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In the first year, ECTs will:

• Attend a face-to-face induction conference.  Both ECTs and mentors will receive training on all aspects of the programme and how it will support and develop expertise in Year 1
• Undertake self-study on the online learning platform, Brightspace. Each module requires a few hours of self-directed study, broken down into weekly bitesize sessions so ECTs can work at their own pace
• Attend two 90-minute seminars per half term, these are expertly facilitated by local experts, drawn from a pool of experienced practitioners.
• Engage with weekly mentor meetings to agree development needs, receive rich feedback and have opportunities to practise with mentor, using the Instructional Coaching model
• Have the opportunity to engage with ‘stretch material’ designed to further understanding of a certain area or topic linked to each module focus

Additional CPD: Excellent Teaching in Special Schools is an optional module designed to provide further support for ECTs working in special schools or those in mainstream working with pupils with more complex needs.

Year 2 ECTs

During Year 2, ECTs will cover six development cycles.  These modules have been written by experts in their fields and are underpinned by cutting-edge research. As with year 1, a detailed programme guide is available to supplement course materials.

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In the second year ECTs will:

• Attend a face-to-face full day induction conference.   ECTs will receive training on all aspects of the programme and how it will support and develop expertise in Year 2
• Follow the development cycle each half term: 

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• Continue to have access to all the online materials from Year 1, including stretch content to deepen knowledge

Additional CPD: In the final term, ECTs have the option of engaging with leadership development sessions on Brightspace:

• Implementing research into your classroom
• An introduction to becoming a career leader in your school
• An introduction to effective mentoring
• Preparing for middle leadership

Mentor Training:

Mentors who commence training in the September 2025 cohort or later will train over a period of 1 year. Training has been designed in partnership with ‘Deans for Impact’, an organisation which empowers leaders in education to transform the way they prepare future teachers through integrating the principles of cognitive science into their practice. 

Irrespective of the stage of the ECF they are supporting, when mentors begin their training, they start at the beginning of year one and complete the training. Mentor training from the September 2025 cohort onwards takes place over 1-year.

In their training mentors will:

• Attend a face-to-face full day welcome conference. Mentors will receive training on all aspects of the programme and how it will support and develop expertise
• Undertake weekly interactions with a year one ECT and fortnightly interactions with a year two ECT. A mutually convenient time between the ECT and mentor should be selected where mentors can support the contextualisation of online learning and seminar content. This will be in the form of meeting time and lesson drop-ins. This should be calendared to give both ECTs and mentors sufficient time to be prepared and get the most out of their session. Each session will follow the instructional coaching model which both ECTs and mentors receive training on in their Induction conferences.  This form of high-impact feedback not only identifies strengths and areas of development, but also provides a space to undertake deliberate practice linked to areas of development and immediately modify practice. The stages of the feedback model are:

• Access Brightspace to:
  • Complete mentor assessments
  • Retrieve overview videos
  • View optional self-directed study resources
• Attend a 2×90-hour seminars per term.

Fully Trained Mentors

Mentors who have completed the two-year programme have access to two handbooks: ECF Trained Mentor Year 1 and ECF Trained Mentor Year 2 to provide a refresher on the expectations of a mentor and the structure of ECT interactions.  In addition; Bright Futures will be providing an update to Mentors who were trained under the ECF Mentor programme to breif them on the changes.

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