Planning for first few days of induction

If early engagement with your ECT will be possible before they start in post, you may wish to be proactive in getting a head start and consider the following;

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Register your ECTs …

When you first meet with or are aware you will have an ECT/during INSET, register for statutory induction via Mosaic and training provision with the DfE via their sign-in service. Both registration steps are mandatory and please remember, statutory induction cannot be backdated. Teacher status checks and/or information your school business manager/HR should have will provide the information you require to register ECTs. ECTs can also provide proof of qualifications, TRN number and QTS status and certificate from the government access your teaching qualifications service.

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Identify your ECTs strengths and needs…

You might find it helpful to spend some time before an ECT starts induction with you identifying their professional strengths and any targets for the upcoming induction period.

If an ECT is joining you from university having completed their ITT, this could include asking them for their career entry development plan/profile. If they have partially completed statutory induction at another school, this will be requesting copies of their previous reviews and formal assessments from the appropriate body. These reviews and assessment should contain development targets which you can use as a starting point for structuring the induction period with you.

Provide your ECT with school information…

If early engagement is possible, it would be useful to provide the ECT with information about the institution, pupils and key staff. Information that could be shared early may cover:

• the schools prospectus, vision, mission and ethos
• meet their induction tutor and mentor inc. other key staff roles/organisation chart
• points of contact and map of school
• which early career teacher entitlement (ECTE) training provider school will be working with, when it will start and any introductory information/documentation
• policies, processes and procedures for the phase/subject(s) they will be teaching e.g. assessment, marking, homework, schemes of work, planning etc
• statutory and school policies for safeguarding and child protection, behaviour, bullying, equality and diversity, health and safety, SEN provision.
• IT arrangements e.g. computer systems, digital tools etc
• term dates inc. times when the building is open/closed

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In the first few days of post or before, if possible, they will also need to know certain processes and procedures at school, as an example;

• incident reporting procedures inc. reporting sickness/unable to attend to school
• staff meetings, year meetings, departmental meetings etc
• arrangements for acquiring resources and materials
• break and lunchtime arrangements
• playground supervision and other duties inc fire drills
• assemblies
• parents’ evenings/open days

As each school will have policies for whole school issues, ECTs should be provided with these if not prior to starting in post, certainly in the first few days.

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Overview of key activities…

The illustration below is an example and brief overview of some key activities to consider for the first few days of induction.

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