Summary of Key Terms

Term or Acronym

Meaning

SCITT

School Centred Initial Teacher Training

ITT

Initial Teacher Training

CCF

Core Content Framework

ECT

Early Career Teacher
First two years of a teacher's career

NPQ

Newly Qualified Teacher
Previous title for ECTs

ECF

Early Career Framework

ECTP

Early Career Teacher Programme
Replacing the ECF

Appropriate Body
Responsible for the statutory induction and assessment of ECTs

Mentor

Supports an ECT as they complete the ECF

Induction Tutor

Assesses and writes reports for ECTs as they complete their statutory induction

SLT

Senior Leadership Team

LEA

Local Education Authority

Local Authority

UCL

University College London

F2F

Face-to-face Training Session

OLC

Online Learning Community

Facilitator

An experienced colleague who facilitates training for teachers provided by UCL

NPQ

National Professional Qualification

NPQH	Headship
NPQSL	Senior Leadership
NPQEYL	Early Years Leadership
NPQSENCO	Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
NPQLL	Leading Literacy
NPQLT	Leading Teaching
NPQLTD	Leading Teacher Development
NPQLBC	Leading Behaviour and Culture

PLG

Peer Learning Group

SEN

Special Educational Needs

SLA

Service Level Agreement

Across the hub, there are a lot of different terms and acronyms. Below is a summary of the Key Terms