he government Education unions and organizations have stated that plans to overhaul teacher training must be stopped because this may cause “irreparable damage” to the supply of quality teachers to schools.
Joint letter to the school minister Nick Gibb The government is accused of trying to “pass the huge reform railway” to train teachers with “few opportunities for review and meaningful feedback.”
The government initiated a consultation on the recommendations of the initial teacher training (ITT) market review, which will end in the summer.
All ITT providers need to be re-certified to start from August 2022 according to Ministry of Education This raises concerns that many well-respected universities may withdraw from teacher training.
This letter from six educational organizations representing teachers and school leaders calls on the Ministry of Education to urgently stop the negotiations that ended on August 22, because “this will cause fundamental and irreversible damage to the supply of high-quality education, which is a clear danger of fundamental and irreparable damage. “. Teacher” to school.
It warned: “We know that you are as convinced as we are that the quality of teaching is the most important factor in improving performance and narrowing the gap of disadvantages.
“Therefore, a consultation was initiated at the end of a summer semester, which itself admitted that it would lead to a’far-reaching change’ to the training of teachers in England, which is extraordinary, and the summer semester was interrupted by the continuing pandemic. The deadline for replying is the result of the result day that the school and college will process during the summer vacation.
“It feels a lot like trying to carry out rail transportation through a huge change in the delivery model of teacher training, with few opportunities for review and meaningful feedback.”
The letter also added: “We believe that you remove this consultation from the desktop at this time, which is the best service for the school and students so that you can have an opportunity to have an appropriate discussion.
The review recommended that ITT providers should apply for recertification before the end of March 2022 and announce successful providers before the end of the 2021/22 school year.
The supplier will then have one year to recruit students and prepare for the first teaching of the new ITT course in September 2023.
DfE hopes that these recommendations will strengthen the quality standards of ITT courses, including new certification processes, new and enhanced school placements, and high-quality guidance to students.
This is the worst time to make unnecessary adjustments to teacher training
Nick Brooke, Deputy Secretary-General of the NAHT School Leadership Union, said: “These radical, controversial and complex proposals require the full participation of all stakeholders, which cannot be achieved in the last few days of the semester.
“school Correctly focus on the post-pandemic education recovery, and due to the rapid increase in Covid cases among students, it is currently coping with major disruptions.
“This is the worst time to make unnecessary reforms to teacher training.”
The leaders of the Association of School and College Leaders, NAHT, National Education Alliance The NASUWT Teaching Union, Voice Community and Chartered Teaching Institute have all signed the letter.
