Assessment criteria

To be appointed to an ET post, teachers must have been assessed against the standards and have been first placed on point three of the pay scale for post threshold teachers, at least two years before they take up post. Please note teachers cannot apply for assessment until a vacancy exists.

ET applications dated 1 September 2007 onward will be assessed against the revised professional ET standards found on the TDA website.

Each ET candidate who has not already met the ET standards will need to be complete an ETS1 application form. This should then be passed to his or her headteacher who will:

add their comments
complete the relevant declarations
send it to the national assessment agency, who will arrange for the candidate to be assessed.

In order to monitor equal opportunities issues relating to ET, applicants will also need to complete a short questionnaire and send this to the national assessment agency together with the application form.

A teacher who has not already met the ET standards is restricted to applying for ET posts in their own school. They must submit a completed ETS1 application to their headteacher.

When considering applying for assessment teachers will need to be able to show that they have:

continued to develop themselves professionally
provided regular coaching and mentoring
evidence of work that identified and addressed the needs of a particular group or groups of pupils, involved a searching analysis, and was of sufficient substance to have a positive impact beyond their assigned pupils. (Normally from the two-year period leading up to their application)
met the standards for post threshold teachers

Details of pay can be found in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document or from your HR adviser.