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| Teachers face five-year licensing | Teachers face five-year licensing |
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| Teachers in England will need licences to practise which will have to be renewed every five years, under government plans. | |
| The idea, to weed out weak teachers, is among plans in an education White Paper that will form the basis of new laws. | The idea, to weed out weak teachers, is among plans in an education White Paper that will form the basis of new laws. |
| These will also give children a right to personalised tuition if they falter in their learning. | |
| There will also be "report cards" summarising schools' performances - an American idea, like renewable licences. | There will also be "report cards" summarising schools' performances - an American idea, like renewable licences. |
| The package of measures was announced by the Children's Secretary Ed Balls as he published a White Paper entitled Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future: Building a 21st Century Schools System. | The package of measures was announced by the Children's Secretary Ed Balls as he published a White Paper entitled Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future: Building a 21st Century Schools System. |
| 'Not a problem' | 'Not a problem' |
| The renewable licence will be introduced from September 2010 for newly-qualified teachers and those who have been out of the classroom for some time. | The renewable licence will be introduced from September 2010 for newly-qualified teachers and those who have been out of the classroom for some time. |
| WHITE PAPER: KEY POINTS Licence to teachTougher home-school agreementsSchool report cardsAccredited school groupsNew progress check in Year 7 | WHITE PAPER: KEY POINTS Licence to teachTougher home-school agreementsSchool report cardsAccredited school groupsNew progress check in Year 7 |
| To remain licensed, teachers will have to demonstrate that they have "up-to-date skills and learning to be effective in the classroom". | To remain licensed, teachers will have to demonstrate that they have "up-to-date skills and learning to be effective in the classroom". |
| The assessments would be carried out by head teachers in conjunction with the General Teaching Council for Teachers, with which all teachers already have to register. | The assessments would be carried out by head teachers in conjunction with the General Teaching Council for Teachers, with which all teachers already have to register. |
| Mr Balls told reporters: "This is not a problem we are addressing, although it may be that we will discover some teachers who do not make the grade and some who aren't re-licensed." | Mr Balls told reporters: "This is not a problem we are addressing, although it may be that we will discover some teachers who do not make the grade and some who aren't re-licensed." |
| The general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, Chris Keates, said licensing could give qualified teacher status "the long overdue recognition that it is a high status qualification" like those in medicine and law. | The general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, Chris Keates, said licensing could give qualified teacher status "the long overdue recognition that it is a high status qualification" like those in medicine and law. |
| "As for the five-year 'MOT', it is already NASUWT policy that head teachers who do not have regular contact with the classroom have to renew their qualified teacher status every five years. | "As for the five-year 'MOT', it is already NASUWT policy that head teachers who do not have regular contact with the classroom have to renew their qualified teacher status every five years. |
| "The priority for the first phase of the rollout of the licence should be those who have been out of touch with the classroom for some time." | "The priority for the first phase of the rollout of the licence should be those who have been out of touch with the classroom for some time." |
| School 'brands' | School 'brands' |
| It also calls for high performing schools and education providers to take over their less successful neighbours, creating chains of schools with a shared "brand" identity. | It also calls for high performing schools and education providers to take over their less successful neighbours, creating chains of schools with a shared "brand" identity. |
| There will be a list of successful schools and organisations accredited to set up such chains - which would mean groups of primary and secondary schools with similar uniforms and brand names under a single executive head teacher. | There will be a list of successful schools and organisations accredited to set up such chains - which would mean groups of primary and secondary schools with similar uniforms and brand names under a single executive head teacher. |
| The report cards for schools are seen as a future alternative to school league tables as a way for parents to judge schools. They will be piloted from September. | The report cards for schools are seen as a future alternative to school league tables as a way for parents to judge schools. They will be piloted from September. |
| In a move that will dismay head teachers, the cards will bear a single overall grade. | In a move that will dismay head teachers, the cards will bear a single overall grade. |
| They will rate schools in the context of their social intake and on measures of behaviour and attendance, as well as on test results. | They will rate schools in the context of their social intake and on measures of behaviour and attendance, as well as on test results. |
| There will also be plans to allow parents of unruly pupils to be taken to court by schools. | There will also be plans to allow parents of unruly pupils to be taken to court by schools. |
| This will support existing home-school agreements, which set out what is expected of parents and their children in the education system. | This will support existing home-school agreements, which set out what is expected of parents and their children in the education system. |
| Progress checks | Progress checks |
| There will also be guarantees for pupils and parents over what schools provide, in areas such as access to individual tuition, a weekly quota of sports lessons and education and training places for 16-year-olds. | There will also be guarantees for pupils and parents over what schools provide, in areas such as access to individual tuition, a weekly quota of sports lessons and education and training places for 16-year-olds. |
| A "progress check" will be introduced in Year 7, the first year of secondary school, for those starting below expectations. | A "progress check" will be introduced in Year 7, the first year of secondary school, for those starting below expectations. |
| A national sample of teachers' judgements of how pupils are doing will measure the overall progress of the year group. | A national sample of teachers' judgements of how pupils are doing will measure the overall progress of the year group. |
| The idea of renewable licences for teachers and supply teachers is the most radical proposal, and the one which had not been trailed in advance in some form. | The idea of renewable licences for teachers and supply teachers is the most radical proposal, and the one which had not been trailed in advance in some form. |
| It is the way teachers and "substitutes" are regulated in the United States, though as with most things in the US school system the requirements vary from state to state. | It is the way teachers and "substitutes" are regulated in the United States, though as with most things in the US school system the requirements vary from state to state. |
| Mr Balls visited New York and New Jersey last March, primarily to see how report cards were being used to grade schools. | Mr Balls visited New York and New Jersey last March, primarily to see how report cards were being used to grade schools. |