School Direct through Somerset SCITT

Introductions

• Name of your school and your role

• Why are you interested in School Direct (SD)?

• On a scale of 1 to 10 how clear are you about

what SD is?

• What experience have you had of SD or PGCE?

• What difference have you noticed between

trainees on different routes?

Who we are

• First formed in 1999

• Based in Taunton, with placements across the

South West.

• The legal entity is Somerset LA.

• Our management board is comprised mainly of

local HTs

• Somerset SCITT is part of Support Services for

Education (SSE)

• PGCE validated by the University of Worcester.

Outstanding provider

• We have been judged as outstanding in our last

3 OFSTED inspections

• 94% of our trainees last year had secured

teaching posts by September

• Last year 70% of our trainees achieved a grade

1 and 30 % a grade 2

Creating the best environments for

our children to thrive.

Two different routes

PGCE

• 70 training days

• 3 placements (60% of the course in schools)

SD hubs

• 30 training days

• 2 placements (most of the time spent in 1 school)

SD Partners

• Heathfield Community School

• GET

• Ventrus

• The Beach

Specialisms

• EY (placements in the foundation stage and KS1

– there is an opportunity for trainees to spend 1

of these placements in an outstanding nursery

setting.)

• SEND

Key Roles

• Programme Managers

• Tutor Moderators

• Professional Tutors

• Class Teachers

• Module Leaders

• Focused Individual Support Tutors

• Admin staff

Creating the best environments for our

trainees to thrive.

Induction

• Firstly, in July all SD trainees, PTs, HTs and SCITT

tutors will meet for a enrolment session to make

clear the roles and expectations for the year

• At the beginning of September all trainees on all

routes have a residential outdoor learning and team

building experience at Kilve Court

• After this each SD hub will arrange to induct its own

trainees

• There is also a central session on professionalism

and ITE Code of Conduct

The SD centrally-taught

programme 2016-17

• 6 days English

• 6 days Mathematics

• 4 days Science

• 4 days Assessment

• 3 Conference days (ICT, Behaviour, Learning

Without Limits)

• SEND, Outdoor Learning and Pupil Premium

• Remaining days include planning, academic

study and joining the profession

Learning By Doing

• Throughout the year, trainees have the

opportunity to deepen and develop their

pedagogy through practical, hands-on learning

• In a short year, with only six weeks out the class

for the centrally-taught programme, it is essential

that schools are able to meet all the trainees’

development needs

Team building

Modeling good practice

Using puppets to

contextualise the learning.

The excitement of learning

Memorable learning

opportunities

Passionate about teaching

We are passionate about teaching and learning

• We offer our trainees a chance to learn from outstanding and experienced practitioners – in the classroom and on training days.

• Innovative practice, drawing upon the best practice in our schools e.g. Learning Without Limits, Narrowing/Understanding the Gap.

• The training days are varied – some take place in schools, some are conference days (PGCE and SD trainees together)

• All of our trainees undertake a PGCE

Resources

• Our VLE

• Resources for Learning

• Up to date equipment to borrow – ipads, data

loggers, puppets

Why become a SD hub?

• Grow your own

• CPD opportunity for middle leaders

• Injection of fresh ideas

• Opportunity to reflect on practice and develop pedagogy – e.g. PGCE assessment research

• If able to swop with another school for the middle placement - £2,000 per trainees per year.

• Opportunity to release teachers to focus on school development (particularly in the summer term)

• Demonstrate commitment to the future of the profession.

Passionate about teaching

We believe that teachers make a

difference

Informed, responsible, ACTIVE citizens of the world!