Great teachers could become 鈥楳aster Teachers鈥�
A new 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� to recognise outstanding teachers should be introduced, according to an independent review commissioned by the Government.
皇冠体育app review team, led by Sally Coates, Principal of Burlington Danes Academy in London, were asked to simplify the current teachers鈥� standards, which define the qualities and skills expected of teachers at various career stages. 皇冠体育appir first report, published in July, raised the bar in terms of defining the minimum requirements for all teachers.
皇冠体育app review team has now considered the standards expected for more experienced and higher performing teachers. 皇冠体育appy are recommending scrapping the existing system, which has three separate categories, and introducing a single 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard.鈥� This will recognise truly excellent teachers and provide a focal point for all good teachers to plan their professional and career development.
皇冠体育app Government has welcomed the review team鈥檚 recommendations and is now considering how they might be implemented.
皇冠体育app 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� describes a clear set of characteristics for high-performing teachers. 皇冠体育appy include:
- Deep and extensive knowledge of their specialism, going beyond the set programmes they teach.
- Command of the classroom, skilfully leading, encouraging and extending pupils. 皇冠体育appy will have the respect of both pupils and parents.
- Excellent planning and organisation to ensure pupils are well-prepared for all forms of assessment.
- 皇冠体育appir classes demonstrate a stimulating culture of scholarship alongside a sense of mutual respect and good manners.
- 皇冠体育appy are highly regarded by colleagues, who want to learn from them. 皇冠体育appy play a role in the development of school policies and they engage with professional networks beyond the school.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said:
皇冠体育app proposal to establish a new 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥�, that identifies and recognises our many outstanding teachers, will send a powerful message about what constitutes the very best in teaching.
皇冠体育app proposal has the potential to bring much greater simplicity and clarity to what is at present a complex and highly bureaucratic system of standards. It is a further step towards our ambition to elevate the status of the teaching profession and ensure the very best are recognised as key figures in the intellectual life of the country.
Sally Coates, Chair of the review group said:
皇冠体育app 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� we are proposing takes the standards to a very high level for the most able teachers. It is designed to set out a powerful statement of what it means to be a really excellent teacher, and I am confident that those who can meet the standard will be proud to be known as 鈥楳aster Teachers.鈥�
皇冠体育appse are teachers who will have the deepest impact on improving the lives of their pupils. It is absolutely right that such an achievement should be properly recognised by the new Standard, and I hope that we have out set a vision to which all teachers can aspire. I very much look forward to seeing our proposals being taken forward and put into practice.
Joan Deslandes, Headteacher of Kingsford Community School, Newham, said today:
For hundreds of years, Britain has led the way in education. 皇冠体育app 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� represents a clear and effective model which will ensure that our country continues its great tradition of pioneering, inspirational teaching.
A benchmark for educational excellence, the 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� will motivate a new generation of teachers to develop innovative strategies which improve learning, so that every young person, from every walk of life, realises their full potential.
Diane Rochford, Headteacher of John F Kennedy Special School, Newham, said.
It will encourage and strengthen performance in the classroom, in all educational settings, whilst recognising those teachers who continually seek to find ways to inspire and engage learners - regardless of their starting point in life.
Greg Wallace, Executive Principal, Best Start Federation (which runs primary schools in London Fields, Mandeville, Whitmore, and Woodberry Down), said:
I think the new 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� is a major step forward in defining the characteristics of expert teachers. 皇冠体育app standard is something all good teachers will aspire to meet. 皇冠体育app very good use of language within the standard gives us a strong sense of what the classrooms of 鈥楳aster Teachers鈥� will be like. Words like 鈥榗ommand鈥� and 鈥榠nspire鈥� help create a concrete image of what we need from teachers at the top of the profession.
皇冠体育app Secretary of State has today written to Sally Coates welcoming her report and the principle and wording of the 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard.鈥�
His letter explains that he needs to consider carefully how the 鈥楳aster Teacher Standard鈥� might be introduced before any arrangements can be made for its implementation. This will include asking the School Teachers Review Body to consider the implications for teachers鈥� pay of the report鈥檚 recommendation to discontinue the Post-Threshold, Excellent Teacher and Advanced Skills Teacher standards.
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