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School Placements
Trainees placements will take place in schools which:
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
East of England Teacher Training will undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for trainees to ensure compliance with DfE criteria (excluding trainees on the School Direct salaried route where the responsibility is with the employing school).
Prior Convictions or Cautions
Dealing with cautions and convictions The SCITT operates a formal procedure if an applicant declares on the self disclosure form, or if a DBS Certificate is returned with details of cautions and convictions.
In the event that relevant information (whether in relation to previous convictions or otherwise) is volunteered by an applicant during the recruitment process the Head of SCITT and the Strategic Board will evaluate all of the risk factors before a place is offered or confirmed. Full details of this process can be found within the EoETT Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policy.
Payment of Fees
Trainees on a SCITT or School Direct fee funded course are required to pay tuition fees to East of England Teacher Training during their training year.
For courses starting in September 2021, tuition fee amounts are:
Payment of fees can be paid via a Student Finance tuition fee loan or by private finance from the trainee directly to East of England Teacher Training.
East of England Teacher Training will email trainees with the codes required to submit a student finance application after successful recruitment, and at this stage trainees must formally indicate if their preferred payment of tuition fees is not via Student Finance England.
Those paying by student loan are required to submit a Student Finance England application no later than 1st September 2020 and provide proof of application to East of England Teacher Training.
If an application to student finance is rejected, the trainee will be required to make payments by private finance in order to proceed with the course.
Payments are made directly from Student Finance England to East of England Teacher Training as per the below schedule:
Those paying via personal finance must discuss a finance payment plan with East of England Teacher Training. Usually payments will be collected in line with student finance payments and therefore the trainee will be invoiced as per the below schedule.
Further details relating to fee payments can be found in the EOETT Fees Policy
Conduct expected of a trainee teacher / teacher
Professional Expectations
It is important that all adults working with children understand that the nature of their work and the responsibilities related to it, place them in a position of trust. Trainees must be clear about appropriate and safe behaviours for working with children in paid or unpaid capacities, in all settings and in all contexts.
Social Media usage
Confidential information
Working in a school environment means having access, in a variety of ways, to information that must be regarded as confidential. As a general rule, all information received, no matter how it is received, should be regarded as sensitive and confidential. Trainees must not discuss school business outside of school and if they do will breach Part 2 of the Teachers’ Standards.
Trainee Learning Charter
You will be asked to sign and agree to this during the induction training.
East of England Teacher Training expects you to have high professional standards at all times. We believe that trainee teachers need to develop key attributes in order to be a successful teacher. During the course you will be asked to reflect on these seven areas of learning and ensure that you exemplify them at all times:
The DfE (2017) has identified these seven areas of learning as key behaviours for effective leadership. Being proficient in these areas, as a trainee, will ensure progressive professional development into your NQT year and beyond. We see trainees as leaders within their classroom and expect them to act as such.
Commitment: The best trainees are committed to their pupils and understand the power of world-class teaching to improve social mobility, wellbeing and productivity
Collaboration: The best trainees readily engage with, and invest responsibility in, those who are best placed to improve outcomes
Personal Drive: The best trainees are self-motivated and take a creative, problem-solving approach to new challenge
Resilience: The best trainees remain courageous and positive in challenging, adverse or uncertain circumstances
Awareness: The best trainees will know themselves and their areas for development, continually re ect on their own and others’ practices and understand how best to approach difficult or sensitive issues
Integrity: The best trainees act with honesty, transparency and always in the interests of the school and its pupils complete and submit assignments by the identified deadline;
Respect: The best trainees respect the rights, views, beliefs and faiths of pupils, colleagues and stakeholders
If your commitment to the Learning Charter is brought into question, disciplinary action may be taken following a full investigation.
Assessment
All trainees will be formatively assessed against EoETT’s personalised assessment grid, which is linked to the course curriculum. During weekly meetings trainees will be observed, receive feedback, be assessed against the curriculum and be set targets by their mentors which are reviewed weekly. All trainees are also assessed against the Teacher Standards and this is used as a summative tool to decide if the trainee has met the standards and passed the course or not. Any trainee who is not on trajectory of meeting the standards will be offered a support plan and an intensive support package will be put in place.
For courses starting in September 2020, tuition fee amounts are:
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