@mrlockyer It's round the corner from me, and there are some nice walks there. If you're lucky you may see a seal in Langstone harbour. Had F&C from Whistler's which were good.
How often is teacher professional development designed with the same detail and consideration as designing the school's curriculum? And, shouldn't they be done in partnership? #edchat#ukedchat#edutwitter#SLTchat
and here we go again! Looking forward to seeing our @portsmouthuni PGCE Primary trainees teaching today and their great mentors at the St Francis and St Blasius schools @DCAT211
We need to talk about recruitment to primary ITT. This year so far numbers are down 19% on the same time last year 😱
Last year primary did not meet its recruitment target, and is on track to reach around 75% of last year's target by year end
🚨Recruitment to primary initial teacher training courses have fallen by almost a fifth year-on-year in what expert @JackWorthNFER has called a “worrying” trend...
In April 2023, there were 6,527 “placed” ITT applicants on primary courses, down from 8,100 in April 2022.
@CensoredHead Depends on the purpose of the observation. We regularly observe our trainees, but they are formative + we only focus on 2 things(max) that they have already been coached on. Feedback is just on those 2 areas and what to focus on next to get even better.
Just been to see one of our @UoPEDSOC trainee teachers at @KANParade Very grateful for all the help and support the school's given them, so glad to be able to help them with a 3D printer to support their children's STEM learning!