University of Sunderland, Gateshead College and East Durham and Houghall Community College (EDHCC)
About Us
The University of Sunderland has long experience of delivering initial teacher training (ITT) to a range of learners, as the result of partnerships with many training providers in the region. The university provides high-level academic understanding of the nature of teacher training from individuals who deliver programmes at many levels. Within the School of Education and Lifelong Learning there is significant expertise of evaluation and research in the post-compulsory sector. The University of Sunderland has worked in partnership with Gateshead College and East Durham and Houghall Community College in delivery of their franchised Certificate in Education/Professional Certificate in Education (PCET) programmes for 10 years.
Gateshead College, as a general further education (FE) college, provides a variety of learning contexts for those involved in the pilot and attracts trainee teachers from a wide variety of curriculum and vocational areas. Traditionally it has a reputation for high-quality engineering provision - the college currently has Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status in motor vehicle engineering. The college has many links with employers and the local community and has successfully provided ITT through a franchise arrangement with the University of Sunderland for many years.
East Durham and Houghall College (EDHCC) is an FE college that provides a highly specialised curriculum and a distinctive range of courses: the college has a significant 14-16 curriculum and a large workforce development faculty, which successfully engages learners in the workplace; many more adults are engaged in part-time college-based provision. The college offers courses in a wide range of curriculum areas, including land-based curriculum offered at the Houghall Centre in Durham.
"We wanted to investigate whether a coaching approach would improve the effectiveness of the observation process for trainee teachers. Would a coaching approach be suitable in the context of ITT?"
Resources
Evaluation report - PDF format
Case study
Case study - printable version - Word format
What is coaching? (handout on the coaching process for coaches and student teachers) - Word format
Coaching diary for coaches - Word format
Coaching diary for student teachers - Word format
Top ten videoing tips - Word format
Coaching in action - streaming video - (13 minutes) – showing the process at varying stages in the cycle of coaching:
- Post-observation coaching meeting – Gateshead College - streaming video
- Post-observation coaching meeting – University of Sunderland
- Post-observation coaching meeting – EDHCC - streaming video
- Professional discussion – generic tutor and curriculum mentor - streaming video