DRB bulletin: 11 February 2005

A review of fees charged by DRBs relating to employment-based routes programmes, DRB accreditation update, March deadline for updates to the EBR database, overseas trained teacher programme (OTTP) training events, changes to the EBR database, GTP welcome pack, graduate teacher programme (GTP) survey 2005 information, correction: Ofsted inspection of DRBs handbook.

DRB bulletin: 28 October 2004

Independent school trainees on the GTP, applicants who have withdrawn from an initial teacher training (ITT) course, GTP funding arrangements, devolution of the registered teacher programme (RTP) and OTTP, skills test numbers for 2004/05, contact details for the new qualified teacher status (QTS) skills test contractor, advisory visits, EBR database, EBR database systems review, key points of the GTP, important please check DRB contact details, correction: GTP funding letter 26 February 2004.

DRB bulletin: 26 July 2004

Information on invitation to bid for ITT place allocations for 2005/06, consultation on changes to the arrangement for the inspection of ITT, pre-ITT subject enhancement course in chemistry, EBR data management training, deadline for entering GTP trainees onto the database, sign up for ttaNews.

DRB bulletin: 26 May 2004

DRBs starting in September 2004, consultation on the accreditation of DRBs, partnership agreements, consultation on reducing the burden of ITT inspections, TDA career advisors workshops 2004/05, subject enhancement and extension course, guidance for providers of ITT on disability discrimination, GTP funding for 2004/05, EBR online trainee database, performance profiles website, and staff changes at the TDA.

DRB bulletin: 16 February 2004

GTP trainee survey 2004, DRB enquires, DRB training plan sample, extension courses for modern language graduates, census of unused GTP places, applicants who withdrawal, ITT entry requirements, employment of foreign nationals, advisory visits, self-funded trainees, trainees who complete early, 2005/06 GTP allocations bidding round, Important-DRB contact details, TDA website development, staff changes at the TDA.

DRB bulletin: 12 September 2003

Key dates for 2003/04, minimum age requirement to be removed from the GTP and RTP, consultation on RTP and OTTP, recruitment and retention of trainees from minority ethnic backgrounds, trainee qualifications and eligibility, duration of GTP, payment dates and deadlines, database procedure entering trainee ‘DfES number’, database procedure recommending QTS, DRB information on the TDA website, school-based ITT support newsletter, assistance with general enquiries and disappointed eligible and suitable trainees, TDA staffing structure and changes.

 

DRB bulletin: 4 June 2003

Welcome to new DRBs, 2002/03 GTP trainee survey, employment rights of trainees, trainee exit survey to be introduced in 2003/04, improvements to DRB information on the TDA website, requirement for degree/GCSE equivalence, 2003/04 GTP allocations on database, GTP database training, OTP assessors’ update training, revisions to policy on programme extensions, primary modern foreign languages places.

DRB bulletin: 23 April 2003

First annual GTP trainee survey, guidance on extending programmes, programme start and end dates, independent school applications, further guidance on advisory visits, skills test numbers, advance notice of allocation bids for 2004/05, TTA contact information.

DRB bulletin: 4 February 2003

Allocation bids for 2003/04, GTP trainee survey, DRB survey report, feedback from the sample training plans, request for case studies, database update, guidance on advisory visits, DRB quality advisers, future training, distance learning materials on DfES website, self-funding places, EBRs next steps on quality and funding.

DRB bulletin: 26 November 2002

Bidding and allocation information for 2003/04, trainee survey, QTS skills test registration numbers, database payment details, accredited DRBs and final assessments, quality and ITT support, and TDA staffing changes.