The early career framework: changes and implications for school leaders, briefings from Tudor Grange Academies Trust
As you are aware, significant changes to the way early career teachers (formerly NQTs) are supported will commence from September 2021. This will have implications if you are employing an ECT from this point.
The early career framework (ECF) reforms will change support for early career teachers, providing a funded entitlement to a structured 2-year package of high-quality professional development. The reforms are part of the government’s teacher recruitment and retention strategy, which aims to improve the training and development opportunities available to teachers.
The early career framework is the evidence base which underpins this new entitlement for early career teachers’ professional development. It sets out what all early career teachers should learn about and learn how to do during the first 2 years of their careers.
Teaching School Hubs are the backbone of these developments, and we are delighted that Tudor Grange Academy Solihull has been designated as a Teaching School Hub; this will allow us to build even stronger relationships between schools, Multi Academy Trusts, Local Authorities and other strategic partners and we know that working together will mean excellent support for the development of professionals at every stage of their career so that we can better serve all our children and families.
You can attend a briefing to find out more even if you have no plans at this stage to take on an ECT. These will take place on: 4th May 10.00; 5th May 8.00am; and 6th May 6.00pm.
These briefing sessions aim to:
Provide information about the new early career framework
Empower school leaders to make decisions about which pathway is right for them and their school
Enable school leaders to be aware of what their next steps are.
To sign up to one of these events please see below the links for the three upcoming ECF meetings:
4th May, 10:00 – 11:00 – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/151806626707
5th May, 08:00 – 09:00 – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/151808833307
6th May, 18:00 – 19:00 - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/151926202361