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Teaching School Hubs were part of the Department for Education’s wider system reforms from September 2021 and replaced the 800 Teaching Schools nationally, with 87 regional Teaching School Hubs. Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub is led by and designated to Brooke Weston Academy who have formed a powerful coalition of expertise through its partner schools and organisations both regionally and nationally. Your school will benefit from a local delivery expert with recognised partners across north, central and south Northamptonshire. Together we are optimistic and aspirational about the future of teaching, learning and leadership across all of Northamptonshire’s 317 schools, inclusive of every type and phase of education.

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Mentors will get face-to-face and online training to develop skills in:

• assessing teacher progress
• providing effective feedback
• using deliberate practice to accelerate progress
• how to provide further challenge to high performing ECTs
• They’ll attend webinars to complement the six modules being undertaken by their ECTs so they can tailor and align their support accordingly.

Mentors will also have the opportunity to learn from experts. Through half-termly webinars they’ll discover the best ways to reflect on their practice and develop their instructional coaching skills. And through Teach First’s network of 1,000 partners schools they will have opportunities to shadow outstanding practitioners and subject leaders.

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Mentor – a subject or phase specialist from the teaching staff who will provide one-to-one support and mentoring to the ECT throughout the two years. The mentor will also have access to face-to-face and online training to help them become a great mentor.

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All schools that offer a statutory induction are required to have an Appropriate Body (AB) for their Early Career Teachers (ECTs). As a Teaching School Hub, we will provide AB services to meet the needs of our county across all phases and settings.

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In year one, ECTs will:

• attend a full induction.
• spend a total of four and a half hours each half term learning content online – this is broken down into weekly bitesize chunks, to help support the teacher fit their learning into the half term attend two live online or in-person training sessions, lasting an hour and a half each.
• spend an hour each week with their mentor, either being observed, receiving feedback or discussing a topic in-depth to enhance ECTs understanding.

In year two, ECTs will:

• attend a year two induction.
• continue to have access to all the online materials from year one, including stretch content to deepen knowledge, and complete 45 minutes of self-directed study each half term.
• meet with their mentor for an hour every two weeks attend a phased/subject-specific seminar every half term to collaborate on learning and development.

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In Year 2, teachers will:

• engage in subject/phase-specific learning and development 
• develop their autonomy of learning
• choose from a range of career development modules; (including implementing research in the classroom, understanding the role of a career leader, understanding the role of a mentor and understanding the role of a middle leader).
• continue to benefit from instructional coaching sessions with their mentor.

Rooted in research and our expertise, and backed-up by a range of tailored resources, Year 1 of the programme consists of six modules:

• Creating powerful learning environments.
• How pupils learn.
• How to plan and teach lessons.
• Supporting every pupil to succeed.
• Assessment  and feedback.
• Planning a coherent curriculum.

Each module includes self-directed study materials containing expert guidance, research and examples of best practice. Programme members will join online training seminars to discuss theory and their own experiences with small groups of peers and experts. They’ll also get access to coaching sessions to support them to put the theory into practice with the support of their mentor.

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from the Director of Teaching School Hub, Gemma Marks

The Northampton Teaching School Hub will deliver core functions to support schools and trusts to invest in their workforce to grow, recruit, develop and retain the very best teachers, support staff and leaders. We are delighted to introduce you to Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub (NTSH), appointed by the Department for Education for Northamptonshire. Alongside its trusted partners, it is NTSH’s role to support schools with the best evidence-informed knowledge, to ensure teachers at every career stage have access to the highest quality professional and leadership development across:

• Early Career Framework (ECF)
• National Professional Qualifications (NPQs)
• Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
• Appropriate Body (AB) services
• Other Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

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Your school benefits from:

• A high-quality programme rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in all areas
• face-to-face and online training for a middle leader to become a great mentor, designed in partnership with Deans for Impact
• a network of mentors to share best practice 
• free membership and resources from the Chartered College of Teaching for your early career teacher and mentor 
• training for a Senior Leader to introduce the package to your school

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In year two, mentors will:

• attend the year two induction complete mentor induction.
• complete six 1-hour seminars and a related 30-45 minute self-directed study session, one per half term.
• Have three interactions with their ECT each half term that follows a development cycle. These interactions will enable mentors to identify areas of development with their ECT, discuss progress and learnings from their ECT’s engagement in seminars and observations and give feedback from drop-in observations and carry out deliberate practice.

In year one, mentors will:

• attend a full induction.
• carry out weekly instructional coaching interactions with their ECT.
• attend six 1-hour seminars and a related optional self-directed study session, one per half term.
• engage with weekly overview videos, which support them to understand how they can best support their ECT each week (approximately one per half term).