QTSLITE SILVER

Earn your GTS QTSlite Silver 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 Silver 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 1 - 4.

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 Silver 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

First Name:
Last Name: *

Areas of Professional Practice

MISSION 1

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

QTS1A Familiarisation with school policy and procedure: *
QTS1B Building relationships with pupils e.g. through leading PSHE, circle time, hot seating, role play: *
QTS1C Demonstrating the positive attitudes, values and behaviour expected of teachers and of pupils: *
QTS1D Recognising experienced teachers’ practice which inspires, motivates and challenges pupils: *
QTS2A Observing how experienced teachers focus on assessing progress and extending learning in their classes: *
QTS2B Working with small groups on learning support activities: *
QTS2C Gaining feedback from pupils- e.g. pupil voice, helping pupils to reflect on their progress: *
QTS2D Tracking pupil progress over a number of weeks: *
QTS3A Using subject specific knowledge to support and extend learners and/or to address misunderstandings: *
QTS3B Attending professional development sessions or extending your own subject knowledge: *
QTS3C Working with pupils to promote high standards of literacy, articulacy and the correct use of standard English: *
QTS3D Using your knowledge of technology to support teachers and learners: *
QTS4A Researching, planning and producing learning resources under the guidance of a teacher: *
QTS4B Planning and preparing independently to teach small groups: *
QTS4C Setting or supporting homework and other out of class activities to consolidate learning: *
QTS4D Leading part or all of a whole class lesson: *
MISSION 2 - Improvement Plan:
Select TWO or THREE red selections and describe specific actions you can take to improve.
MISSION 3 - Evidence 1:
Using the codes in Mission 1 (e.g. QTS1A) identify which areas of practice your evidence highlights.
MISSION 3 - Evidence 2:
You can select more than one code if your evidence illustrates your work in more than one area.

Attachment Information

MISSION 3 - QTSlite Silver Evidence 1 Upload:
MISSION 3 - QTSlite Silver Evidence 2 Upload:

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