EA - ECT (NQT) Qualification

SeekTeachers Consultancy FZE is excited to partner with EducatorsAbroad Ltd. in providing employed teachers and classroom teaching assistants worldwide access to England and USA teaching qualifications through a portfolio development and assessment process.

1. Based on nationally accepted expectations of effective educators.
2. Individualized, builds on each candidate's unique talents and circumstances with guidance and resources provided by a team of professional educators to help assure the qualification sought is achieved.
3. Brought to each candidate wherever they teach with entry and completion whenever they are ready.

1. ECT status is awarded on completion of a school-based induction process ‘that combines a personalised programme of development, support and professional dialogue with monitoring and an assessment of performance against the relevant standards’.
2. The ECT induction process is only required for QTS qualified teachers who accept a teaching position in a maintained school in England.
3. ECT status is not a legal requirement but is often viewed as desirable for teachers in further education, the independent sector, academies, free schools and British schools overseas.

1. Individuals who are teaching in a school that:
   
   • Offers a British curriculum;
   • Has a recent positive school inspection report (within the past six years) by a DfE accredited inspection team from: Cambridge Education, Education Development Trust, Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), Penta International, School Inspection Service (SIS), or Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai;
   • Is a member of one of the following associations of schools: AoBSO, BSME, COBIS, FOBISIA, or NABSS; and
   • Is quality assured to provide ECT by the EA partner Appropriate Body through an on-line video conference or on-site visit to the school.

1. While ECT induction is not required, it is a valuable process in developing and implementing a career long professional development plan for educators intent on continually improving their effectiveness as members of the global profession of teaching.
2. Increasingly, international schools are requiring completion of ECT certification as either a prerequisite for employment or advancement in the profession.

1. In any school around the world that is approved to implement the ECT induction process in their school.

1. Any time, but best to start at the beginning of a school term.

1. The total cost for guiding candidates through to completion of ECT requirements is USD $1,850.

1. ECT requirements are completed in conjunction with the candidate’s teaching schedule.
2. The EA ECT Director validates each applicant’s QTS status and determines if their school has the potential to be approved to offer ECT induction for their teachers.
3. Accepted applications are forwarded to the EA partner Approved Body to quality assure the school through a one day visit or alternative arrangements and to manage all aspects of full year and reduced induction processes.
4. The ECT process is managed by colleagues in the school: candidate, school mentor, and school Head/Principal who submits the recommendation for ECT.
5. The process is normally completed within three terms but can be done within one term based on recognition of prior teaching experience or if a candidate ‘gained QTS via the assessment-only route’.