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Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL)

The government-sponsored Masters continues to roll out, this time for those with a TLR point. If you received a TLR point in September 2009, and if you are in a National Challenge school, or a School Facing Challenging Circumstances, you should be eligible for this 3 year programme.

You can check it out on this website

If you are interested in doing this Master’s this September with any of the universities in the Teach West Midlands Consortium please click on the University of Worcester logo at the bottom of the page of this address.

You will be able to register at your nearest university in the consortium from there.

The Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) is a Government-funded, classroom-based qualification developed to help teachers extend their teaching skills and abilities. This will benefit the children and young people they teach. Teach West Midlands (TWM) MTL is a partnership consisting of schools, Local Authorities, all eight West Midlands Higher Education Institutions involved in teacher training, SCITTS operating in the West Midlands Government Office Region, subject associations and some specialist agencies. TWM MTL is based on the extensive and growing regional collaboration between the partners. This will enable us to provide you with a programme that is tailored to meet your professional development needs. It may require you to access resources across the West Midlands Region.

The TWM MTL programme is based upon the MTL national Framework. This can be viewed here. The MTL will enable you to develop an open and questioning mindset through an enquiry and practice-based approach which will enable you to embrace change, challenge and opportunity. This takes place in the classroom, in school, in real time. World class teaching is characterised by a sophisticated understanding of effective classroom practice, highly skilled professional expertise and high quality engagement with children, young people and their parents and carers. The MTL will develop and build on these characteristics. The MTL will draw on what is known about the conditions for effective professional learning for the teacher – support and professional challenge from a coach, expert input and opportunities to improve teaching through learning from and with others.