Definition of terms used in the ITTECF

Being familiar with the following terms used in the ITTECF is useful. The main ones are summarised below.

Expert colleagues: Professional colleagues, including experienced and effective teachers, subject specialists, mentors, lecturers and tutors.

Practice: Opportunities to use approaches defined in the ‘Learn how to…’ column of the ITTECF. Throughout their training, trainees should expect multiple opportunities to rehearse and refine particular approaches, possibly beginning outside the classroom before using approaches in classrooms.

Discussing and analysing with expert colleagues: Interrogate with an expert colleague – using the best available evidence – what makes a particular approach successful or unsuccessful, reflecting on how this approach might be integrated into the trainee’s own practice.

Observing how expert colleagues … and deconstructing this approach: Working with expert colleagues – using the best available evidence – to critique a particular approach – whether using in-class observation, modelling or analysis of video – to understand what might make it successful or unsuccessful.

Receiving clear consistent and effective mentoring: Receiving structured feedback from expert colleagues on a particular approach – using the best available evidence – to provide a structured process for improving the trainee’s practice.

New from 2024/25

Intensive Training and Practice (ITaP); There are 4 ITaPs during the training year. Each of these has a focus on a specific area of the ITTECF and consists of 4 phases:

BUILD, DEVELOP, EMBED, GROW. The DEVELOP and EMBED phases provide multiple opportunities for practice, modelling, feedback and refining in low-stakes environments.

All trainees with the University of Warwick will cover the following ITaPs:

1. Behaviour To Learn
2. Preparation for Teaching and Learning
3. Phonics and Literacy
4. Adaptive Teaching