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Dim ond os oes gennym athrawon cymwys o safon uchel y gallwn wireddu cenhadaeth ein cenedl o ran addysg, sef codi safonau, lleihau’r bwlch cyrhaeddiad a chyflwyno system addysg sy’n destun balchder cenedlaethol.  
  
Mae fy nisgwyliadau innau o ran diwygio hyfforddiant athrawon yn hollol glir. Rwyf hefyd yn disgwyl i'n darparwyr Addysg Gychwynnol Athrawon (AGA) gyrraedd safon uchel iawn. Prif ddiben y gwaith diwygio hwn yw gwella ansawdd a chysondeb y ddarpariaeth, cyflwyno dull newydd o gyflawni addysg athrawon, a sicrhau bod pob rhaglen yn bodloni'r dyhead am AGA yng Nghymru sy’n arwain y ffordd ar y llwyfan byd eang.   
  
Ar ein taith hyd yn hyn, rydym wedi cydweithio â rhanddeiliaid fel rhan o'r ymgyrch i greu consensws ac ymrwymiad i wella'r ddarpariaeth. Rydym wedi gwneud cryn dipyn o gynnydd mewn cyfnod byr. Dyma rai o’r prif bethau:  
* Datblygu meini prawf achredu AGA, ymgynghori arnynt, a'u cyhoeddi
* Cynnal cyfres wythnos o hyd o weithdai, a drefnwyd gan OECD, a oedd yn cynnwys arbenigwyr byd\-eang sy'n flaenllaw ym maes AGA
* Rhoi grym i Gyngor y Gweithlu Addysg achredu rhaglenni AGA unigol drwy sefydlu'r Bwrdd Achredu Addysg Athrawon
* Cwblhau penodiadau cyhoeddus i swydd Cadeirydd ac Is\-gadeirydd y Bwrdd: pobl uchel eu parch a chanddynt hygrededd, sef yr Athro Furlong, Dr Áine Lawlor a'r Athro Olwen Mcnamara
* Wedi gweld Partneriaethau AGA yn cyflwyno eu Rhaglenni AGA newydd, sydd wedi eu dilysu yn academaidd, i'r Bwrdd fis Rhagfyr.

Roeddwn yn falch hefyd o gael clywed gan yr Athro Furlong a chael canlyniadau trafodaethau Bwrdd Achredu Addysg Gychwynnol Athrawon Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg. Rwyf wedi cael fy sicrhau bod y broses achredu yn drwyadl iawn.   
  
Trwy sefydlu'r Bwrdd,  rydym wedi rhoi grym i Gyngor y Gweithlu Addysg achredu rhaglenni AGA unigol. Golyga hyn mai penderfyniad y proffesiwn addysgu ac arbenigwyr, yn hytrach na Llywodraeth Cymru, yw penderfynu a yw rhaglenni AGA yn ddigon heriol, a oes iddynt ddigon o hygrededd, ac a ydynt yn broffesiynol briodol. Yn fy marn i, dyma fel y dylai hi fod.  
  
Dyma raglenni newydd AGA achrededig Cymru:  
  
Cynradd – Israddedig  
* CaBan BA Cynradd
* Partneriaeth Caerdydd BA (Anrh) Addysg Gynradd gyda SAC
* Yr Athrofa: Partneriaeth Dysgu Proffesiynol BA (Anrh) Addysg Gynradd gyda SAC

Cynradd – Ôlraddedig* Partneriaeth AGA Aberystwyth TAR
* CaBan TAR Cynradd
* Partneriaeth Caerdydd TAR: Cynradd
* Yr Athrofa: Partneriaeth Dysgu Proffesiynol TAR gyda SAC

Uwchradd \- Olraddedig  
* Partneriaeth AGA Aberystwyth TAR
* CaBan TAR Uwchradd
* Partneriaeth Caerdydd TAR: Uwchradd
* Yr Athrofa: Partneriaeth Dysgu Proffesiynol TAR gyda QTS

Mae CaBan, Partneriaeth Caerdydd, Yr Athrofa: Partneriaeth Dysgu Proffesiynol, Partneriaeth AGA Aberystwyth  wedi profi i'r Bwrdd bod eu rhaglenni achredu AGA yn rhan o'r newid mawr y cyfeirir ato yn adroddiad yr Athro Furlong, sef ‘Addysgu Athrawon Yfory’; y ddarpariaeth o ansawdd uchel sy'n denu'r bobl iawn i'r proffesiwn – hynny yw, pobl sydd â'r sgiliau cywir, y cymwysterau cywir a'r ddawn i addysgu.  
  
Mae heddiw yn garreg filltir bwysig ar y daith hon a dylai pawb sy'n ymwneud â'r broses fod yn falch tu hwnt o'r llwyddiant mawr hwn  
  
http://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/cy/achredu\-aga/darparwyr\-addysg\-gychwynnol\-athrawon\-yng\-nghymru\-o\-2019\.html





Translation:


 
Our national mission to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap, and deliver an education system that is a source of national pride, can only be fulfilled if we have high quality, well\-qualified teachers.


I have been clear in my expectations of our teacher training reforms and the high quality bar I expect Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers to meet. The principle purpose of the reforms is to improve the quality and consistency of provision, introduce a new approach to teacher education, and ensure that all programmes meet high aspirations for world leading ITE in Wales.


On our reform journey we have worked closely with our stakeholders as part of our drive to build consensus and commitment to improving provision. In a short space of time, we have made significant progress. We have:


* Developed, consulted on and published ITE accreditation criteria
* Held a week long series of workshops organised by the OECD, involving world leading experts in the field of Initial Teacher Preparation
* Empowered the Education Workforce Council to accredit individual ITE programmes, through the establishment of the Teacher Education Accreditation Board (the Board)
* Completed the public appointment of the highly credible and high calibre Chair and Deputy Chairs of the Board, Professor Furlong, Dr Áine Lawlor and Professor Olwen Mcnamara
* Seen ITE Partnerships submit their new, academically validated, ITE Programmes to the Board in December.


It is against this backdrop I was pleased to hear from Professor Furlong and receive the results of EWC’s Teacher Education Accreditation Board’s deliberations. I am assured of the rigour of the Accreditation process.  

  

By empowering the Education Workforce Council to accredit individual ITE programmes, through the establishment of the Board it is rightly the teaching profession and experts, not Welsh Government, that determines if ITE programmes are suitably demanding, credible and professionally appropriate.  

  

**Wales newly accredited ITE programmes are:**  

  

**Primary – Undergraduate**


* CaBan BA Primary
* Cardiff Partnership BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS
* Yr Athrofa: Professional Learning Partnership BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS


**Primary – Postgraduate**


 


* Aberystwyth ITE Partnership PGCE
* CaBan PGCE Primary
* Cardiff Partnership PGCE: Primary
* Yr Athrofa: Professional Learning Partnership PGCE with QTS


**Secondary \- Postgraduate**


 


 


* Aberystwyth ITE Partnership PGCE
* CaBan PGCE Secondary
* Cardiff Partnership PGCE: Secondary
* Yr Athrofa: Professional Learning Partnership PGCE with QTS


The CaBan, Cardiff Partnership, Yr Athrofa: Professional Learning Partnership and Aberystwyth ITE Partnership have proven to the Board that their accredited ITE programmes are the real step change Professor Furlong’s Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers pointed to; the high quality provision attracting the right people with the right skills, qualifications and an aptitude for teaching, to enter the profession.


 


 


Today is an important milestone in our reform journey and all involved should be proud of this significant achievement.


http://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/en/ite\-accreditation/providers\-of\-initial\-teacher\-education\-in\-wales\-from\-2019\.html