How do I submit a progress review or assessment report?
You will receive an email reminder from ECT Manager when a progress review or assessment report is required to be completed.
You will need to complete the progress review or assessment report online using ECT Manager.
For further support please refer to the user manuals.
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What are the assessments measured against?
The assessments are based against The Teacher Standards (Part 1 and Part 2) so evidence must be collected for each standard.
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What are the timing of assessments for part time ECTs?
Where an ECT has a part-time contract the AB tutor will work with the Induction Lead to agree appropriate assessment points.
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What are the timings of the assessments for full time ECTs?
The timings for a full time ECT are:
Year 1
•Term 1 –Progress Review report (Informal / formative) - December
•Term 2 –Progress Review report (Informal / formative) - March
•Term 3 –Formal Assessment report (Formal / formative) -July
•Year 2
•Term 4 –Progress Review report (Informal / formative)-December
•Term 5 –Progress Review report (Informal / formative) - March
•Term 6 –Formal Assessment report (Formal / summative)- July
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What evidence is required to inform assessments?
It is essential that assessments are based on a range of evidence gathered across each term and do not rely solely on formal observations. In this way a fair, full and detailed picture of the ECT’s practice will be built up.
The school’s usual monitoring procedures are likely to be the basis of this and could include:
A range of evidence from monitoring activities
•Observations, drop-ins, learning walks
•Progress data
•Book scrutiny
•Planning scrutiny
Other evidence such as:
•pupil voice, parent feedback
•notes of professional discussions
•witness statements
•records of other activities e.g. trips, events, assemblies
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What is the assessment process?
The assessment process consists of:
•Timely and accurate assessment based on arrange of evidence that show cases the ECT’s practice with regard to the Teacher Standards is the responsibility of the school.
•Moderation of assessments to ensure that these are consistent and fair is the responsibility of the Appropriate Body.
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What is the purpose of the assessment?
The purpose is to:
• Ensure that the ECT’s strengths are recognised and areas for development are identified
•To enable appropriate support and CPD opportunities to be put in place that enable the ECT to make progress against the teacher standards.
•To demonstrate that the ECT is on track to meet, or has met, the teacher standards at six points across the two year induction period.
•To identify any barriers so a supportive process can be put in place to overcome these.
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What record keeping is required?
Both the Induction Lead/ Tutor and the ECT should maintain records, including of the CPD put in place, the impact of this and the progress made over the year.
Records may be paper based or digital, as long as they are readily accessible and can be shared with other professionals, including the ABQAO, in the case of a Quality Assurance meeting or a concern arising.
This should not be an onerous task as it is a case of collating information as induction proceeds. As a minimum, records should include:
•Action plans, annotated with outcomes and dates
•Timetable of CPD (ECT and other) with evidence of what has been learnt / tried in practice and the impact of this
•Evidence of good practice and progress:–Feedback from all monitoring i.e. observations, drop ins, book scrutiny, learning walks–Witness statements re: day to day interactions, professional discussions / interactions etc–Comments from parents, carers, other professionals
•Progress Review / Formal Assessment Reports
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