Eligibility Criteria
Currently have or planning to recruit Early Career Teachers
Intend to offer the UK Statutory Early Career Teacher Programme
School has had a BSO inspection in the last 6 years
Full membership to a DfE-recognised association (AoBSO, BSME, COBIS, FOBISIA, IAPS, LAHC, NABSS)
Why choose UCL?
Rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
High-quality professional development informed by world leading academics.
UCL has supported over 18,000 Early Career Teachers (ECTs) to develop their knowledge, confidence and identity as teaching professionals.
Flexible learning options tailored to individual and school needs.
Proven impact on professional growth, and classroom practice.
90+% of ECTs with UCL say the programme has helped them develop high quality practices and working habits that they can apply to their context.
Why choose Infinite Learning?
QS rankings confirm IOE as world-leading for Education for 12 year th
For the twelfth year running, UCL Institute of Education remains the top place in the world to study Education in the QS World Univeristy Rankings by Subject 2025.
Infinite Learning, as well as providing the ECTP in partnership UCL, can also ensure that you have access to Appropriate Body services through our relationship with Chiltern TSH, enabling ECTs to undertake their statutory induction.
Infinite Learning is based in Dubai and has a team dedicated to the running and delivery of the ECTP We are on hand to offer immediate support at any stage of the programme, be that administrative, financial or content/project related
Infinite Learning will deliver your Facilitated Training and Local Learning Community sessions. These sessions are delivered face-to-face, either virtually or in-school, and are contextualised to meet the needs of our Schools and ECTs.
Infinite Learning is a KHDA-approved institution and has the TVET license to deliver the ECTP.
Great teachers consistently make values-led and evidence-informed decisions Our ECTP has been designed to cultivate teacher knowledge, agency, identity and confidence
Programme Breakdown
The programme is a robust, research-informed initiative that supports ECTs across ten meticulously designed and personalised modules. These modules are distributed across two years, deepening knowledge, sharpening practice, and developing expertise through practitioner inquiry.
Fulfilling professional responsibilities
Enabling pupil learning
Engaging pupils in learning
Making productive use of assessment
Meeting pupils’ needs
Developing quality pedagogy
Making productive use of assessment
Meeting pupils’ needs
Developing quality pedagogy
School visits focusing on fulfilling professional responsibilities
Curriculum Overview
The first year comprises six modules designed to reinforce core teaching principles and practices first met on ITT It focuses on professional responsibilities, effective classroom practice, and understanding pupils' learning needs
In Year 2 our ECTs deepen their knowledge through practitioner inquiry projects. They revisit, personalise and extend their learning by creating their own questions and conducting investigations in their own classrooms This approach equips teachers to continue learning through their careers
Live Events
ECTs and mentors meet regularly in their own clusters arranged by Infinite Learning These facilitated events:
Bring teachers together from different settings to foster new professional networks
Allow participants to review their learning from new perspectives.
Are led by facilitators with expert local knowledge.
Offer flexibility - events are live, in person, online and recorded
The Role of the Mentor
Mentors play a critical, developmental role in the ECTP, focusing on instructional coaching, weekly feedback, and supporting the Early Career Teacher (ECT) through a two-year, evidence-based induction
They facilitate professional growth, provide targeted feedback, help apply research to classroom practice, and guide the development of teaching skills, rather than conducting formal, high-stakes assessments.
What Does a Mentor Meeting Look Like?
Checking in
Review ECT learning
Exemplification
Extension
Review
What Do Our Mentors Say?
I feel my ECTs are much more professional equals now, leading sessions and inspiring me to engage in professional discussion, problem solving and research
Y2 Mentor
Year 1
23 independent study sessions (23 hours)
39 mentor meetings (39 hours)
6 facilitated learning sessions (12 hours)
6 local learning communities (6 hours)
The development of the ECT is built up over time and as they become more confident with each passing week, the professional conversations have become richer and more valuable The programme has allowed for the ECT to begin to find their professional voice and become more versatile and confident.
Y1 Mentor
What Do Our ECTs Say?
The support from my mentor and organisation of the UCL course delivery has been exceptional. The course content has been engaging and I have enjoyed the structured delivery of the mentor meetings against the course content
Secondary ECT
What Does UCL Say?
I found the in-person training really boosted my confidence as we were discussing how we can officially call ourselves teachers and our hard work got us here. This helped me find my voice as a teacher and boost my confidence in the classroom
Primary ECT
We want our ECTs and our mentors to know the research of the ITTECF really well, but we want them also to develop practical ways of enacting them in their classrooms Even that is not enough: we want them to develop agency; we want them to acquire the facility to choose the right tools for their pupils, their subject, their schools; we want them to see their own progress, and to hear their professional voices grow in confidence. Is that too tall an order? We don’t think so, and we will be listening to our teachers along the way to see that it is not.
Mark Quinn, Deputy Director, UCL Early Career Teacher Programmes
Fees
ECT Fees (for the full 2-year programme)
Registration Fee: AED 1000 (non-refundable, deducted from total fee)
Programme Fee for ECTs: AED 8850 (UCL International delivery fee and Appropriate Body fee)
Mentor Fees (for the full 1-year programme)
Registration Fee: AED 1000 (non-refundable, deducted from total fee)
Programme Fee for Mentors: AED 3000 (UCL International delivery fee)
Contact
For queries, contact
Tanya Drew: tanya@infinitelearning.ae
Rebecca Annand: rebecca@infinitelearning ae
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