1. School Direct: The Leeds Trinity Perspective
Stephen J Wilkinson

2. Remember this?
Training our next generation of outstanding teachers: An improvement strategy for discussion (DFE, June 2011)

3. One Possible Response…

4. Another possible response:
Stack ‘em High; Sell ‘em Cheap

5. The Leeds Trinity Response
We are committed to Teacher Education High Quality Equal Partnership

6. The Leeds Trinity PGCE Model
SD ‘Distance’
SCITT
SD ‘Local’
Weeks in School
Core PGCE
Other PGCE
Involvement of Leeds Trinity Tutors

7. The DFE Message…

8. Key Questions for Schools
Why School Direct? Are you fully aware of the implications?

9. The TA Message…
“If it wasn’t for fees and loans, universities wouldn’t be involved in School Direct” (TA Officer, 2011)

10. Why does School Direct need HEIs?
Key Question for HEIs
Why does School Direct need HEIs?

11. An Adult Relationship?
I would suggest that the last 25 years have now put us in a position where it is possible to imagine a proper more adult relationship between the universities and the profession; a relationship that recognises and values the complexity of and partiality of different forms of professional knowledge but that sees ‘the practical’ as needing to be in the lead. (John Furlong, “Does the Teaching Profession Still Need Universities?”, 2008)
The case for HEI partnership.
Need for critical reflection; meeting others; engagement with research.
e.g. PISA (OECD) study.
For teachers to have autonomy they must be able to research their own practice; engage professionally with others and with other research – Kirk.