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I want teaching to be a first choice profession so that we can attract the very best. For this to happen, we must get Wales’ initial teacher education (ITE) offer right  

I am pleased to announce today significant progress in our programme of reform including the publication of Criteria for the accreditation of initial teacher education programmes in Wales: Teaching Tomorrows’ Teachers.  

  

The new Accreditation Criteria alongside the new professional teaching and leadership standards reflects shared ambitions and pride for the profession. From initial teacher education, into the classroom and through career\-long professional learning, our national approach focusses on ensuring and further developing a high\-quality teaching profession.  

  

Criteria for the accreditation of initial teacher education programmes in Wales: Teaching Tomorrows’ Teachers makes clear our expectations – our requirements – for fundamental change.    

  

1\. An increased role for schools;  

  

2\. A clearer role for universities;  

  

3\. Joint ownership of the ITE programme;  

  

4\. Structured opportunities to link school and university learning; and  

  

5\. The centrality of research  

  

I am determined that ITE in Wales is strengthened through a truly collaborative system, where universities and schools work in robust partnership, supported by the consortia, recognising the importance of research.  

  

I have been clear that international evidence and best practice will help guide our reforms. The OECD have organised an international workshop, working with us on “Strengthening capacity for evidence\-based, research informed pedagogical practice in Wales”. Workshops will be taking place in Cardiff from 15 to 17 March 2017\.  

  

It is essential that we build greater capacity for research in teacher education, both at the school level and the training provider level. The OECD have assembled a group of international researchers to assist us to develop a Framework that provides a practical delivery structure around strong evidence based pedagogical principles for ITE programmes.  

  

OECD workshops and an evolving Framework will support ITE Partnerships  to build a vibrant learning community, working co\-operatively to support student teachers to develop research knowledge and skills. This is critical in supporting student teachers to become competent, thoughtful, reflective and innovative practitioners who are committed to providing high\-quality teaching and learning for all pupils/students.  

  

I believe that empowering the Education Workforce Council (EWC) to accredit individual ITE programmes, through the establishment of the Initial School Teacher Training Committee (“the Board”)  will enable more specific consideration of how the programmes will raise the quality of provision – attracting the right people with the right skills, qualifications and an aptitude for teaching, to enter the profession.  

  

I am delighted to announce the public appointment process for the Chair, and Deputy Chair, of the EWC  ‘Board’  is now open with a deadline for applications of 31 March 2017\.  

  

The appointment of a highly credible, high\-calibre Chair and two Deputy Chairs to the Board is vital and will ensure that arrangements are in place to facilitate a Quality Assured accreditation process with the necessary rigour and support to ensure that all future ITE programmes are thoroughly and appropriately reviewed.  

  

I am resolute that change can not and must not wait. Whilst new programmes of ITE will be delivered from September 2019, I expect to see substantial progress now. My ITE Expert Forum has provided detailed feedback to Partnerships following their expressions of interest.  Next steps are for:   

  

• Partnerships to ensure that ITE programmes have gained academic validation before they are submitted to the EWC Board for professional accreditation


• Partnerships to submit their programmes to the EWC Board for accreditation by 1st December 2017


• The EWC Board to establish whether programmes offer relevant professional preparation for teaching ensuring student teachers shall meet the Professional teaching and leadership Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) standards


• The EWC Board to inform Partnerships of their decision in June 2018 and new ITE programmes will be marketed to prospective students from summer 2018  

  

All teachers need to develop the right teaching and assessment skills to enable them to use the new curriculum to support learning and teaching successfully.  Combined with collaboration, innovation and leadership skills we will develop reflective and highly effective teachers and leaders who have a commitment to their own professional growth and that of their colleagues.  

  

Our ITE must offer future teachers the skills, knowledge and appetite to lead the change required; the new criteria published today, the EWC Board, the appointment of the Chair and Deputies and the Framework are the ingredients that will support this realisation.  

  

http://learning.gov.wales/resources/browse\-all/initial\-teacher\-education\-accreditation\-criteria/?lang\=en


1It is anticipated that in the future all ITE programmes will be lead by a ‘Partnership’, that is an HEI working in close collaboration with a number of ‘lead partnership schools’.  It is this Partnership that will bring forward ITE programmes for accreditation  

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Translation:


 
Rwyf am i addysgu fod yn ddewis cyntaf i bobl wrth ystyried gyrfa, er mwyn inni allu denu'r goreuon. Er mwyn gwneud hyn, mae'n rhaid i'r addysg gychwynnol rydym yn ei chynnig i athrawon fod yn iawn.   
Mae'n bleser gen i gyhoeddi heddiw bod cryn gynnydd wedi'i wneud o ran ein rhaglen ddiwygio, gan gynnwys cyhoeddi Meini prawf ar gyfer achredu rhaglenni addysg gychwynnol athrawon yng Nghymru: Addysgu Athrawon Yfory.   
  
Mae'r Meini Prawf Achredu newydd, ynghyd â'r safonau proffesiynol newydd ar gyfer addysgu ac arweinyddiaeth, yn adlewyrchu uchelgais sy'n gyffredin i lawer a balchder yn y proffesiwn. O addysg gychwynnol athrawon, i mewn i'r ystafell ddosbarth, ac i ddysgu proffesiynol gydol gyrfa, mae ein dull gweithredu cenedlaethol yn canolbwyntio ar sicrhau a datblygu ymhellach broffesiwn addysgu o safon uchel.   
  
Mae Meini prawf ar gyfer achredu rhaglenni addysg gychwynnol athrawon yng Nghymru: Addysgu Athrawon Yfory yn egluro ein disgwyliadau \- ein gofynion \- ar gyfer newidiadau sylfaenol.     
  
1\. Rôl fwy i ysgolion;  
  
2\. Rôl gliriach i brifysgolion;  
  
3\. Cydberchnogaeth o ran rhaglen addysg gychwynnol athrawon;  
  
4\. Cyfleoedd strwythuredig i gysylltu dysg ysgolion a phrifysgolion;   
  
5\. Rôl ganolog gwaith ymchwil  
  
Rwy'n benderfynol o sicrhau bod AGA yng Nghymru yn cael ei chryfhau drwy system wirioneddol gydweithredol, lle mae prifysgolion ac ysgolion yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth gref, gyda chefnogaeth y consortia, gan gydnabod pwysigrwydd gwaith ymchwil.  
  
Rwyf wedi datgan yn glir y bydd tystiolaeth ac arferion gorau rhyngwladol yn helpu i lywio ein gwaith diwygio. Mae'r Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd wedi trefnu gweithdy rhyngwladol, gan weithio gyda ni ar gryfhau'r capasiti ar gyfer addysgeg sy'n seiliedig ar ymchwil a thystiolaeth yng Nghymru. Caiff gweithdai eu cynnal yng Nghaerdydd rhwng 15 ac 17 Mawrth 2017\.   
  
Mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn meithrin mwy o gapasiti i wneud gwaith ymchwil ym maes addysg athrawon, ar lefel ysgolion ac ar lefel darparwyr hyfforddiant. Mae'r Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd wedi cynnull grŵp o ymchwilwyr rhyngwladol i'n helpu i ddatblygu Fframwaith a fydd yn darparu strwythur gweithredu ymarferol ar sail egwyddorion addysgeg cryf sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth ar gyfer rhaglenni AGA.   
  
Bydd gweithdai'r Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd a'r gwaith o lunio Fframwaith yn cefnogi Partneriaethau AGA i greu cymuned ddysgu fywiog, sy'n cydweithredu i gefnogi athrawon dan hyfforddiant i ddatblygu gwybodaeth a sgiliau ymchwil. Mae hyn yn hollbwysig wrth gefnogi athrawon dan hyfforddiant i fod yn ymarferwyr cymwys, meddylgar, myfyriol ac arloesol sy’n ymroi i ddarparu addysgu a dysgu o ansawdd uchel ar gyfer yr holl ddisgyblion/myfyrwyr.   
  
Rwyf o'r farn y bydd grymuso Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg i achredu rhaglenni AGA unigol, drwy sefydlu Pwyllgor Hyfforddiant Cychwynnol Athrawon ("y Bwrdd") yn golygu bod modd ystyried yn fwy penodol sut y bydd y rhaglenni yn codi safon y ddarpariaeth \- gan ddenu'r bobl iawn i'r proffesiwn, sydd â'r sgiliau iawn, y cymwysterau a'r ddawn i addysgu.  
  
Rwyf wrth fy modd yn cael dweud bod swyddi Cadeirydd a Dirprwy Gadeiryddion 'Bwrdd' Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg wedi'u cyhoeddi bellach, ac mai'r dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau yw 31 Mawrth 2017\.   
  
Mae penodi Cadeirydd a dau Ddirprwy Gadeirydd sydd â hygrededd ac sydd o safon uchel yn hanfodol a bydd yn sicrhau bod trefniadau yn cael eu gwneud ar gyfer proses achredu o ansawdd gyda'r trylwyredd a'r cymorth angenrheidiol, i sicrhau y caiff pob rhaglen AGA ei hadolygu'n drwyadl ac yn briodol yn y dyfodol.    
Rwy'n benderfynol na allwn aros am y newidiadau hyn ac na ddylem aros. Er mai o fis Medi 2019 y caiff rhaglenni newydd AGA eu gweithredu, rwy'n disgwyl gweld cynnydd sylweddol nawr. Mae fy Fforwm Arbenigwyr AGA wedi darparu adborth manwl i'r partneriaethau yn dilyn eu mynegiant o ddiddordeb.  Dyma'r camau nesaf:  
  
• Y partneriaethau i sicrhau bod y rhaglenni AGA wedi cael eu dilysu'n academaidd cyn eu cyflwyno i Fwrdd Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg i'w hachredu'n broffesiynol   
• Y partneriaethau i gyflwyno eu rhaglenni i Fwrdd Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg i'w hachredu erbyn 1 Rhagfyr 2017   
• Bwrdd Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg i sefydlu p'un a yw'r rhaglenni yn cynnig paratoad proffesiynol perthnasol i athrawon dan hyfforddiant, gan sicrhau y byddant yn bodloni safonau Statws Athro Cymwysedig y safonau proffesiynol ar gyfer addysgu ac arweinyddiaeth   
• Bwrdd Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg i roi gwybod i'r partneriaethau o'u penderfyniad ym Mehefin 2018, a chaiff rhaglenni AGA newydd eu marchnata i ddarpar fyfyrwyr o haf 2018  
  
Bydd angen i bob athro ddatblygu'r sgiliau addysgu ac asesu iawn i'w galluogi i ddefnyddio'r cwricwlwm newydd i gefnogi eu dysgu a'u haddysgu yn llwyddiannus.  Gan gyfuno hyn â sgiliau cydweithredu, arloesi ac arweinyddiaeth, byddwn yn datblygu athrawon ac arweinwyr myfyriol, hynod effeithiol, sydd wedi ymrwymo i'w twf proffesiynol eu hunain a thwf proffesiynol eu cydweithwyr.   
  
Mae'n rhaid i'n rhaglenni AGA gynnig y sgiliau a'r wybodaeth ofynnol i athrawon y dyfodol, ac ennyn y dymuniad ynddynt i arwain y newid sy'n ofynnol; y meini prawf newydd a gyhoeddwyd heddiw, Bwrdd Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg, penodi'r Cadeirydd a'r Dirprwyon, a'r Fframwaith yw'r elfennau a fydd yn helpu i wireddu hyn.  
  
http://learning.gov.wales/resources/browse\-all/initial\-teacher\-education\-accreditation\-criteria/?lang\=cy   
 1Rhagwelir y bydd holl raglenni AGA y dyfodol yn cael eu harwain gan ‘bartneriaeth’, sef Sefydliad Addysg Uwch sy'n cydweithio’n agos â nifer o ‘ysgolion partneriaeth arweiniol’.   Y bartneriaeth hon fydd yn paratoi'r rhaglenni AGA i gael eu hachredu  
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