Application for recognition as a Chartered Teacher of PSHE education

Applicant Details

Name: ______Email: ______

School name and Address: ______

In the following sections we will ask you to demonstrate how your school matches the PSHE Association’s Ten Principles of PSHE education. Please answer all the questions in the principle answer sections. Please email us to register your interest before you start.

Principle 1 Guidance

“Start where children and young people are: find out what they already know, understand, are able to do and are able to say. For maximum impact involve them in the planning of your PSHE education programme.”

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

A teacher must:

  • be aware of pupils’ capabilities and their prior knowledge, and plan teaching to build on these
  • know when and how to differentiate appropriately, using approaches which enable pupils to be taught effectively
  • have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; those of high ability; those with English as an additional language; those with disabilities; and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.

This principle links to ‘Outstanding grade descriptor’ for the subject inspection of PSHE education Ofsted December 2013

  • Teachers communicate very high expectations, enthusiasm and passion for PSHE.
  • The needs of all pupils, including the most able, are met through highly effective and responsive teaching.
  • They know how well their pupils are achieving, build on their previous knowledge

Principle 1 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will enable pupils to
experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • respects and builds on their real life experiences, their existing knowledge, understanding, language, beliefs, values, skills and strategies in planning future learning.

  • is differentiated to ensure that all pupils regardless of ability are appropriately challenged and can acquire the learning necessary to meet their unique and universal needs.

  • respects the diverse cultural backgrounds of pupils and is planned accordingly.

Principle 2 Guidance

Plan a ‘spiral programme’ which introduces new and more challenging learning, while building on what has gone before, which reflects and meets the personal developmental needs of the children and young people.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

A teacher must:

  • impart knowledge and develop understanding through effective use of lesson time
  • promote a love of learning and children’s intellectual curiosity
  • contribute to the design and provision of an engaging curriculum within the relevant subject area(s)

This principle links to ‘Outstanding grade descriptor’ for the subject inspection of PSHE education Ofsted December 2013

  • Teachers understand how to apply clear and appropriate learning objectives that are matched by well- considered, appropriate activities.
  • Effective discussion is a very strong feature; pupils are encouraged to investigate, express opinions and listen to others. Consequently they develop excellent critical skills, can evaluate information well and make informed judgments

Principle 2 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • is mindful of national policy, guidanceand the law appropriate to PSHE education.

  • is taught within a framework of relevant school policies produced through a ‘whole school approach’.

  • encourages and facilitates a developmental approach, revisiting themes and topics with increasingly greater demand. Learning provides planned opportunities to enable pupils to clarify their values and beliefs, progressively broadening, extending and deepening their knowledge, understanding, language, strategies and skills

  • provides pupils with clear learning objectives and learning outcomes for curriculum activity.

  • explores topics and issues as contexts for developing transferable concepts and skills.

Principle 3 Guidance

Take a positive approach which does not attempt to induce shock or guilt but focuses on what children and young people can do to keep themselves and others healthy and safe and to lead happy and fulfilling lives.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2013

A teacher must:

  • have a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) and curriculum areas; foster and maintain pupils’ interest in the subject; and address misunderstandings

Principle 3 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • provides the knowledge, understanding, language, strategies and skills pupils need to manage their own lives.

  • explores a wide range of behaviours or lifestyle choices in a balanced way, avoiding an inappropriate emphasis on extremes of behaviour or lifestyle.

  • is balanced, avoiding approaches that attempt to induce shock or guilt

  • avoids and challenges stereotyping,

Principle 4 Guidance

Offer a wide variety of teaching and learning styles within PSHE education, with an emphasis on interactive learning and the teacher as facilitator.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn and how this impacts on teaching

This principle links to ‘Outstanding grade descriptor’ for the subject inspection of PSHE education Ofsted December 2013

  • Teachers demonstrate very high levels of …. understanding of effective learning in PSHE.
  • Teachers are confident and skilled in discussing sensitive and/or controversial issues.
  • Pupils’ interest and active participation is secured through teachers using a wide range of imaginative resources and strategies. This leads to rapid and sustained progress.

Principle 4 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • offers a wide range of interactive teaching styles enabling pupils with different learning styles to make personal connections with new learning and enables pupils to understand what this learning means to them in their lives.

  • encourages pupils to work in a wide range of social groupings.

Principle 5 Guidance

Provide information which is realistic and relevant and which reinforces positive social norms.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

A teacher must:

  • have a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) and curriculum areas, foster and maintain pupils’ interest in the subject, and address misunderstandings
  • ensure that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils’ vulnerability or might lead them to break the law.

This principle links to ‘Outstanding grade descriptor’ for the subject inspection of PSHE education Ofsted December 2013

  • Teachers demonstrate very high levels of confidence and expertise in their specialist knowledge ….in PSHE.

Principle 5 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • provides pupils with information that is accurate, balanced and relevant and is matched to pupils’ real life present and future needs.

  • provides opportunities to explore, understand and challenge assumptions about the real values, beliefs and behaviours of their peers and significant others.

Principle 6 Guidance

Encourage young people to reflect on their learning and the progress they have made, and to transfer what they have learned to say and to do from one school subject to another, and from school to their lives in the wider community.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

A teacher must:

  • be accountable for pupils’ attainment, progress and outcomes
  • guide pupils to reflect on the progress they have made and their emerging needs
  • reflect systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching
  • know and understand how to assess the relevant subject and curriculum areas, including statutory assessment requirements
  • make use of formative and summative assessment to secure pupils’ progress
  • use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons
  • give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback.

This principle links to ‘Outstanding grade descriptor’ for the subject inspection of PSHE education Ofsted December 2013

  • They know how well their pupils are achieving, build on their previous knowledge and provide effective feedback to help them to improve further.
  • They ensure that pupils have their attainment and progress recognised across all aspects of knowledge and skills development in PSHE

Principle 6 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • provides opportunities to make connections between this learning and the wider curriculum.

  • provides opportunities to consider how their learning can be transferred from the classroom to choices, decisions and behaviour in their lives in the wider community.

  • provides opportunities for pupils to reflect on, demonstrate and receive constructive feedback from their teacher, peers and significant others regarding their progress and achievement.

  • Is evaluated by teachers and pupils to determine how effectively learning outcomes and objectives are met.

  • is informed by this collective assessment and evaluation.

Principle 7 Guidance

Recognise that the PSHE education programme is just one part of what a school can do to help a child to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and understanding they need to fulfil their potential. Link the PSHE education programme to other whole school approaches, to pastoral support, and provide a setting where the responsible choice becomes the easy choice. Encourage staff, families and the wider community to get involved.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

A teacher must:

  • make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school

Principle 7 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • is enriched through the contribution of PSHE education to cross-curricular learning experiences .

  • provide opportunities for the involvement of families, local professionals and members of the community to enrich learning

Principle 8 Guidance

Embed PSHE education within other efforts to ensure children and young people have positive relationships with adults, feel valued and where those who are most vulnerable are identified and supported.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

Teachers should;

  • have regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ well-being, in accordance with statutory provisions

Principle 8 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • recognises the importance of locating learning within a wider healthy school culture that models the values and behaviours promoted in PSHE education

  • recognises the contribution dialogue created within PSHE education offers to informing wider school improvement.

  • ensures pupils are aware of and are able to access pastoral support for any issue covered in the learning.

  • recognises when pastoral support and safeguarding protocols need to be actioned.

Principle 9 Guidance

Provide opportunities for children and young people to make real decisions about their lives, to take part in activities which simulate adult choices and where they can demonstrate their ability to take responsibility for their decisions.

Principle 9 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • provides opportunities for pupils to make real decisions about their lives, to take part in activities which simulate adult choices and where they can demonstrate their ability to take responsibility for their decisions.

Principle 10 Guidance

Provide a safe and supportive learning environment where children and young people can develop the confidence to ask questions, challenge the information they are offered, draw on their own experience, express their views and opinions and put what they have learned into practice in their own lives.

This principle links to DfE Guidance ‘Teacher Standards’ 2012

A teacher must:

  • establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect
  • demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils.
  • have clear rules and routines for behaviour in classrooms, and take responsibility for promoting good and courteous behaviour both in classrooms and around the school, in accordance with the school’s behaviour policy.
  • maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary.

Principle 10 Answer

I am committed to ensuring my practice will
enable pupils to experience learning that…. / Use this column to evidence how and where your practice evidences each quality standard.
  • Is experienced with an emotionally and socially safe learning environments where all learners feel confident to fully engage with the learning.

  • manages sensitive or challenging questions appropriately

PSHE Association Chartered Teacher declaration

Peer review signature

I confirm that I have undertaken a peer review of the evidence presented by:______and confirm that in my professional judgement their practice fully meets the quality standards for Chartered Teacher of the PSHE Association.

Signed: ______Role in the school: ______

Name: ______Date: ______

Signature of the Head Teacher, Principalor a member of the Senior Leadership Team

I fully endorse this application for recognition and confirm that the evidence we have reviewed fully meets the quality standards for Chartered Teacher of the PSHE Association.

Signed: ______Role in the school: ______

Name: ______Date: ______

Applicant signature

I am/am not (please delete as appropriate) willing to be contacted by professional colleagues seeking support and am willing to have my email address recorded on the PSHE Association website.

Signed: ______Date: ______

Name: ______Email: ______

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