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Refresh of the 'Criteria for accreditation of initial teacher education in Wales'

 

Question 1 - i) Do you work in or support the delivery of initial teacher education (ITE)? (if no continue to iv.)

 

ii) If Yes, in which type of setting/organisation do you work?

 

iii) What is your primary role?

 

iv) If you do not work in or support the delivery of ITE, in what capacity would you like to provide feedback?

 

v) Are you providing feedback on behalf of an organisation or group?

 

Question 2 – Have you read the ‘Refresh of the Criteria for the accreditation of initial teacher education in Wales’ consultation document?

 
If you have selected ‘No’ we recommend you read the document before continuing with the response form.

Question 3 – Do you agree that the amendments to ‘Section A: A vision for initial teacher education in Wales’ in the document make more explicit the vision for ITE in Wales and the intellectual thinking required to design and deliver ITE programmes?

 

Question 4 – Do you agree that the amendments to ‘Section B: ITE programmes structures, processes, and inputs’ reflect the maturing educational reforms in Wales, make the requirements clearer, and further the quality requirements for ITE programmes in Wales?

 

Question 5 – Do you agree that the amendments to ‘Section C: Programme outcomes’ reflect the maturing educational reforms in Wales, make the requirements clearer and more explicit, and further the quality requirements for ITE in Wales?

 

Question 6 – Do you agree that the amendments to the following sections:
  • ‘Glossary’
  • ‘References’
  • ‘Appendix 2: Entry requirements for student teachers in Wales’
  • ‘Appendix 3: Standards for Qualified Teacher Status – further advice for ITE partnerships in the design of programmes’
support the changes to the main body of the document?

 

Question 7 – Do you agree that the inclusion of ‘Appendix 4: Specialist primary phase ITE provision for ALN’ clearly outlines Welsh Government’s aims to determine whether any changes are required in the Wales ITE framework to meet and support the requirements and aspirations of learners with the most complex additional learning needs?

 

Question 8 - We would like to know your views on the effects that the refreshed criteria would have on the Welsh language, specifically on opportunities for people to use Welsh and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than English.

What effects do you think there would be? How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?

 

Question 9 – Please also explain how you believe the proposed criteria could be formulated or changed so as to have positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language, and no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.

 

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