Welcome to the ITT Pilot Resources
Evaluation of the DfES initial teacher training (ITT) pilot projects
During Autumn 2004 nine Initial Teacher Training (ITT) centres started developing models for introducing or improving mentoring practice in their institutions. This initial group was joined the following year by a further and much larger group looking to develop new ways to deal with initial assessment, individual learning plans and teacher observation practice.
The pilots were part of a Department for Education and Skills (DfES), Standards Unit programme of work, commissioned as one response to the challenges set out by the Equipping our Teachers for the Future: Reforming Initial Teacher Training for the Learning and Skills Sector. More specifically, the pilot programme of work looked to respond to some of the proposals contained in theme 3 (Developing leaders, teachers, trainers and support staff of the future).
The Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region (ACER) was asked to manage the Evaluation of the DfES ITT Pilots Project and to commission an independent team of evaluators to work with the pilot centres and to evaluate their progress. The Project managed:
- the process of managing action research projects for ITT
- the development of outcomes - a ‘model’ which was piloted/field tested
- centres and partners within a range of contexts and with varied aspirations
The Project has now been completed and the materials developed can be found on this web-site.
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