Collaboration, enquiry, innovation and trust: a professional development programme for experienced & early career teachers of STEM subjects

The Wipro Teacher Fellow and Teacher Mentor Programmes aim to increase young people's enjoyment, attainment and progression in the STEM subjects by supporting teachers to develop their practice in an innovative, evidence-based, collaborative programme of professional learning.

Over a 36-month period, our Wipro Teacher Fellows - teachers in the early years of teaching the STEM subjects from South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire primary and secondary schools - collaborate with expert colleagues and Wipro Teacher mentors, to:

· improve their subject and pedagogical knowledge

· learn more about their practice through evidence, enquiry and curriculum design

· learn about leadership in STEM subjects

· develop, trial and evaluate innovative ways of teaching their subject

· carry out an enquiry into their practice,

The focus is on building and strengthening each Fellow's understanding of their subject and how it should be taught, through evidence-based collaborative activity, individualised enquiry and long-term mentoring.

The programmes draw on our understanding and experience of the development, delivery and evaluation of high-quality professional learning in the STEM subjects and are built on international evidence of effective models of professional development:

· practical and practice-focussed

· collaborative and participatory

· reflective and active

· enquiry-driven and sustained.

 

Wipro Teacher Mentors - expert, experienced teachers of STEM subjects from local schools - support the Teacher Fellows through monthly meetings and participate in their own bespoke programme of professional development.

Each cohort of the programme begins and ends with a gathering of the community of Fellows, Mentors and programme facilitators, with invited guests including Wipro employees, which provide opportunities to share learning and plan next steps.

For more information please contact Jo Booth or Joelle Halliday