1. ITT Review and Development meeting

2. Monitoring of progress of teaching skills
One extra TPR in middle of year two
TPR forms should only be concerned with teaching practice
Observation reports should always have short term targets or areas for development at the end
These should be carried forward on to the next observation report
A record should be made of whether these have been covered in that observation

3. IT update Sara Hattersley e learning manager
Liz White covering SH maternity leave
E learning strategy in place
LW interested in improving VLEs
Please pass on ideas to Liz
Also discuss at next R+D

4. Mentoring
appropriate choice of mentors (re subject specialism, availability, working relationship)
training of mentors
contact with mentors
monitoring of mentors
standardisation of mentor observations

5. New Qualifications Award in Education and Training (L3)
Certificate in Education and Training (L4)
Diploma in Education and Training (L5)
Diploma in Education and Training with a subject specialist pathway (literacy, numeracy, ESOL, literacy+ESOL, teaching disabled learners)
Not sequential or nested

6. Award Almost identical to PTLLS but only offered at one level
12 credits
Two units merged to reduce duplication of assessment
Identical audience
Only offered at level 3

7. Certificate 36 credits – 21 mandatory 15 optional
Focus on practical teaching
No link to job role
No ‘nesting’ but one mandatory unit is a level 3 unit from Award to allow progression (R,R,R)
30 hours teaching (no need to be teaching groups)
3 assessed observations

8. Diploma
120 credits GLH
Very different qualification guidance given for AB and HEIs
Very different structure for units for AB
List of topics for HEIs
100 hours of teaching practice (including groups) plus 8 observations
Observations should be spread out

9. Warwick Diploma in Education and Training
Mapped new to old and requested a change in title
Opportunity to develop new scheme of work (move away from spiral curriculum)
But must meet the needs of people new to teaching as they can start on this qual
Needs to reflect the extra emphasis on teaching in year two
Includes requirement to use technology

10. Warwick award and certificate
Asked for change in title
Will need to follow assessment units produced by LSIS
Need to see which optional units we use

11. New qualifications written
Diploma in teaching disabled learners
Diploma in education and training (teaching disabled learners)
Diploma in Teaching Functional English

12. Documentation