Early Career Teachers (ECTs) benefit from Trust-Wide Training Workshop
Early Career Teachers (ECTs) benefit from Trust-Wide Training Workshop
The professional development of our staff is immensely important to us. Across South Lincolnshire Academies Trust, we employ 37 ECTs (which is short for Early Career Teachers who are in their first or second year of teaching) and we work with them closely to support them in the early stages of their careers.
All of the ECT1s (first years) from across the Trust gathered together at Spalding Academy for an after-school workshop training session where the aim was to share best practice as well as discussing key achievements and challenges with colleagues (all whilst enjoying an afternoon tea!).
Our talented group of ECTs have come from various backgrounds – whether that is straight from university (after a degree or teacher training) or from a totally different career to change to a job that is more rewarding. Everyone can therefore bring a different perspective and new ideas that can be shared.
Working in small groups, the ECTs were able to discuss how they have progressed through their first year of teaching, best practice in lesson planning, how they overcame any difficulties throughout the year and they also had an opportunity to highlight their proudest moments.
They were then able to share their ‘golden nuggets’ amongst the whole group so that others could use these to inspire their teaching and these could also be passed on to the new ECTs joining us in September.
The ECTs within our Trust have access to a tailored and challenging in-house training programme which runs throughout the year and this session was one of the highlights of the calendar.
The workshop was led by Mrs Daisy Bland, Trust Executive Education Director, who oversees the SLAT Teaching School across the Trust and the Trust Lead Induction Tutor Team, which includes Miss Judith Iles, Miss Sally Wetherill and Mr Jamie Moorfoot.
As well as South Lincolnshire Academies Trust developing amazing teachers in-house through the ECT programme, they are now also lead partners with Lincolnshire ITT to offer Initial Teaching Training across Lincolnshire. This is a one-year programme to gain a recognised Teacher Training qualification whilst on a placement in the Trust or other Lincolnshire secondary schools.
For anyone who is interesting to get into teaching, our Trust now offer even more amazing opportunities to start working in one of the most rewarding careers as being a teacher.
For more information about Teacher Training, please visit: www.slat.org.uk/teacher-training