ECT (NQT) Overview

Our Fully funded ECT Programme

This programme meets the DfE statutory ECT framework and each school must offer an ECT programme of support as of September 2021. L.E.A.D. Equate is working in partnership with Education Development Trust, a DfE accredited Lead Provider.

Education Development Trust
Overview: the Early Career Framework programme is designed to fit in with the
day-to-day realities of supporting new teachers.
It is structured to help Early Career Teachers integrate theory, practice and feedback.

Year 1
Rooted in research and expertise and backed by a range of tailored resources,
year one of the programme consists of six modules covering the following topics:
• Establishing a positive climate for learning
• How pupils learn: memory and cognition
• Developing effective classroom practice: teaching and adapting
• The importance of subject and curriculum knowledge
• Assessment, feedback and questioning
• A people profession
Totalling 36 hours training and support

Year 2
In year two, teachers will:
• Embedding a positive culture for learning
• How pupils learn: making it stick
• Enhancing classroom practice: grouping and tailoring
• Revisiting the importance of subject and curriculum knowledge
• Deepening assessment, feedback and questioning
• Continuing your professional development
Totalling 20 hours of support and training

Our Mentor Support and Training

As part of this Golden Package we offer mentors:
• A full induction to prepare Induction Tutors for their Appropriate Body role
• Support with the completion of paperwork in line with the Appropriate Body time frames
• Subject/age phase specific support
• One dedicated point of contact with a Teaching School Hub partner

Mentors will receive 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 Early Career Teachers

Mentors will learn new mentoring and coaching techniques, enabling them to strengthen essential skills that they can use throughout their careers.

Specialist training and support will ensure each mentor is confident in their knowledge of the Early Career Framework and develops their mentoring skills so that the ECTs they work with get the very best from the Programme.

These highly skilled mentors will become the primary source of support and challenge to ECTs. As well as face to-face sessions to develop knowledge and skills in mentoring (aligned to the Mentor Standards), mentors will
also attend regular peer-coaching sessions to discuss progress and challenges with a ‘buddy’ mentor.

Appropriate Body Package

• Registration and monitoring of progress of the ECT as the AB and ECF provider, including reporting
to the Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA)
• Making decisions on the outcome of statutory induction for the ECT
• Monitoring of ECT and ECT Mentor engagement on the ECF Programme
• Provision of all paperwork for monitoring, supporting and recording of outcomes
• Timely communication with ECT updates for both the AB and the ECT programme
• Giving advice where ECTs are at risk of failure and advising on appropriate support packages for the ECT
• Providing advice and guidance on the induction of ECTs
• Quality assurance of assessment forms, against the Teachers’ Standards
• Email and telephone support for ECTs, Induction Tutors and Mentors and assistance in planning additional
targeted support and intervention, including onsite visits, when an ECT’s progress is causing concern
• Access to up-to-date guidance documents
• Induction Tutor Training
• ECT Induction session
• A school visit when appropriate
• A dedicated point of contact within the Teaching School Hub for all AB and ECF needs
• Opportunities to build networks