Winning ways of lottery IT trainers
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Winning ways of lottery IT trainers
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It is the largest-ever exercise in in-service teacher training and, if successful, will transform the way that teachers teach. At this point (about halfway through the programme) about 300,000 teachers have signed up. By the end of the programme we hope to reach the vast majority of the UK teaching force.
This month’s interim report by the Office for Standards in Education acknowledged that the training was helping develop the competence and confidence of teachers in using ICT. It was, however, too early to draw firm conclusions as to whether it was influecing teaching in the classroom. Firmer conclusions will be possible in future reports.
The interim report includes important lessons for the fund (about raising the profile of the programme), for local authorities and schools (about getting maximum benefit from the programme) and for the Government (on possible developments which would build on our programme). It is a valuable contribution to the debate.
It is, therefore, disappointing that The TES chose to present the report as an attack on the scheme, which it clearly was not, and to conflate its results with that of a separate, unpublished report.
Stephen Dunmore
Chief executive
New Opportunities Fund
Heron House
322 High Holborn
London WC1
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