How do you skill up the next generation of teachers without overloading them? And then keep them motivated enough to stay in the profession?
That’s the big question that Reuben Moore, the executive director of programmes at the National Institute of Teaching (NiOT), is weighing up.
The NiOT is the government’s £121 million flagship teacher training provider. Launched last summer, it has more than 1,000 people doing national professional qualifications (NPQs) and 100 “system leaders” in training. Meanwhile, it aims to recruit about 500 initial teacher trainees to start in September, which it is believed it is on track to do.
The question Moore is trying to solve is one that he’s well acquainted with. Before joining the NiOT last year, he held a similar role with Teach First. He also sat on the government advisory group that helped to shape the early career framework (ECF), the standards setting out what new teachers should learn.
