STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ITT PROVIDERS

ITT providers play a critical role in the maths education system, developing the next generation of teachers entering state-maintained schools in England. The ITTECF sets out the entitlement of every trainee and Early Career Teacher (ECT) to the core body of knowledge, skills and behaviours that define great teaching, and to the mentoring and support from expert colleagues they should receive throughout the three or more years at the start of their career.

Providers of ITT and ECF-based training are expected to translate the framework into a carefully sequenced curriculum of training and professional development to support trainees and ECTs to build their expertise across all aspects of the framework.

This project provides a community which enables ITT providers to work together to develop their specialist knowledge for teaching maths provision, with a focus on teaching for mastery.

Community Leads will be asked to focus their local work in one key theme area. These themes respond to the needs of the ITT sector. The themes for this year are:

• NCP24-31_Pedagogy: for an established group to have local/regional meetings leading to additional partnership work focusing on the issues relevant to that locality, to strengthen the understanding of teaching for mastery pedagogy
• NCP24-31_Curriculum: reviewing the ITTECF or ITAPs offer to identify the maths-specific elements, how they relate to teaching for mastery, how they feature in provision, and how the provision can develop this further
• NCP24-31_Mentor: developing the subject-specific expertise of mentors to support trainees in mastery-related maths learning and teaching.



These communities support sustained partnerships between ITT providers and local hubs, and the project has two sets of outcomes: one focused on the ITT providers, and the other on the Maths Hub Leadership and Management (MHLM) Team. Community Leads have additional funding to support with strengthening partnership work.

Previous years have indicated that these communities can be enhanced by working across hub boundaries and collaborating in larger geographical regions.

Participants in this community will be from the ITT sector; they should be directly involved in ITT with a responsibility for maths. It is expected that these participants will represent the various ITT providers across the hub region, so may include HEI, SCITT, and School Direct, and represent different phases of ITT including EYTS and QTS (primary and secondary). Some communities may extend their invitation to mentors (if this is the focus for the work).



Participants, supported by their institution, attend all scheduled meetings, feedback to relevant colleagues, and review their provision in light of the discussions. Participants work with their Community Lead for the equivalent of three days, and it is expected that the ITT provider will commit to the same person/people participating in this community throughout the year.