Aims

• Trainees will become teachers who are confident in their teaching and capable of critically assessing their own performance as reflective practitioners in theoretical and practical.


• Trainees will have the knowledge and skills to become competent teachers in the 11-16 age range.


• Trainees will meet the standards set out in current and future documentation issued by the Secretary of State and the TDA.


• Trainees will develop the skills to secure pupil achievement.


• Trainees will be given clear targets to prepare them for induction year and their continuing professional development.


• Trainees will be provided with appropriate skills and methodologies to teach in Schools facing Challenging Circumstances (SfCC) and all other schools.

Objectives

• To provide a professional teaching and learning environment where Trainees can develop their academic and pastoral skills and understand their legal responsibilities.


• To develop the Trainee’s subject knowledge and understanding of where the subject fits within the national framework.


• To provide a clear understanding of the assessment process in the classroom.


• To give confidence to work in Schools facing Challenging Circumstances by exploiting a range of transferable techniques and methodologies.


• To provide evaluation and feedback to Trainees, leading to ongoing reflective practice.


• To develop in Trainees an understanding of the benefits of collaborative activities across schools and to engage them fully in these.


• To provide opportunities for Trainees to participate in the home-school partnership.