any examples of best practice that you have observed in ITT or at schools that you’ve worked with?

11. Questions?...

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