Peninsula CETT

The Peninsula CETT is lead by the University of Plymouth and has 19 members drawn from across the southwest of England. Members are providers of initial teacher training (ITT) for the Lifelong Learning Sector or employers in the Lifelong Learning Sector with trainees undertaking ITT. The Peninsula CETT has two main aims. The first is systematic and sustained engagement between the ITT providers and trainees' employers. The second is the sharing of good practice between ITT providers and trainees' employers in the South West. To achieve these aims three objectives have been established:

• Objective 1 - broadening support for trainees in the workplace;
• Objective 2 - deepening the link between the taught and practice elements of ITT;
• Objective 3 - broadening the current partnerships and networks to share resources and disseminate good practice in ITT and CPD.

In the first year the Peninsula CETT's activities will include establishing the following common practices across member organisations: ITT course reviews with participation from employers and human resource representatives; meetings between mentors and ITT teams; monitoring of mentor arrangements for all trainees. The Peninsula CETT will also fund a number of small scale practice development projects in individual member organisations focused on the CETT's objectives. The Peninsula CETT will also run joint staff development days for member organisations and hold an annual conference to disseminate the findings from the first year.

Find more information on the Peninsula CETT website (opens in a new window).

Lead Organisation

University of Plymouth

Coverage

Devon and Cornwall and SW

Address

Faculty of Education, University of Plymouth, Douglas Avenue, Exmouth EX8 2AT

Contact(s)

Partner organisations

Delivery: Bicton College, City of Bristol College, Cornwall College, East Devon College, North Devon College, Plymouth College of Further Education, Somerset College of Arts & Technology, Truro College, Cornwall Adult Education Service, Devon County Council, Somerset Learning & Leisure, University of Plymouth

Constituent: Achievement Training, Devon & Cornwall Police, St Loyes Foundation, Royal Marines, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS

Aim(s)

Systematic and sustained engagement between the ITT providers and trainees' organisations in the South West of The sharing of good practice between ITT providers and trainees' organisations in the South West of England.

Activities, year one

• Objective 1 Broadening support for trainees in the workplace

  • Audit of support in the workplace to include types of support required for trainee teachers and support currently provided
  • Development of an ITT mentoring policy
  • Reviewing and developing training for ITT mentors including conducting ITT observations and mapping of Skills for Life
  • Collecting details of ITT mentors to submit to CETT co-ordination team for central database and monitoring support for trainees in the workplace
  • Small scale development projects devised by individual organisations to enhance support for trainees in the workplace

• Objective 2 Deepening the link between the taught and practice elements of ITT

  • Establishing common communication practices between teacher training teams and staff development/human resources
  • Establishing regular attendance of staff development/human resource managers at ITT course review meetings in individual organisations
  • Establishing regular meetings between mentors and teacher training teams to review progress of trainees on ITT courses
  • Promoting peer observation, co-teaching and work experience in different work contexts
  • Small scale development projects devised by individual organisations to strengthen the link between the taught and practice elements of ITT

• Objective 3 Broadening the current partnerships and networks to share resources and disseminate good practice in ITT and CPD

  • Joint staff development days for teacher trainers
  • Annual Peninsula CETT conference and participation at regional and national conferences by staff from constituent organisations
  • Gathering reports and dissemination of findings from other CETT activities
  • Meetings for Staff Development/Human Resource managers with briefings on key ITT issues and developments
  • Meetings for Teacher Trainers with briefings on key ITT issues and developments
  • Meetings for Senior Managers with briefings on key ITT issues and developments
  • Development of a CETT website to include database of mentor details, progression routes for trainees, reports and findings of CETT activities, details of CETT events and activities, forums for discussion, and summary of key national ITT issues and developments
  • Co-ordination of CETT activities, reporting to Quality Improvement Agency and future bid planning and writing
  • Mapping of progression routes for trainees
  • Identification of and liaison with new organisations joining the CETT

Target groups

Adult and Community Learning, Offender education, Vocational and work-based learning