This conference explains what the second year of the programme entails, along with how the programme will continue to support ECTs as they develop their expertise. The session also focuses on the importance of protecting time for rest and recovery in order to manage wellbeing and the link between developing practice and wellbeing in the longer term.

Arrival from 9:00am, session time starting at 9:30am.

In this clinic we will explore how teachers can hold effective conversations with a range of people to support pupil wellbeing, motivation and progress. ECTs will understand the components of an effective professional conversation and know how effective conversations look in a range of contexts during the session. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on current practice when holding conversations with others.

This clinic investigates how teachers can meaningfully support all pupils to develop high levels of literacy by exploring the components of literacy to understand the underlying features of effective literacy teaching. Teachers will be encouraged to reflect on current practice around teaching literacy.

The final clinic focuses on how teachers can make effective, long-lasting change to their practice by considering the importance of effective, long-lasting implementation and what it might look like

ECTS will understand the process of using underlying features (components that can be applied across all subjects, phases or settings, and are a guide for what good practice is likely to look like) to analyse effective implementation, and gain a deeper understanding of how the underlying features might apply across different phases through multiple scenarios. We will use the underlying features to reflect on their current practice around effective implementation.

Coaching for mentors is a training offer exclusively aimed at mentors on the ECT programme.

Structure & Content 

The basic structure of CFM is a 1:1, 45 minutes to 1 hour long coaching meeting between a mentor and a coach arranged at a time that is convenient to the mentor.

The session aims to support and develop the mentor's ability to coach their ECT in their weekly/fortnightly feedback meetings. Ambition Institute have prepared resources for these 1:1 sessions which related to the developmental steps we have created for mentors. These steps relate to the following areas of instructional coaching: 

• Selecting appropriate steps

 • Sharing the model 

• Sharing the step 

• Deliberate practice 

• Analysing the gap

Coaching for mentors is an ‘optional’ strand of the ECT programme.

In the final mentor clinic, participants will deepen their understanding of providing challenge for their ECTs as they continue to develop expertise

Mentors can attend the most suitable date for them.

Coaching for mentors is a training offer exclusively aimed at mentors on the ECT programme.

Structure & Content 

The basic structure of CFM is a 1:1, 45 minutes to 1 hour long coaching meeting between a mentor and a coach arranged at a time that is convenient to the mentor.

The session aims to support and develop the mentor's ability to coach their ECT in their weekly/fortnightly feedback meetings. Ambition Institute have prepared resources for these 1:1 sessions which related to the developmental steps we have created for mentors. These steps relate to the following areas of instructional coaching: 

• Selecting appropriate steps

 • Sharing the model 

• Sharing the step 

• Deliberate practice 

• Analysing the gap

Coaching for mentors is an ‘optional’ strand of the ECT programme.