ABSTRACT
Teacher training continues to go through significant changes, the most recent of which has been the response to Qualifying to Teach: Professional standards for Qualified Teacher Status and requirements for initial teacher training [TTA 2002]. This document has increased the expectations of what it is to be a teacher, and have also set the standards by which future teachers are to be assessed. School-based training has not changed: trainees are still expected to spend the majority of their training time in schools with their mentors. However, the TTA 2002 document gives clear categories and standards under which trainees have to demonstrate their abilities; these include:
• knowledge and understanding; • planning, teaching and class management; • monitoring, assessment, reporting and accountability; • other professional requirements.
