Wellbeing and Workload at e-Qualitas

Intent

Wellbeing and Workload at e-Qualitas

Intent Our intent, is for the eQ curriculum to be cohesive and integrated with placement needs in order to train high quality teachers and prepare trainees for the reality of both their subject teaching and the classroom.

Implementation

Intent, Implementation and Impact

We nurture a genuine passion for teaching, modelling a commitment to lifelong learning and professional development, placing evidence-based research in the foreground of our training.

We aim to harness the collective agency of subject communities, inducting new teachers into that community; exploring the history and future development of the subject in order to give trainees the approaches that will help them to solve future curricular challenges.

Our intent is to produce teachers who are: • Confident professionals who reflect habitually on their own practice and learn effectively from the work of their peers.

• Intellectually curious and engage fully with the research of our profession.

• Innovative and adaptable; confident to make decisions to improve the outcomes of the pupils they teach.

• Cognisant of the professional responsibilities of a teacher and aware of their part in creating an equality of experience for all pupils.

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Impact

Phase and Subject specificity are central to the way in which our curriculum is planned and delivered. Along with the minimum entitlement of the CFF, in addition to a wider curriculum offer, based on the best available evidence for subject pedagogies, is to be in place for trainees on the programme.

Intent

To create these attributes in our trainees, our intent is to provide a curriculum that is rigorous and ambitious, providing opportunities to reflect critically and acquire knowledge of: primary curriculum and assessment requirements secondary and post-16 curriculums and assessment requirements Behaviour for learning Substantive and Disciplinary knowledge of subjects Knowledge of how children learn Subject specific pedagogies Adaptive practices and expertise Statutory frameworks Inclusion and Diversity Health and Wellbeing

At eQ we believe that trainees need to have a manageable workload and the right support at all levels in order to thrive in their training.

Implementation

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Our intent is to ensure that well thought out systems and strategies are in place to ensure that when challenging times arise, trainees are healthy and resilient and can be directed to extra support if and when needed.

‘The curriculum is sequenced to provide trainees with access to expert practice and research at the appropriate times in their training’ To create these attributes in our trainees, our intent is to provide a curriculum that is rigorous and ambitious, providing opportunities to reflect critically and acquire knowledge of ‘Health and Wellbeing’

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Impact

At eQ we make great efforts to foster a culture of happiness and wellness, and are totally committed to ensuring staff stay happy and well, as this will lead to them providing the best possible education for their pupils.

Intent

Implementation Wellbeing Officer appointed.

Solutions to the issues that arose, along with some additional ideas, have been implemented in an attempt to workload and well-being and make the role more manageable, whilst still having the maximum impact on trainee’s learning and progress.

The following strategies have been put in place to achieve this objective:

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Build Research Review Reflect into the Pause points where trainees can reflect with mentor and coaches and record the conversations.

Research elective built into the delivery of the curriculum

PTP supports confirmation of the timetable for experienced and new trainees which can be used to support the trainee throughout their journey Wellbeing resources sent to all trainees- Meetoo app, calendar of events. By developing and implementing practical, relevant and effective mental health policies and procedures we are promoting a safe and positive environment for eQ trainees.

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Impact

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Implementation

In order to achieve our aim of reducing trainee workload and positively impacting on mental health and well-being, eQ have worked closely with the subject leads to identify and improve areas that they felt were onerous, time-consuming or had little impact on trainees’ outcomes.

A questionnaire has been devised to extract data to be used as a toll for a starting point.

Intent

Impact Through our commitment to staff wellbeing, we believe the impact will be:

Trainees will know: Factors which can promote resilience using Greenfields model of teacher resilience.

Trainees will be able to: Recognise factors which enhance their own resilience.

Implementation

Trainees will know: Know the statutory guidance for supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools (DfE, 2017)

Trainees will be able to: Manage own workload and work life balance and manage own mental health and promote positive mindset and wellbeing for pupils.

Trainees will know: Know where and how to access personal support.

Trainees will be able to: Engage in self-care activities.

Impact

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