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Nottingham Trent University - The Signposts to Success Consortium - A Case Study

 

Introduction and background to the project
The Signposts to Success Consortium is a group of five initial teacher training (ITT) providers that piloted different approaches to initial assessment (IA) and individual learning plans (ILPs) during 2005–06.

 

The consortium members   Tower Hamlets College A medium-sized general further education (FE) college set in the heart of the East End of London, with centres in Poplar, Stepney and Bethnal Green. Student numbers for 2005-07 were in excess of 10,000, over 2,500 of whom were full-time.   Newcastle College The biggest FE college in the North East, with over 40,000 students and 1,000 members of staff working in over 20 different sites across the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.   Craven College A medium-sized and developing rural college, set in Skipton, North Yorkshire, and with a network of rural centres across 600 square miles of the Yorkshire Dales.   Blackpool and the Fylde College A large general FE college in the North West of England, with approximately 30,000 students, including 4,000 full-time learners. The college has four main campuses, each with its own subject specialist focus.   Nottingham Trent University Emerged as a university in 1992 but its roots go back to the 1840s when a School of Art and Design was established. This is one of the largest universities in the UK, with over 25,000 students, based across three campuses: City, Clifton and Brackenhurst.

 

Key idea
"For each initial trainee, the pilot projects set out to investigate and trial different ways of identifying and tracking:

- a starting point

- developmental action points

- continuing action plan

- continuing professional development (CPD) needs.

Each member of the consortium was at a different stage of developing IA procedures and ILPs for their trainee teachers, and each had different ideas about the end-products. 

What was shared was a vision of an ILP as a process rather than a mere document. The challenge was to find the best way of presenting and implementing that vision. This case study outlines key aspects of the five different pilots and emerging ideas that ‘best practice’ involves a comprehensive, flexible and dynamic electronic ILP."

 

Each member of the consortium was responsible for its individual pilot, but we came together at key stages during the year to discuss plans and progress, and to reflect on issues and lessons learnt. Nottingham Trent University led the consortium and steered the production of this case study.