Strong year for Early Years ITT More than 300 trainees are now enrolled on BPN’s Early Years ITT programme, which leads to Early Years Teacher Status. The programme is proving a success, and with demand growing Best Practice Network has set a target of recruiting 450 onto the programme in 2023-24. Continuous feedback is sought from candidates, who haven’t held back in their praise. The programme’s destination and impact survey asked candidates if the EYITT programme was having an impact on their careers or aspirations and their responses included:
“The leadership plan helped me become a more confident leader. The modules are very good and opened my interest in the SENCO role.” “It gave me more of a thirst to build upon my existing knowledge to support the children within my setting to achieve their highest potential. Along with supporting the staff to achieve theirs. Bringing around changes within the setting to improve outcomes for children within our care. Especially those within the preschool room, with the introduction of Read, Write, Inc.”
“I now want to become a senior or a room manager within my setting. The knowledge and experience I have gained from the course has given me the confidence to set these as aspirations for myself.” “The course has helped me to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of how to tailor the EYFS curriculum to support children’s cultural capital, interest, needs and learning and development by becoming an effective early years teacher. I am looking for early years teacher jobs currently to use the knowledge and experience gained.”
Learn more at bestpracticenet.co.uk/EYITT
Award for BPN apprenticeships BPN was awarded Education and Childcare Apprenticeship Provider of the Year at the Annual Apprenticeships Awards in Birmingham in March 2023. The awards were hosted by industry magazine FE Week and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) in association with skills development body City & Guilds. Tracy Clement, Apprenticeships Director at Best Practice Network, said: “This award recognises the impact that we’re now making in apprenticeship provision. We are excited about the future of apprenticeships and the role that Best Practice Network will play in shaping the industry’s growth and development. “We are committed to expanding our apprenticeship offer – we’ve recently added a Post Graduate Teacher Apprenticeship programme which starts in September – while continuing to deliver the highest quality of training possible.” Impact Report 2023
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