Student Voice Overview September October November December January February March April May June July Aug. Potential Trainees Feedback questionnaire after each open event/recruitment event Feedback questionnaire after each interview, including questions about the rigour of the selection process Trainees First Week/ Induction Day Survey Partnership Programmes Board SSCF Student Consultative Meeting 1 HoA Focus Group ITT Board Faculty Board SERIM Mid-year ‘Big Evaluation’ NSS Survey SSCF Student Consultative Meeting 2 Partnership Programmes Board ISS Survey ITT Board Faculty Board End of year ‘Big Evaluation’ Partnership Programmes Board ITT Board Faculty Board Focus Group SERIM NQTs/ Former Trainees Partnership Programmes Board ITT Board Faculty Board NQT Survey Partnership Programmes Board NQT/CPD Conference Feedback ITT Board Faculty Board Employability Survey ITT Board Faculty Board Focus Group Feedback to Trainees after: SSCF Meetings, Focus Groups, Mid-year ‘Big Evaluation’ and End of year ‘Big Evaluation’ Information (meeting records and feedback) shared on the VLE, in module handbooks and in teaching sessions with all trainees.
Emerging pattern of missed attendance, explained or unexplained prolonged absence. Programme Leader meets with the trainee, identifies issues, agrees and records action (retained on trainee file). Programme Leader notifies Academic Registry. Academic Registry sends second tracking letter. Continuing missed attendance, explained or unexplained/ attitude concerns Early Years Head of Area/Assistant Head of Area and the Programme Leader meet with the trainee and initiate Stage One Academic and Professional Review Procedures (Appendix 3) Targets set – documents circulated to trainee Trainee placed on ‘Reserved Agenda’ Programme Leader monitors attendance and reports to the Early Years Management Board and ‘Reserved Agenda’. Trainee fails to respond to the targets set at Stage One Academic and Professional Review Procedures. Early Years Head of Area/Assistant Head of Area and Programme Leader meet with the trainee to review failure to meet targets. Where appropriate, Stage Two Academic and Professional Review Procedures initiated. Documents circulated to Academic Registry, trainee and Early Years Head of Area/Assistant Head of Area. OR Academic Registry withdraws the trainee from the programme in the event that first or second tracking letter is not responded to. ITT Academic and Professional Review Procedures (APRM): 2015/16 Early Years Education Tracking and monitoring of trainees reveals a specific support need, or, infringement of Code of Conduct Stage 1 APRM, including Initial Tutorial Meeting, initiated APRM Stage 1, including Initial Tutorial Meeting: Trainer alerts trainee and Year Leader, and maintains a record of communication
of infringement of Code of Conduct; or targets not met APRM Stage 3 Head of Area and Assistant Head of Area meet with trainee. Identification of issues and actions/targets agreed. APRM doc.3 completed Programme Leader monitors situation and maintains the overview Tracking and monitoring of trainees reveals ongoing/further specific support needed; of infringement of Code of Conduct; or targets not met Stage 4 APRM initiated APRM Stage 4 Head of Area alerts Associate Dean (ITT and Quality). Head of Area reports to Academic Registrar and Director of Student Services with regard to institutional consideration within Fitness to Practise regulations. Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances (EMC) The Faculty follows the University guideline on Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances. The guidelines can be found on the Academic Registry wiki If you have questions about the content please discuss with the Programme Leader who will advise you on the best course of action. On Programme Self-Declaration All providers of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) have a responsibility to ensure that trainees have the health and physical capacity to teach and will not put children and young people at risk of harm. In addition, Statutory guidance, Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education, requires providers to ensure that entrants on all routes,