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Training programmes and development opportunities
External training and development opportunities
Teachers
Advanced skills teachers
London Challenge, Chartered London Teacher
About the initiative
Funding arrangements 2006/07
Useful websites and documents
Achieving Chartered London Teacher
status
Over 38,000 teachers are working towards Chartered London Teacher status, a scheme set up to recognise and reward the capital's teachers. As well as the original guidance document, new materials are available in early September on the CLT ecommunity. These explain the registration process, how teachers can work towards meeting the 12 standards and professional reflection, and submit evidence within the school's performance management systems. School leaders are given advice on what is required at each stage of the process.
The DCSF will fulfil its commitment to provide schools with £1,000 for each teacher registered for the scheme by 31 March 2006. For each teacher registered for CLT status, the school will receive funding in three tranches. The first payment to schools for teachers who registered early in the scheme will be made in the current financial year, 2006/07; all other payments will start in 2007/08. The phasing, and the payment per teacher, will follow this pattern:
| Financial year | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First 15,000 teachers registered (per teacher funding) | £400 | £250 | £350 | |
| Remainder of teachers registered (c. 24,000) (per teacher funding) | £400 | £250 | £350 |
The College of Teachers will send to schools a list of the teachers' names in recognition of whom payment is being made. This is not a list of current teachers; while these teachers may no longer work at the school, because they registered while at the school the money stays there. The school (for example, a member of the SMT or the CPD coordinator) may contact the College of Teachers directly at any point for a list of the teachers currently registered: support@clt.ac.uk
Please note there is no additional funding for schools where individuals registered after this date. Schools are under a duty by the School Pay and Conditions Document to pay a one-off sum of £1,000 to teachers who meet the CLT standards and achieve the status. Schools will need to find the one off 1000 for teachers who registered after 31st March 2006 and achieve the status from existing
Payments to schools (including Academies) will be made through Standards Fund via local authorities. Payments to City Technology Colleges which be made directly to the CTC.
DCSF will make Standards Fund transfers to local authorities. It will then be for the LA to arrange to forward the amounts (number of teachers x £400) to the relevant schools. In forthcoming financial years, this Standards Fund transfer will happen at the start of the financial year. Money that goes to the school is not ringfenced nor is it allocated for specific teachers. The money will go into the school budget and schools can use the money as they see fit. The funding timetable is not the same as the profile of when teachers are likely to achieve CLT status. This means that, in some cases, schools will receive funding into their budgets before they incur any expenditure.
Payments to teachers are made from the school's budget once the headteacher has decided that the teacher satisfies the CLT standards. Teachers will take at least two years from registration to achieve CLT status but it could be longer: 5 years, for example, if it takes teachers that long to meet the standards and leave the main pay scale.
The above funding is allocated on the basis of the number of teachers registering at a school by the deadline of 31 March 2006. Money does not follow teachers around the education system so a school may receive funding for a teacher who later moves from that school; the payment to that teacher when they achieve CLT status would be met by the teacher’s current school.
DCSF will publish revised guidance in autumn 2006 on CLT status, once the new professional standards for teachers have been finalised.
For more information on CLT status please go to www.clt.ac.uk
The London Challenge
Explaining the campaign's strategy and linking to specific
information for teachers and leaders, schools and LEAs.
Chartered London teacher status
TeacherNet information on general aspects, time scales and
where to register.
This is where teachers can still register for CLT, update their
profile (if they move schools, change email addresses, etc), and
get information and answers to frequently asked questions. When
people achieve CLT status, the declaration form should be sent to
support@clt.ac.uk
Run by the College of Teachers
This contains the CLT guidance, formats for recording progress,
submission documents and declaration forms as well as resources,
news of events, examples of professional reflection, and discussion
forums. It offers teachers, heads, CPD leaders and local
authorities an opportunity to share ideas, resources and practice
around achieving the CLT standards.
Facilitated by Sara Bubb and Vivienne Porritt
London's Learning is for CPD leaders who are integrating CLT
into a wholeschool approach to school improvement, CPD, performance
management and school evaluation. It will showcase examples of how
schools are managing the CLT process. This site includes London's
Learning Community, a discussion forum for CPD leaders.
Facilitated by Vivienne Porritt
As well as information about CLT, the London Challenge website has details of all its work such as London Gifted and Talented, keyworker housing and Families of Schools.
Sara Bubb, the consultant for CLT, and Vivienne Porritt, the consultant for CPD, can lead, contribute to and advise others running information and professional development events about CLT. Within the time they can offer, they will work with large numbers for sustainability in local authorities and groups of schools. These are the sessions offered, which can be tailored to need:
This is an overview session which covers what CLT is and its rationale, and then explains the three stages of the CLT process: registering, working towards meeting the standards and the professional reflection, and submitting evidence. It is aimed at teachers who are new to CLT.
This session helps teachers think about how to meet the CLT specific standards and the professional reflection, offering examples of London specific issues and different forms of professional development.
This session explores how CLT status supports an integrated approach to school improvement, CPD, performance management and school evaluation. This will be useful for schools and local authorities responding to the new standards and performance management regulations.
Headteachers, with performance management reviewers, are responsible for deciding whether someone should be awarded CLT status. This session brings school leaders together to discuss what is good enough, share advice and moderate borderline cases.
For relevant tailored sessions above, contact:
s.bubb@ioe.ac.uk Consultant
to London Challenge for CLT
v.porritt@ioe.ac.uk
Consultant to London Challenge for CPD
Nikki Gamble Ref: B710 Primary
30 October 2006, Institute of Education
Florence Olajide Ref: B721 Cross-phase
13th November 2006, Institute of Education
See www.ioe.ac.uk/cpd for details. Email: cpd@ioe.ac.uk for a booking form.
26 February 2007, 10am-4pm, Institute of Education
This conference will assist people working towards CLT status
and colleagues looking to develop whole school approaches to CLT.
There will be presentations, workshops, displays, resources and
opportunities to network that aim to:
Email: londoncentre@ioe.ac.uk to register your interest and receive updates.
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