Kate WallNov 8, 2022

Can the ECF really fix our perpetual retention crisis?

No. And that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone working in teacher education (in school or HE). As this article states, the one-size-fits-all approach is inherently problematic for students and mentors, although the day of teachers in the framework is seen positively and should be incorporated as we go forward.

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/can-the-ecf-really-fix-our-perpetual-retention-crisis/

The ECF can be improved but retention is an unlikely result

A new report sheds light on the early career framework's year one performance, writes Becky Allen, but we may have to rethink the measure of its success

Schools Week
Show threadPhil Wood
@Kate_Wall my daughter.is in to her second year as an ECT. She has found it incredibly patronising and generally of little use as a primary teacher where the narrow focus.on cognitive science is really not particularly useful!!
Nov 8, 2022 at 12:07pmWeb
Show threadKate WallNov 8, 2022
@PhilWood I think it’s prescribed nature encourages ECTs to be I. a very passive position and as such it’s difficult to question and resist dominant top down messages (which might not be inherently bad, but all pedagogical ideas need to be received from an enquiry stance)