Nick OlleyThe Cambridge Partnership

SCITTCurrently secondary onlyPrimary from next cohortPGCE via “partnership” with HEISDTP Training programmeSDTP Salaried programmeSDTP Non-government funded programmeAssessment only

Between 50% and 60% outstanding exit grades90% good or outstanding95% recruitment or betterCover East Anglia in its broadest senseFurther afield according to need and school requestFlexible and bespoke programmes according to school and individual needs

Collaboration with other SCITTsNetworking across the countryCollaboration with schools

Insistence that the only way to do things is dictated by the HEILack of distance learning opportunitiesExisting successful documentation must be rewritten to be accepted by HEI

One way trafficHEI documentation does not always fit the SCITT model

Calendar has to work to HEI calendarPerception that it is less “partnership” and more “dictatorship”

Recognition that we are buying services from the HEI. We are the customerLack of consistency in costsSCITT does most of the workReluctance by HEI to detail what we are actually paying forPerception that the partnership with the SCITT is to ease HEI finances, not for the greater good of student teachers or teaching in general

Moving the goalposts at very short noticeFinding things wrong when they have been accepted by others at the HEILast minute demands when time has been built in by SCITTSpeed of response in generalEmails and assignment markingLack of understanding that we are involved in much more than a PGCE

Consistency in dealing with student teachersSensitive and real support

Students returning to academic writingLittle or no flexibility or personalised programme to recognise student experienceNo plan B for students who are struggling with the demands of the programme, having paid for it

Willingness to adopt new practiceUnderstanding of the modern market place and needs of schools. No longer provider led. Now school ledMutual professional respectUnderstanding of the concept of “partnership”Realisation that schools can work with as many providers as they wishUse of modern technology

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