Posts tagged ‘school placements’
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User research round 2 findings
Testing the ‘Find placements’ journey with ITT providers
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User research round 1 findings
Testing the ‘Add mentor’ and ‘Add placement’ journeys with school users
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Uploading bulk placement data
We created a bulk upload tool to help ITT providers make changes to multiple trainee records at the same time
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Recording trainee placement data
We added trainee placement data to collect, analyse and better understand how to meet the placement needs of both providers and trainees
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The anatomy of a school placement
Thoughts on what constitutes a school placement
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Measuring the success of a school placements service
Thoughts on service key performance indicators (KPIs)
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Experiment 6: Managing school and mentor SEND capabilities
Exploring how we collect and show school and mentor special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) capabilities
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Experiment 5: Managing mentors if you’re a school
Iterating how schools manage their mentors’ information
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Experiment 4: Finding mentors if you’re an ITT provider
We iterated our second experiment, exploring how providers might find information about mentors
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Experiment 3: Exploring how providers might report information about school placements
We changed our approach from schools and providers adding and finding school placements to providers reporting their school placement needs to DfE
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Experiment 2b: Iterating what we show to ITT providers when they search for school placements
We iterated our first experiment to explore how providers might find information about school placements
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Experiment 2a: Iterating how schools add school placements
We iterated our first experiment exploring how schools might add information about school placements
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Experiment 1b: Finding school placements if you’re an ITT provider
Exploring how providers might find information about school placements
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Experiment 1a: Adding school placements if you’re a school
Exploring how schools might add information about school placements
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Defining our problem statements
We translated our four problem areas into problem statements to give our team and stakeholders clarity and focus
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Problems with school placements
During discovery, we identified several problem areas
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Mapping our assumptions
We mapped our assumptions to understand better which areas of the school placement problem space we should explore
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Adding a guidance page about schools and study sites
We added a new guidance page to help providers understand how to add schools and study sites to a course
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Why are we working on school placements?
Schools play a critical role in delivering Initial Teacher Training (ITT) by providing placements and mentors for trainee teachers, but engagement levels vary
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Improving the content above school placements and in the provider search
We changed the content above the list of school placements and in the provider search to make it more accurate
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Removing course vacancies
We removed course vacancies as this was misleading for candidates
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Removing school placement vacancies
We removed the school placement vacancy status as this was misleading for candidates
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Making school placements content more accurate and consistent
We changed school placements content on course pages to make it accurately reflect the candidates’ experience
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Updating how providers manage course vacancies