Roles and responsibilities

	ECT	Mentor	Induction Coordinator
Profile	A practicing classroom teacher in their first two years of teaching.	An experienced classroom teacher with the capacity for mentoring. *Ideally a specialist in the teacher’s subject/phase	A member of the school’s senior or middle leadership team
Role	The main audience for the Early Career Framework.	Directly supports the teacher in their development.	The in-school lead of the programme and main point of contact for teachers and mentors.
Responsibilities	Learning and practising aspects of the framework throughout the programme.	Engaging with the programme content	Leading the programme in school
	Engaging with weekly self-study (through Steplab, our online learning platform)	Carry out weekly observation and instructional coaching sessions with teachers	Making sure teacher and mentor time is protected.
	Attending clinics and conferences	Attending conferences, clinics and coaching on coaching to develop instructional coaching practice	Providing positive accountability to support teachers and mentors to engage

Early Career Teacher inputs
	Year 1	Year 2
ECT conferences Conferences are designed to give early career teachers a deep insight into key aspects of the ECF and implications for their classroom.	Two full day conferences	One full day conference
ECT clinics Clinics are online workshops designed to help ECTs make sense of study materials and address common misconceptions.	One 90-minute clinic each term	One 90-minute clinic each term
Weekly coaching (by mentor) Instructional coaching meetings give Teachers a specific, bite-sized action step. They will be given a clear model of 'good' and the opportunity to practise before Classroom implementation.	Weekly 45 minute coaching meeting	Fortnightly 45 minute coaching meeting
Self-directed learning

Mentors input
	Year 1	Year 2
Mentor conferences Conferences are designed to give mentors a deep insight into instructional coaching and how to best support early career teachers.	Two full day conferences	None
Mentor clinics Mentor clinics are online workshops designed to help mentors make sense of study materials, coaching methods and address common misconceptions around the ECF.	One 90-minute clinic	One 90-minute clinic
Weekly observation (of teacher) Mentors observe their teacher each week. Unlike Conventional observations, these are not judging the effectiveness of a teacher. They are short and sharply focused on specific areas of practice.	Weekly 15 minute observation	Fortnightly 15 minute observation
Weekly coaching (of teacher) Mentors select a specific, Bite-sized action step for their teacher to develop. Mentors give a clear model of what ‘good’ looks like and support the teacher to practise before classroom implementation.	Weekly 45 minute coaching meeting	Fortnightly 45 minute coaching meeting
Self-directed learning