QTSLITE GOLD

Earn your GTS QTSlite Gold Badge.


 


During your internship you will have the opportunity to earn Digital Badges which recognise and evidence your progress as a teaching intern. On this page you can earn your the GTS QTSlite Gold badge.

This badge recognizes achievements and skills gained while working as part of the Graduate Teaching Scheme. This badge is aligned to the Teachers' Standards and recognizes progress towards Standards 5 - 8.

Holders of this badge are well placed to continue developing their professional practice within the framework of a programme that leads to Qualified Teacher Status.

There are THREE missions to complete in order to earn the QTSlite Gold Badge.

Mission 1 - Assess your progress against areas of professional teacher practice
In each of the selection boxes below, choose the option which best reflects your progress to date where:

  • No Experience = you have not engaged in this type or work during your internship
  • Red = you feel you need additional support and mentoring to facilitate your progress
  • Amber = you feel you have made some progress with more work to do
  • Green = you are happy with your progress and your performance

Mission 2 - Write a brief improvement plan
Select TWO or THREE RED selections and describe specific actions you can take to improve your confidence and competence in these areas. You should justify the selected actions by explaining why you plan to do them and what outcome you hope to achieve.

Mission 3 - Create and load evidence of your professional practice
Select TWO GREEN areas of professional practice and create a piece of evidence that demonstrates your confidence and competence in this area. Evidence might be:

  • A lesson plan or scheme of work*
  • Critical Reflection - Template*
  • Prompt Sheet (for observations) - Template*
  • A learning resource
  • Video voxbox or interview
  • Certificates of attendance/completion

  *Your school may well have standard templates that they would like to use. Check with your mentor and use school templates where preferred.

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Personal details

Last Name: *
First Name:

Areas of Professional Practice

MISSION 2

In each of the selection boxes below, choose the option which best reflects your progress to date.

QTS 5A Working with 1:1/small groups on extension/higher order activities: *
QTS 5B Working with individuals or small groups of pupils who have SEN, EAL or EHC Plans: *
QTS 5C Planning for differentiation – ensuring pupil tasks / lesson plans address learning needs of all pupils: *
QTS 5D Working with pupils to understand their perception of units of work to help identify factors that inhibit learning: *
QTS 6A Observing pupils and taking part in activities focusing on assessment: *
QTS 6B Supporting teachers with assessments incl. with focused marking against learning targets: *
QTS 6C Imputing pupil progress data into school data system: *
QTS 6D Moderating teacher assessments: *
QTS 7A Observing teachers’ behaviour management techniques inc. classroom layout, lesson pace, de-escalation techniques etc.: *
QTS 7B Working with individuals or small groups who present with challenging or disruptive behaviour: *
QTS 7C Lesson planning that includes strategies for managing behaviour: *
QTS 7D Practicing de-escalation / behaviour management techniques: *
QTS 8A Duty roster: *
QTS 8B Supporting form tutor activities: *
QTS 8C Engaging with parents: *
QTS 8D Supporting out of school activities, school clubs or trips or school dramatic productions: *
Gold IP:
Select TWO or THREE red selections and describe specific actions you can take to improve.
Gold Evidence 1:
Using the codes in Mission 1 (e.g. QTS5A) identify which areas of practice your evidence highlights.
Gold Evidence 2:
You can select more than one code if your evidence illustrates your work in more than one area.

Attachment Information

QTSlite Gold Evidence 1:
QTSlite Gold Evidence 2:

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