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April 2025

ECTs and Mentor April 2025

Find the conferences, clinics and resources you need if you are an ECT or Mentor in April 2025 cohort.

ECT Year 1

All conferences & clinics are compulsory - please click the link next to each event below to register.
Over the 2 years you have to attend 3 conferences (full day & face-to-face) and 6 clinics (1 hour 15 & online)

As part of the April 25 cohort of ECTs you will attend your events in a slightly different order and will attend most of your events with the January 25 cohort.
ECT conference 1 is split into two parts with the second part delivered asynchronously via a recording on your Steplab. Please see all events below and get in touch if we can clarify anything or support you in any way.

ECT Conference 2: Adaptive teaching (May 2025)

This session will build on participants’ understanding of adaptive teaching and how it is supported by formative assessment strategies. ECTs will also reflect on which aspects of their current practice support adaptive teaching, and through engaging with examples of teaching practice as well as discussion, further develop their understanding of how to be an adaptive teacher. It is advised that participants bring a lesson plan / resource that they have already planned to support with implementation.

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

Date: Wednesday 7 May 2025

Time: 09:30 am - 3:30 pm

Location: St. James’ Park, Newcastle

ECT Conference 1 - Part 1: The Programme (May 2025)

In this session we want participants to build on their understanding of the ECT programme so that by the end of the session, participants feel confident about the purpose of the programme, how it will support their learning over the course of the two years and what they are expected to do as participants on this programme.


Please note, Part 2 'the Science of Learning' will be available for you to complete asynchronously on Steplab.

Date: Monday 12th May 2025

Time: 15.45-16.45

Location: Online via Zoom

ECT Clinic 2: Thinking hard (June 2025)

This clinic focuses on how teachers can support their pupils to think hard through establishing and maintaining culture, considering purpose and timing, planning and scaffolding and monitoring to adapt. The scenarios in this clinic will all address the following teaching problem: How can teachers support all pupils to think hard during whole class, group and paired discussions?

This clinic explores the ways in which teachers can give timely and effective feedback that supports pupils progress and is considerate of workload. The session supports teachers to understand the underlying features of effective feedback and the place it has in supporting adaptive teaching. We will also explore different forms of feedback with the classroom context.

Date: Thursday 5th June 2025

Time: 08:00 - 9.15 am

Location: Online via Zoom

ECT Clinic 3: Effective feedback (October 2025)

This clinic explores the ways in which teachers can give timely and effective feedback that supports pupils progress and is considerate of workload. The session supports teachers to understand the underlying features of effective feedback and the place it has in supporting adaptive teaching. We will also explore different forms of feedback with the classroom context.

Date: Tuesday 7th October

Time: 3:45 -5:00 pm

Location: Online via Zoom

ECT Clinic 1: High Expectations (November 2025)

This clinic explores the ways in which teachers can prevent and respond to low level disruption to create a positive, predictable and safe learning environment. ECTs will consider the importance of high expectations and their impact upon pupils, as well as focusing on what effective practice around maintaining high expectations might look like. The session supports ECTs to understand the process of using underlying features to analyse effective classroom practice which maintains high expectations, along with guiding participants to gain a deeper understanding of how the underlying features might apply across different classroom scenarios.

Date: Thursday 13 November 2025

Time: 3:45 -5:00 pm

Location: Online via Zoom

ECT Conference 3: Professional Development and Sustaining Wellbeing (January 2026)

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. The session will start at 9:30am.

Date: Thursday 15th January 2026

Time: 09:00 am - 3:30 pm

Location: St. James' Park, Newcastle

ECT Clinic 4: Working with others (March 2026)

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.

Date: Thursday 5th March 2026

Time: 3:45 -5:00 pm

Location: Online - Zoom

Resources for ECTs

pdf

3RTSH Early Career Teacher Programme Handbook

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pdf

Ambition Early Career Teacher Handbook

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pdf

Early Career Teachers - Diagnostic Tool

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pdf

Support With Steplab

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pdf

Year Two Guidance

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Editable Module Calendar

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3RTSH Website Guidance - Year 2 ECT and Mentor

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3RTSH Website Guidance - Year 1

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Steplab Guidance - Year 1

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Resources for Mentors

pdf

Early Career Teacher Programme Handbook

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pdf

Ambition ECT Mentor Handbook

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pdf

Ambition ECT Returning Mentor Handbook

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pdf

Ambition ECT Transferring Mentor Handbook

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pdf

3RTSH Early Career Teacher Programme Handbook

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pdf

Diagnostic Tool

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pdf

Ambition Year 2 Guidance

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pdf

Adding an observation

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URL

3RTSH Website Guidance - Year 2

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