Congratulations on qualifying as a teacher! You are now in the second stage of your Career Long Professional Development (CLPD) having successfully completed your Initial Teacher Training. The Induction year normally takes one school year to complete. During this stage, you are required to engage in competence based professional development and present evidence of this in a portfolio.
Please note change since time of recording
Signed letters of completion are:
Uploaded onto the GTCNI Online Portal
(GTCNI website states: It is the responsibility of the School and Teacher Tutor to update this via GTCNI School Portal and Teacher Portal, confirming the successful completion of Induction and EPD.)
One copy:
- given to you and retained in your Portfolio
- retained by your school
Please remember to register your Early Career Teacher status online with EA each academic year.
Induction normally takes one school year to complete. During this stage, you are required to engage in competence based professional development and present evidence of this in a portfolio.
- Click here to view GTCNI Digest of the Teacher Competences
- Click here to view a signposting grid for the GTCNI Competences
The requirements of Induction are set out in ‘The Teacher Education Partnership Handbook’ which may be viewed in full on the Department of Education’s website.
What if …
Our download has some guidance on what to do if you are not in full time employment e.g.
- You are employed in a school on a temporary basis for 2 terms or more but less than 1 year
- You are employed in a school on a temporary basis for a period of at least 10 weeks but less than 2 terms
- You are initially employed as a substitute teacher in a school for less than 4 weeks but your contract is extended incrementally at the end of 4 weeks
- You are employed in day to day substitute teaching