Provider link advisers (PLAs) are regional consultants who work with initial teacher training (ITT) providers on the areas of recruitment, funding and development.
Provider link advisers:
- support providers’ efforts to recruit and train sufficient teachers with focus on priority subjects, phases and diversity
- support providers who are experiencing difficulties in securing trainee placements in schools
- work with providers and local stakeholders within a region to develop strategies to ensure more schools provide ITT placements and opportunities for career exploration
- gather regional intelligence to inform policy development
- disseminate key messages from the TDA and examples of good practice.
Twelve provider link advisers are in post nationally. Contact details are listed below. Details of which ITT providers each of the PLAs has responsibility for are given in the downloadable document "Annex A".
Please note that PLAs should only be contacted during office hours (ie. Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) and only in relation to the topics mentioned above. All general enquiries regarding entering the teaching profession should be directed to the teaching information line on 0845 6000 991.
| Name | E-mail address |
|---|---|
| Chris Oulton | cotdapla@yahoo.co.uk |
| Conrad Chapman | conrad.chapman@btopenworld.com |
| David Dickson | david.dickson@pla-tda.co.uk |
| Elizabeth Foster | elizabethfoster1@btinternet.com |
| John Menendez | johnmenendez@btinternet.com |
| Judith Broadbridge | judbroad@yahoo.fr |
| June Wagstaff | june.wagstaff@btinternet.com |
| Lin Carter | lin.carter.eastern@btinternet.com |
| Paul Clarke | paul@pclarke33.fsnet.co.uk |
| Phil Sandell | powerfulpartners@btinternet.com |
| Sheila Steer | ssteer@btinternet.com |
