UNDERGRADUATE ITT CLUSTERS 23 June 2009

Aim of the clusters is….. … to develop trainees’ knowledge, understanding and skills in removing barriers to learning and participation for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities

… to develop trainees’ knowledge, understanding and skills in

removing barriers to learning and participation for pupils with special

educational needs and/or disabilities

Objectives are to…. Enable sharing of information, advice and support between providers in the cluster face to face and electronically Use the TDA SEN and disability training resources Draw in expertise to help build capacity (eg: schools, LAs, “experts”, voluntary sector) Feedback to TDA on how the training resources are being used and placements developed Link with CEDAR evaluators reviewing impact of DCSF funded SEN initiatives

Enable sharing of information, advice and support between providers in the cluster face to face and electronically

Use the TDA SEN and disability training resources

Draw in expertise to help build capacity (eg: schools, LAs, “experts”, voluntary sector)

Feedback to TDA on how the training resources are being used and placements developed

Link with CEDAR evaluators reviewing impact of DCSF funded SEN initiatives

Funding 2009/10: taught sessions Funding - £4800 Reviewing current arrangements Introducing TDA materials into courses as appropriate Drawing in expertise from across faculties or externally Monitoring use and impact of TDA materials

Funding - £4800

Reviewing current arrangements

Introducing TDA materials into courses as appropriate

Drawing in expertise from across faculties or externally

Monitoring use and impact of TDA materials

Funding 2009/10: extended placements Funding - £7900 Establishing partnerships with placement schools Training school based mentors – placement tasks Preparing trainees Visits to trainees/placement schools Follow up with trainees/placement schools to assess impact

Funding - £7900

Establishing partnerships with placement schools

Training school based mentors – placement tasks

Preparing trainees

Visits to trainees/placement schools

Follow up with trainees/placement schools to assess impact

Activities Activity 1 – Collaboration (30 minutes) To consider the nature of the clusters now and how they might develop in the future Activity 2 – Key issues/priorities for 2009/10 (30minutes) To begin preparations for activity in 2009/10

Activity 1 – Collaboration (30 minutes)

To consider the nature of the clusters now and how they might develop in the future

Activity 2 – Key issues/priorities for 2009/10 (30minutes)

To begin preparations for activity in 2009/10

Activity 1 - Collaboration Wenger: Communities of practice “… are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis” “… these people don’t necessarily work together every day but they meet because they find value in their interaction. They typically share information, insight, and advice. They help each other solve problems.” (Cultivating Communities of Practice – Wenger, Snyder and McDermott (2002)

Wenger: Communities of practice

“… are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis”

“… these people don’t necessarily work together every day but they meet because they find value in their interaction. They typically share information, insight, and advice. They help each other solve problems.”

(Cultivating Communities of Practice – Wenger, Snyder and McDermott

(2002)

Activity 1: Collaboration Where are you now and where do you want to be? Collaboration : purposeful shared involvement with a strong focus on the task in hand Collegiality : working together with a double centre of interest, the task and the relationship between people and agencies Co-existence : doing things in your own way, while sharing some ideas with others Community : tasks become expressions of the relationships of those involved Fielding, M (2007) Collaboration, collegiality and community: towards a theory of human association - paper given at the philosophy research seminar, Institute of Education, University of London 23/6/07

Where are you now and where do you want to be?

Collaboration : purposeful shared involvement with a strong focus on the task in hand

Collegiality : working together with a double centre of interest, the task and the relationship between people and agencies

Co-existence : doing things in your own way, while sharing some ideas with others

Community : tasks become expressions of the relationships of those involved

Fielding, M (2007) Collaboration, collegiality and community: towards a theory of

human association - paper given at the philosophy research seminar, Institute of

Education, University of London 23/6/07

Activity 2: Key issues/priorities - 2009/10 Possibilities Establishing what “good practice” in preparing trainees to meet QTS standards in respect of SEN and disability means Improving the quality of school placements Evaluating impact of provision on trainees and pupil outcomes

Possibilities

Establishing what “good practice” in preparing trainees to meet QTS standards in respect of SEN and disability means

Improving the quality of school placements

Evaluating impact of provision on trainees and pupil outcomes

Training and Development Agency for Schools 23 June 2009