Completing formal assessments

Completion of formal assessments are a statutory requirement under 2-year induction arrangements and when due, are to be completed online via Mosaic by the person at school registered as induction tutor (not mentor).

For full time ECTs, formal assessments will be completed at the end of each fully completed year e.g. one at the end of the 1st year and a final assessment and the end of year 2 (FTE for part­ time ECTs). We have provided below some guidance for completing formal assessments including example and naturally occurring evidence:

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Formal assessments:

Formal assessments require the registered induction tutor (not mentor) provide descriptive evidence showing the progress an ECT has made, during the year reporting on, towards consolidating their ITT and meeting/embedding each element of the teacher standards including part 2, personal and professional conduct. Assessments are to be submitted to the appropriate body by the headteacher/principal and must be discussed with each ECT prior to final submission and copies also be provided to the ECT for comment and digital signature (online via Mosaic) – there must be no surprises

Formal assessments must also state clear development targets for the next period even if an ECT is leaving your school – the next school will want to know exactly where an ECT is up to with induction and have a clear starting point going forward, the same as you should expect if you were receiving an ECT who has partially completed induction elsewhere. This is also important if there have been significant absences that may trigger an automatic extension to statutory induction if they have exceeded the DfE limit (30 days or more) in an individual year.

You can view an example below which is in pdf format and is how they are generated once you complete them online and please note, it’s only an example and has been written taking into account the various settings where induction can take place so will not relate to your individual ECT, their progress/current stage of induction. Additionally, as they are formal assessments and not progress reviews, the head/principal, induction tutor and ECT are required to digitally sign them off via Mosaic once fully completed online.

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Evidence of progress towards meeting the government teacher standards…

Over the course of the induction period, evidence from day-to-day practice as well as from specific development activities will build up to show how the ECT is making progress towards meeting/embedding the government teacher standards and induction tutors should regularly capture this evidence in preparation for completing formal assessments. The illustration below provides just some examples of naturally occurring evidence

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NB: .ECTs are not responsible for assessing themselves and are not required to provide anything additional to the evidence that should be naturally occurring through their day-to-day practice which must be assessed by the induction tutor (not mentor)

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Key points to remember when completing formal assessments:

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Statutory induction formal assessments will not be submitted to us for review and processing until fully completed by all parties at school level. For formal assessments this will be the Induction Tutor, ECT and Headteacher/Principal.

Automated email reminders are sent from Mosaic to registered email addresses informing of upcoming/due/overdue assessments – please read them as they are sent for a reason !

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