Manager - ITE Accreditation / Rheolwr – Achredu AGA

The Education Workforce Council is the statutory, self-regulating professional body for members of the education workforce in Wales.  It seeks to raise the status of workers in education and training by maintaining and promoting the highest standards of professional practice and conduct in the interests of registrants, learners and the general public.

The Council is seeking to appoint the following:

MANAGER - INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION (ITE) ACCREDITATION

Purpose of Post:

The Council assumed a new statutory responsibility to accredit programmes of initial teacher education (ITE) in Wales in February 2017.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the postholder will lead a new Council function, responsible for accrediting ITE programmes and monitoring their compliance with Welsh Government criteria. The postholder will manage a small team of staff.

Key Tasks:

The Manager – ITE Accreditation will:

• Work with the Chief Executive to develop new arrangements, procedures and systems in order for the EWC (through its ITE Accreditation Board) to accredit programmes from January 2018 in Wales and monitor them thereafter;
• Manage and supervise the work of the ITE Accreditation team, working closely with the ITE Accreditation Board;
• Oversee the process for ITE partnerships to submit their programmes for accreditation and for the Council’s ITE Accreditation Board to assess programmes. This will include the distribution of documentation and the arrangement of meetings and site visits;
• Work with the Chief Executive and Chair of the ITE Accreditation Board to appoint members of the Accreditation Board and train them;
• Act as the main point of contact for partnerships in preparing their programmes for EWC accreditation and in providing ongoing support thereafter;
• Attend ITE programme assessments and draft reports setting out decisions and reasons for approval by the ITE Accreditation Board;
• Work closely with Estyn in respect of ongoing programme monitoring and compliance and the Welsh Government in allocating funded trainee numbers to programmes;
• Liaise with key stakeholders including the ITE Accreditation Board, ITE partnerships, Welsh Government, Estyn, ESCET;
• Work with the Welsh Government and others in further developing ITE provision in Wales;
• Develop Council / Committee papers, reports and management updates on ITE accreditation as required;
• Contribute to the Council’s developing policy work in the general area of professional development, professional standards and professional recognition;
• Undertake other duties as specified by the Chief Executive.

You will need to complete an application form to apply for this post.

Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg yw’r corff proffesiynol statudol, hunanreoleiddiol ar gyfer aelodau’r gweithlu addysg yng Nghymru. Mae’n ceisio codi statws gweithwyr ym maes addysg a hyfforddiant drwy gynnal a hybu’r safonau uchaf o ymarfer ac ymddygiad proffesiynol er lles cofrestreion, dysgwyr a’r cyhoedd.  

Mae’r Cyngor yn awyddus i benodi’r canlynol:

RHEOLWR - ACHREDU ADDYSG GYCHWYNNOL ATHRAWON (AGA)

Diben y swydd:

Fe gafodd y Cyngor gyfrifoldeb statudol newydd i achredu rhaglenni addysg gychwynnol athrawon (AGA) yng Nghymru ym mis Chwefror 2017.

Yn adrodd i'r Prif Weithredwr, bydd deiliad y swydd yn arwain swyddogaeth newydd y Cyngor, sy'n gyfrifol am achredu rhaglenni AGA a monitro eu bod yn cydymffurfio â meini prawf Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd deiliad y swydd yn rheoli tîm bychan o staff.

Tasgau allweddol:

Bydd Rheolwr - Achredu AGA yn:

• Gweithio gyda'r Prif Weithredwr i ddatblygu trefniadau, gweithdrefnau a systemau newydd er mwyn i'r CGA (drwy ei Fwrdd Achredu AGA) i achredu rhaglenni o Ionawr 2018 yng Nghymru a'u monitro wedi hynny;
• Rheoli a goruchwylio gwaith tîm Achredu AGA, gan weithio'n agos gyda Bwrdd Achredu AGA;
• Goruchwylio'r broses ar gyfer partneriaethau AGA i gyflwyno eu rhaglenni ar gyfer achredu ac i Fwrdd Achredu AGA y Cyngor i asesu rhaglenni. Bydd hyn yn cynnwys dosbarthu dogfennaeth a threfnu ymweliadau safle;
• Gweithio gyda'r Prif Weithredwr a Chadeirydd Bwrdd Achredu AGA i benodi aelodau o'r Bwrdd Achredu a'u hyfforddi;
• Gweithredu fel y prif cyswllt ar gyfer partneriaethau wrth baratoi eu rhaglenni ar gyfer achrediad CGA a darparu cymorth parhaus wedi hynny;
• Mynychu asesiadau rhaglen AGA ac adroddiadau drafft yn nodi penderfyniadau a'r rhesymau dros gymeradwyo gan Fwrdd Achredu AGA;
• Gweithio'n agos gydag Estyn mewn perthynas â monitro rhaglen barhaus Llywodraeth Cymru a chydymffurfio ac wrth ddyrannu nifer yr hyfforddeion a ariennir i raglenni;
• Cysylltu â rhanddeiliaid allweddol gan gynnwys y Bwrdd AGA Achredu, partneriaethau AGA, Llywodraeth Cymru, Estyn, ESCET;
• Gweithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru ac eraill wrth ddatblygu darpariaeth AGA yng Nghymru ymhellach;
• Datblygu papurau'r Cyngor / Pwyllgor, adroddiadau a diweddariadau rheoli ar achredu AGA yn ôl y gofyn;
• Cyfrannu at waith polisi sy'n datblygu'r Cyngor ym meysydd cyffredinol datblygiad proffesiynol, safonau proffesiynol a chydnabyddiaeth broffesiynol;
• Ymgymryd â dyletswyddau eraill fel y nodir gan y Prif Weithredwr.

Bydd gofyn i chi gwblhau ffurflen i gais i ymgeisio am y swydd hon.