All you need to know about new enriched QTLS Friday, 2nd September - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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All you need to know about new enriched QTLS

Friday, 2nd September 1.00 – 2.00 pm

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Welcome and introductions

• Presenters:

– Tricia Odell, Head of QTLS – Teresa Thomas, Operations Manager, QTLS

• Facilitator:

– Julie Gibbings, Operations Manager - Membership

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Purpose of the session

To give an overview of the QTLS process:

• What are the benefits of QTLS?
• What is professional formation?
• Stages and timescales and how to gain QTLS
• Eligibility
• Collecting and collating your evidence
• Using REfLECT+
• Review and moderation process
• Resources to support you
• To answer your questions!

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What are the benefits?

• QTLS status is recognised in law as having parity to QTS

for teaching in schools

• Career progression: QTLS status demonstrates your

commitment, skills and knowledge to employers

• Valuable CPD enabling you to consolidate your practice

and develop new skills and knowledge, demonstrate the impact on your practice and learners

• Opportunity to develop your digital skills and work

collaboratively with colleagues

• Recognition of your status as a professional teacher or

trainer

• Members with QTLS can use these initials as a designation

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What do members say?

“Since notifying the employment agencies of my new status (QTLS), I have already been offered a maths teaching position for September. It is a great feeling when employers are constantly ringing to check my availability; this is proof that being a qualified teacher with QTLS is really important.” Anzoumana Gbane QTLS, Functional Maths Teacher, July 2015

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What do members say?

“The sense of achievement being known as (J C) QTLS is amazing in addition to my supporter statement and the QTLS moderator who said my application was exceptional!”

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What is professional formation?

• It is a status that is gained after achievement of an initial

teacher education qualification

• A continuing professional development opportunity enabling

you to demonstrate how you are continuing to develop your practice underpinned by the 2014 professional standards

• A combination of narrative and supporting evidence to

highlight your progression

• An opportunity to critically reflect on your practice in order

to make improvements and to demonstrate the impact of the process of professional formation on your practice and your learners

• An opportunity to show how you are continuing to apply the

theory covered in your ITT course to your current practice

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Stages of Professional Formation

• Timescales: 3 cycles in the year - Spring,

Summer and Winter

• Current cycle: registration open until 31

October 2016

• Applicants working towards the Spring

deadline of 28 February 2016, to be reviewed in March with notification of the outcome in April 2016.

• Next registration window opens on 1

December 2016, closing on 31 January 2017

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Eligibility

• Evidence of an endorsed ITE qualification at Level 5, e.g. Diploma

in Education and Training or a PGCE

• Recently qualified teachers need to have achieved their ITE

qualification for at least six months before submitting their completed workbooks for review

• Maths and English qualifications at Level 2 or above (See a list at

https://set.et-foundation.co.uk/media/1634124/approved- qualfications-updated-12-jan-2016.pdf)

• Maths and English teachers need evidence of personal

maths/English skills at Level 3

• Need to be teaching learners aged 14+
• Declaration of personal suitability (fitness to practise)
• A supporter or mentor who you can support you throughout the

process

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Workbook sections

• About you: roles and responsibilities
• Self assessment against the 2014 professional

standards

• Professional development plan (CPD record that

highlights professional updating

• Continuing Professional Development record
• Critical reflection on impact
• Final action plan (Word template)
• Sharing your workbook

NB: No evidence from your ITE!

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The Professional Formation Cycle

• 1. Self-

assessment

• 2. Professional

development plan

• 3. CPD

record

• 4. Critical

reflection

• 5. Final action

plan

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Using Reflect: creating your asset store

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Your Professional Formation Workbook

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Adding your qualifications

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Adding narrative

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The review and moderation process

• All reviewers have been through professional formation

themselves

• It is an online process working in REfLECT
• Each moderator has 7 reviewers and there are two lead

moderators

• Skype meetings held to review queries and to request

missing certificates and resolve queries

• Tight timescales in working towards final evaluation

meeting so that each review is completed within one month

• Rigorous, but flexible. Average achievement rate of 90%
• Opportunity to reapply

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Resources to support you

• Guidance for Applicants
• Templates to help you record your CPD and

professional discussions

• Guidance for Supporters
• Professional standards guidance
• Educational Theory and Research tips sheets,

related to the 2014 professional standards

• Membership Enquiries

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Steps for applying for QTLS

1. Check your eligibility 2. Choose your registration window and register, paying an initial deposit of £100 3. Decide on who will be your supporter 4. Complete your on-line workbook, using the Guidance for Applicants for support 5. Send your completed workbook to us by the deadline date, paying the final balance of fees (£385)

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Links: further information

SET website: https://set.et-foundation.co.uk ETF website: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk/ Online self-assessment: https://set.et-foundation.co.uk/digital-assets/self- assessment/ Professional Standards: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk/supporting/support-practitioners/professional- standards/ Foundation online learning: http://www.foundationonline.org.uk/ Excellence Gateway: http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/ QTLS FAQs: https://set.et-foundation.co.uk/media/2389361/qtls-faqs-for-new- qtls-23816.pdf QTLS Guidance for Headteachers: https://set.et- foundation.co.uk/professionalism/qtls/guidance-for-headteachers-and-initial- teacher-educators/guidance-for-headteachers/ QTLS Guidance for Initial Teacher Educators: https://set.et- foundation.co.uk/professionalism/qtls/guidance-for-headteachers-and-initial- teacher-educators/guidance-for-initial-teacher-educators/

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Links: resources to support you

• Guidance for Applicants: https://set.et-

foundation.co.uk/media/2382932/professional-formation- guidance-for-applicants-final.pdf

• Templates to help you record your CPD and professional

discussions: https://set.et- foundation.co.uk/professionalism/qtls/register-for- qtls/guidance-on-completing-your-application/

• Guidance for Supporters: https://set.et-

foundation.co.uk/media/2380442/guidance-for- supporters.pdf

• Professional standards guidance: http://www.et-

foundation.co.uk/supporting/support- practitioners/professional-standards/

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Links: applying for QTLS

• Eligibility: https://set.et-

foundation.co.uk/professionalism/qtls/qtls-eligibility- guidance/

• Registration: https://set.et-

foundation.co.uk/professionalism/qtls/register-for-qtls/

• Supporter: https://set.et-

foundation.co.uk/media/2380442/guidance-for- supporters.pdf

• Guidance for Applicants: https://set.et-

foundation.co.uk/media/2382932/professional- formation-guidance-for-applicants-final.pdf

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Questions and answers

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Thank you

membership.enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk Tel: 0800 093 9111 LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8413932