UVTs
This section of The Mentor Zone includes the documentation relating to UVT visits. Further information on Induction, the IDP, Exeter Model Tools and Professional Studies can be found under the Induction and Practical Support tabs.
UVT Bulletins
Please refer to the Handbooks, Profile Descriptors and Bulletins section of the Mentor Zone to access the Trainee and School Bulletins.
2023-2024
This meeting took place on 07 November 2023. Please find below the supporting documentation:
Communities of Practice Annual Training 2023 (PowerPoint)
UVT Visit Record Form Guidance (Video)
Outcome of UVT Visit Record Review
Communities of Practice Padlet Feedback
2022-2023
This meeting took place on 08 November 2022. Please find below the slides from the meeting:
The aim across our programmes is to ensure that all staff working with trainees have a foundational understanding of the curriculum and can support trainees in making links between the university-based and school-based learning.
To support our ‘community of practice’ approach surrounding teacher education, which aims to socially learn from each other’s expertise as expert practitioners, educational researchers and academics to provide the best teacher education for our trainees, please refer to our PGCE Curriculum Blogs throughout the year for research information, training events, curriculum content and Training, Development and Consultation (TD&C) updates.
Curriculum Blogs
Primary
Secondary
PGCE Secondary English Curriculum Blog
PGCE Secondary History Curriculum Blog
PGCE Secondary Maths Curriculum Blog
PGCE Secondary MFL Curriculum Blog
PGCE Secondary Physical Education Blog
PGCE Secondary Science Curriculum Blog
School Direct Distance
Exeter Learning Environment (ELE) - Online Curriculum Materials for Trainees
UVTs are able to access these pages using their university log in details:
Primary PGCE and School Direct @Exeter ELE
Secondary PGCE and School Direct @Exeter ELE
UVT Handbooks
PGCE and School Direct (@Exeter) UVT Handbook 2023-2024
School Direct (Distance) UVT Handbook 2023-2024
Course Handbooks
Primary PGCE and School Direct @Exeter Programme Handbook 2023-24
Secondary PGCE and School Direct @Exeter Programme Handbook 2023-24
School Direct Distance Programme Handbook 2023-24
Profile Descriptors and Phase Instructions
Primary Phase Instructions and Profile Descriptors
Secondary Phase Instructions and Profile Descriptors
School Direct Distance Phase Instructions and Profile Descriptors
In the Exeter Model, mentoring resides in the complementary roles of several tutors within the clearly defined model of trainee learning. Each of these, the ITE Coordinator (ITEC), Reflective Mentor, Lead Mentor, Personal Tutor and the University Visiting Tutor, has a different role to play in supporting the trainees
A mentor must understand the course structure and requirements. The trainee curriculum is founded on the phases of development. Trainees move from Anticipating Practice, through Beginning Practice, Consolidating Practice, Developing Independence and (in some cases) Extension and Enrichment. Each phase has a descriptor (and these are available here). These outline the declarative (know that) and procedural (know how) knowledge that trainees are expected to develop in each phase. These descriptors define the content of the curriculum. The curriculum incorporates the DfE mandated Core Content Framework for ITT which forms a ‘minimum entitlement’ for trainees, but goes significantly beyond it.
Roles and Responsibilities - ITEC
Roles and Responsibilities - Lead Mentor
Roles and Responsibilities - Reflective Mentor
Visit Letters
Visit Records and Lesson Observation Forms
UVT Guidance - Impact on Learning
Claim Forms
UVT Travel Expenses Claim Form
References
PGCE References Policy & Templates (updated November 2023)
PGCE Reference Template - Current Trainees and Recent Graduates (1 Year)
PGCE Reference Template - Graduates from more than one year ago