QTS

Part 1 Teaching and Qualified Teacher Status: what is Qualified teacher Status?; standards for the award of QTS - formal purpose of QTS standards, developmental uses of QTS standards - the role of professional judgement, QTS standards and the emerging ITT National Curriculum; auditing - principles and practice - what is an audit? how to audit, the audit cycle. Part 2 Standards for QTS - the four sections of the TTA document: introduction; section A knowledge and understanding, section B planning, teaching and class management, section C monitoring, assessment, recording, reporting and accountability, section D pother professional requirements; QTS standards - action for professional development - some principles for success, QTS and your first job. Part 3 Beyond QTS - a frame work for continuing professional development and qualification: the TTA Career Entry Profile - what is the Career Entry Profile? the structure of the Profile, working with the Profile; the initial Teacher Training National Curriculum; the framework of professional qualifications -current provision, the new framework, your future in teaching.