Do new teachers leave the early career framework a five-star review or are they left with a bad taste in their mouths?
The Early career framework (ECF) is a two-year professional development support package for newly qualified teachers, which offers online training and in-school mentoring, but it doesn’t always deliver. There’s a gap between the sometimes generic material being provided by the DfE and the subject-specific support needed. In this article, teacher trainer Andy Chandler-Grevatt considers how this one-size-fits-all approach could be improved to appeal to new teachers and help keep them in the classroom.
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