Continuity in the new Professional Teacher Standards
One of the challenges faced by
people when they encounter change is having to ‘start things from scratch’.
Understandably, people may be forgiven for asking ‘why change?’ and ‘why so
often?’ A good example of this is the Ofsted SEF which changed fairly regularly
and was then apparently abandoned in July 2011 only for a new framework to be
devised and advised in January 2012. A more recent example is the new Professional Standards for teachers.
The new Teacher Standards come into force in September 2012 but is it really the case that teachers must wait until then before using them? A more relevant question perhaps is ‘what happens to all my evidence from the past?’ Having invested so much of their time in generating an evidence base for one format, is it really fair to ask teachers to do it all again?
Answers to these questions are
the reason why Bluewave.SWIFT exists; leaders in education will recognise there
must be continuity and succession planning if we are to ensure the burden of
bureaucracy does not impinge on the core business of a school. In other words,
administration must be made easier.
Teachers using Bluewave.SWIFT
have ‘future-proofed’ their evidence. Simply storing their evidence and
documents in a unique way ensures that it all comes to the surface in the right
place in the future, regardless of what the next version of teaching standards
looks like. This method works for all staff and indeed for the whole school meaning
that everyone can have a truly lifelong record of progress all in one place,
all interconnected to Performance Management and to Continuing Professionaldevelopment (CPD)
The Teacher Standards 2012 are built into in Bluewave.SWIFT alongside the current teaching standards. Headteacher standards are also included as well as Teaching Assistant standards and the National Occupational Standards for support staff.
Click here to see a video of how you can evaluate against the new Teacher Standards
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