Paid Internships Application Form

Request to deliver template

/ Request to develop and deliver a Paid Internship scheme
Partnership name (if applicable)
Number of schools in partnership
Lead contact and role
Email address
Contact phone number
Numbers of places that you will seek to deliver and in which subjects (minimum of 10 places set)
Start date of course
Project outcomes / Schools will be expected to deliver the following outcomes:
· A paid internship programme for STEM undergraduates who could potentially teach maths or physics.
· A recruitment strategy that will attract candidates in the target group to maths and physics.
· Additional support offered to overcome barriers identified.
· Dissemination of the findings from this project across the partnership, locality and the wider school-led system.
Project milestones / Please submit your completed template to by no later than 5pm on Tuesday 16 January 2018
· From 18 January 2018 the panel meets to assess applications
· Week beginning 5 February 2018: Schools will be informed of the outcome of their application and schools will be able to arrange feedback meetings
1. Recruitment strategy: Please describe how you will to recruit maths and physics undergraduates to a paid internship scheme. This should include: how you assess your recruitment needs; how you will identify your target audience and their needs; how you will attract and engage with them; and what additional support you will offer to help overcome any barriers they may face. Please provide details if you are located in an opportunity area and details of any recruitment challenges you face. 800 words maximum
2. Delivery model. Please detail the main features of your proposed training programme, including how you will cover all aspects of training within your training timeframe, how it will meet the ITT criteria and any methods of delivery and materials. 800 words maximum
3. Additional Information. Please describe how you will work in partnership to manage and quality assures the course to ensure a high quality training experience for all trainees. 400 words maximum
4. Project activity and key milestones
Please provide an outline of the key activities and milestones of the project over the lifespan of the grant and up-to the start of the course
Activity / Key milestone/delivery date
5. Project costs
Please provide a breakdown of how you anticipate the grant funding will be spent. This should include any communications and marketing activity that will need approval from the NCTL (see section on marketing spend below).
Activity/area of spend / Budget allocated

Marketing Spend

As part of the Government’s commitment to efficiency controls, you should be aware that there are restrictions on all paid-for communications, marketing and digital activities. Any items that fall within theCabinet Office’s Efficiency Controls guidanceshould be clearly outlined in the projected costs section of the request to deliver template. Although we do not expect this to be a significant portion of the grant, any spend in this area needs specific priorNCTLapproval. The controls relating to communications and marketing activity include printing, publications, events and public relations (PR).

Although paid-for marketing activities are restricted under grant funding guidelines, our support and marketing resources are freely available to all lead schools. These include themarketing resource bank(which offers new ready-made and adaptable marketing materials such as posters, parent letters, flyers and outdoor banners), participation at train to teach events, and online seminars offering recruitment advice and guidance.

6. List of schools and other organisations involved in the programme

Organisation name / Organisation type / Location

Assessment process

All requests to deliver will be assessed by the NCTL after 18 January 2018and only viable applications will be forwarded to the panel. Requests which do not meet the deadline of 17:00 on 16th January 2018 will not progress.

Applications should focus on the recruitment of STEM undergraduates to a paid internship scheme – focussing on teaching maths or physics. We expect this to include, but not be restricted to, the following:

· Recruitment strategy – this should include how schools will engage with university partners to access STEM undergraduates. This should also include details of any recruitment challenges and details of any school partnerships located in opportunity areas.

· Delivery Model – this should include details of partnership members, including their roles and responsibilities, and how placement activities will be designed.

Additional Information - this should include evidence of quality, including Ofsted reports, quality assurance plans for the scheme, details of internal evaluation procedures and any further information which adds value to the application. There will also be an expectation to participate in any external evaluation requested.

Criteria for assessing applications

Panel members

· Panel members will consist of a mix of NCTL staff with relevant project connections and/or experience and they will assess applications from 18 January 2018.

Scoring

· The following will be considered when evaluating requests:

I. Requests must be evaluated against the published criteria and not against each other. This does not rule out benchmarking where appropriate. Once they have been scored the requests will be ordered according to score

II. Scoring and awards will be only made on the basis of the material requested and included in the submitted request to deliver form. Evaluators will not bring any personal knowledge nor any speculation or suspicion to bear when evaluating applications.

III. To ensure consistency, panel members will evaluate applications according to the defined scale of scores (0-4) contained in the scoring definitions (below).

· Section 5 will not be scored. Applications for greater than £2,000 per participant will not be considered as £2,000 is the maximum funding available per participant. Applicants may include additional costings that they will absorb. Applications for more than 20 places will be expected to demonstrate per participant savings.

Moderation

· In order to maintain consistency of scoring across the panel, all panel members will attend a moderation meeting at the start of the week to moderate.

· The panel members will each receive all applications to score during the week before attending a full panel meeting to present and discuss the scores of each application.

· At the end of the process, once individual panel members have scored each question, the scores will be moderated. As part of the moderation activity, panel members will agree on one consensus score for each individual question. These scores will be combined to form an overall total score for the application.

· Both successful and unsuccessful school-led partnerships will be able to request feedback from NCTL once the outcome of each application has been confirmed

Confidentiality

· The contents of each request will not be disclosed to any party outside of the formal evaluation process. Information contained in the applications will be considered commercial information and will be treated as such.

Scoring Criteria

Award Criteria / Examples of supporting evidence / Weighting /
Recruitment strategy / § A recruitment plan highlighting structures and processes to attract and recruit participants including links to UG programmes;
§ Realistic and informed assessment of likely recruitment to the internship scheme; and
§ Secure participation from a broad base of schools and university partners. / 40%
Delivery Model / § Outline of internship programme, including proposed activity;
§ Details of partnership, including roles and responsibilities; and
§ Consideration of measures of ongoing support to encourage interns to apply for ITT. / 40%
Additional Information / § Partnership lead must be good or outstanding;
§ Evidence of quality, including Ofsted reports;
§ Plans to quality assure the scheme;
§ Details of how the scheme will support schools in areas of need, where relevant and details of partnership if located in an Opportunity area;
§ Details about particular recruitment challenges faced for maths and physics
§ Details of internal evaluation procedures; and
§ Any further information which adds value to the application. / 20%

Score

Definition

0 Unsatisfactory: The response does not demonstrate any evidence that the application meets this requirement

1 Partial: The response demonstrates insufficient evidence that the application meets this requirement

Satisfactory: The response demonstrates sufficient evidence that the application meets this requirement

Good: The response demonstrates sufficient evidence that the application meets this requirement, and furthermore demonstrates additional appropriate evidence beyond that required

Excellent: The response demonstrates multiple examples of evidence that the application meets this requirement, and furthermore demonstrates additional high value and/or impact in this area