When trainees are awarded a place on the course an Initial Needs Analysis (INA) takes place that highlights skills already demonstrated and areas for development. This will include audits of subject knowledge and Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). This analysis is reviewed half termly, to ensure that emerging needs are built into an Individual Training Plan (ITP). The ITP aims to provide trainees with a live and working framework against which they can progress and development can be gauged.
Trainees are assisted in this process by a comprehensive support package. This provision includes backing from a trained and experienced school-based trainer (SBT), the school GTP Leader, and a WPITT Consultant. WPITT Consultants are experienced former headteachers or senior teachers with a wealth of knowledge to support trainees.
Based on the INAs and the ITPs of the trainees, WPITT offers an extensive weekly training programme to complement the schools-based Professional Studies Programme and address the explicit needs of the trainee.
A comprehensive training programme is offered, including courses in vital pedagogical skills such as Behaviour Management, Inclusion and Assessment for Learning. Primary trainees also access specific subject training.
A Masters Level Profession
All WPITT trainees will be able to access 30 credits at Masters Level currently offered in partnership with Huddersfield University.
WPITT graduates subsequently employed as NQTs in Wakefield will also be able to access an additional 30 credits in their NQT year to give them a total of 60 Masters level credits and certification for a post graduate diploma in education.
Training for SBT and GTP Leaders
The programme addresses the training of SBTs, with additional induction for new host and second placement SBTs.
Termly GTP Leader and SBT training meetings are scheduled where individual needs can be addressed.
