ECT – Early Career Teacher. A teacher in their first two years of teaching.
ECTE - Early Career Teacher Entitlement. The umbrella term for all the statutory entitlements that ECTs have during their two-year induction period.
ITTECF – Initial Teacher Training & Early Career Framework. A framework of standards, which spans 3 years, for trainee and early career teachers which underpins the statutory entitlement to early career professional development.
Lead provider – one of the national providers accredited by the DfE to provide funded ECT training, one of which is University College London (UCL) Institute of Education (IOE).
Delivery partner – an organisation working with a Lead Provider to deliver their programme to schools. All Teaching School Hubs, some MATs and some LAs are working as Delivery Partners to deliver ITTECF training for ECTs. Lead Providers have created the resources and programmes, Delivery Partners recruit schools, support them and deliver the programme. Teaching School Hubs are the principal Delivery Partners nationally, and Coventry and Central Warwickshire Teaching School Hub is the Delivery Partner for UCL in our region.
AB – Appropriate Body. The accredited body that oversees the statutory induction of Early Career Teachers and assesses whether they have met the Teachers’ Standards.
ECT Manager – an online management system used by many Appropriate Bodies, including Coventry and Central Warwickshire Teaching School Hub. It is an efficient, paperless way to register ECTs for induction and submit assessments.
Teaching School Hub (TSH)– Accredited and appointed by the Department for Education, Teaching School Hubs provide high-quality professional development to teachers at all stages of their careers.
Facilitators – Current and former school leaders and teacher leaders recruited by the Delivery Partner. They are deployed to lead ECT and ECT Mentor professional development sessions. They may also be asked to conduct quality assurance on behalf of the Delivery Partner and Lead Provider. Facilitators are expected to attend the facilitator development sessions and agree to their facilitated sessions to be visited for Quality Assurance purposes, including by the DfE, Ofsted and/or any independent evaluator.
UCLeXtend – UCL’s online platform through which Delivery Partners, Induction Tutors, Mentors and ECTs access the ECT Training Programme.
