The Impact of ITT

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The Impact of ITT

• Martin Husbands
• Droitwich Spa High School
• Wednesday 8th November
• York

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Our commitment to ITT

• Our School is committed to providing teaching
  practices of the highest
• quality and have
• a commitment to increasing ITT provision
• a commitment to improving the quality
• a commitment to staff training and development in
  relation to ITT provision
• promoting ITT across the school
• developing strong links with one or more ITT
  providers
• Autumn 2006 22 trainees

I suppose its a bit like a mission statement?!
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Number of ITT students (trainees)
Aim To consider the impacts of this ITT in
schools
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Droitwich Spa High School

• Worcestershire
• 1450 students
• 100 teaching staff
• 12-18
• True comprehensive
• Specialist Sports College
• My role
• Assistant Headteacher (CPD)
• CPD, PMR, NQT, ITT

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Task 1

• Get your post-it notes ready.
• Write down as many impacts of ITT as possible.
• Use a separate post-it note for each one
• Go!
• Almost time
• 30 seconds!

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Task 2

• Now consider these impacts in the context of
  individual / team / school

Individual
Team Whole
School
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Departmental / Team Impacts

• Fresh ideas
• New approaches
• Sharing of ideas
• New resources (schemes of work, specific
  resources)
• Example 1 Introduction to Business Studies
• Example 2 Games to enhance learning in Maths
• Learning and teaching becomes a dialogue
• Use of standards as everyday terminology
• Learning styles
• Financial contribution to dept funds
• Extra pair of hands
• Extra curricular involvement
• Time?

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Individual Impacts

• Attitude
• New Ideas
• Reflection
• CPD (accreditation)
• Raises Achievement
• Learning Styles
• Finance
• Resources (incl. time?)
• Recruitment
• Lesson planning
• Networking / Liaison
• Learning Culture
• New skills.. not all skills shared and
  discussed are so explicit.

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Task 3 What skills do teachers develop
professionals or mentors
Label the bodies with skills / qualities
Eyes in the back of the head
Listening ear
Skill development Communication Negotiation Dele
gation Organisation Pupil knowledge Behaviour
management Subject knowledge Feedback Preparation
Planning Guidance And more..
5 mins
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Whole School Impacts

• Learning culture
• Improved relationships with providers
• Liaison with Middle Schools
• Emphasis on CPD
• Developing all staff in the school
• Learning and teaching agenda
• Camera technology to enhance L T
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Financial contribution
• Involved in major TDA projects (PPS PDS)

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Implications
Trainees
School
RESOURCES SUPPORT TIME

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Support for Trainees

• Being an ITT student
• at Droitwich Spa High School
• The Professional Mentor Team

• Trained mentors
• Experience
• Willingness to help
• Access to resources
• Subject / professional mentor sessions ITE
  booklet
• Some initiativesVLE / Camera Technology
• Culture of ITT
• VLE Virtual Learning Environment

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Support for Mentors / School

• Training mentor specific each year
• Whole school INSET Mentoring (Nov 2005)
• Whole school INSET Coaching (Dec 2006)
• Support materials
• VLE online resources
• Assistant Professional Mentor Appointed (Sept
  2004)
• Staff Handbook
• CPD beyond the school

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Current role as PDS lead school

• To increase the quality and
• capacity of ITT in shortage
• subjects

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Impacts of ITT
INDIVIDUAL
DEPARTMENTAL
WHOLE SCHOOL
PUPILS??
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Were you paying attention?

• Test!

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Thank you

• martin1husbands_at_hotmail.com
• husbandsm_at_thevle.co.uk

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Using our Specialism.

• Specialist Status (build on existing University
  of Worcester links ICT opportunities, feeder
  schools)
• To enhance Initial Teacher Training through the
  effective use of camera technology
• To continue the commitment to focus on the
  trainee.

• Example..
• 20 young adults around the edge of a sports hall
  became a daunting experience for pupils.
• To use camera technology in a practical way

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Phases 1 2 of 3 complete

• Phase 1
• Installation of camera technology
• Implement with UCW Initial Teacher Trainees
• Phase 2
• Interactive radio headset
• Additional locations
• Support for ALL PE trainees each Monday
• Self Review

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Typical Session

• Lesson focus negotiated with trainee teachers
• College tutor teaches lesson using interactive
  radio microphone, trainees observe
• Teacher chairs discussion and interacts with
  college tutor by asking questions
• College tutor returns to review the lesson

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Student feedback on camera use key features

• ..enabled us to discuss issues as they arose
  rather than at the end of the session when we
  probably wouldnt have remembered
• Allowed us to focus on the actions of the
  teacher and the behaviour of the pupils up close
• We were all focused on one aspect, rather than
  all of us seeing the lesson from a different
  perspective depending on where we sat

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Rank Order Of Influence (total scores)
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We have learned

• Collaboration requires commitment from people
• Financial investment necessary to get started
• Hardware needs maintenance
• Succession in terms of knowledge matters
• Innovative thinking can impact
• Innovative thinking can spread

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Phase 3

• Video streaming across the net
• Tutor observes, evaluates and carries out
  collaborative review with trainee from University
  office (Global)
• Video archives stored on web-site for future
  reference
• Continuing Professional Development (LA)

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Spin off benefits

• Combined classes releases one teacher to observe
  via camera technology
• School mentor observes trainee teacher removing
  halo effect
• Enhance performance/coaching/evaluative skills
  within physical education
• CPD for involved staff
• Influence on ICT expectation whole school

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