Recognition Route planner
Note: You do not have to answer every question in the Notes column of this planner, but they have been included to help you frame your narrative.
Where can I find more information?
The Recognition Route Technical Guide has also been developed to assist you with completing your application.
When preparing their Recognition Route applications, some members have found it useful to plan each page before adding details to the workbook. Use these prompts to organise each
section. Initially put some key words and phrases into the notes box which you can expand on later, then think about the evidence you have to support your narrative. Spending a few
minutes now planning your entries will help when compiling your workbook.
Sections
Notes
Please note this is not a definitive list of questions for you to answer, but these will help you to
frame your narrative.
Background
Context
Suggestions for supporting
evidence
Describe your route into teaching: when and where did you start teaching?
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Why did you decide to become a teacher/trainer? Briefly describe your career to date.
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What is your motivation for undertaking recognition route?
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Briefly describe your current role and responsibilities and tell us about the context in which you
teach and the age group/s taught.
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Briefly identify your current subject specialist area(s) and role(s).
Degree certificate or equivalent, certificates, awards
Job description
Examples of cross organisational working/work with
outside agencies/networking
Professional
Values and
Attributes
What are your professional values and attributes?
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What works and does not work in your teaching and learning?
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Professional
Knowledge and
Understanding
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Reflect on what works best in your teaching and learning to meet the diverse needs of
learners.
Team meeting minutes, peer observations
How do you evaluate and challenge your practice, values and beliefs?
Describe how you are inspiring, motivating and raising aspirations of learners through
Notes of visits to organisations such as employers,
your enthusiasm and knowledge.
impact on teaching and learning
How are you creative and innovative in selecting and adapting strategies to help
learners to learn?
Describe how you value and promote British values (in line with the Common Inspection
Framework), social and cultural diversity, equality of opportunity and inclusion
Describe how you build positive and collaborative relationships with colleagues and
learners
Show the development of deep and critically informed knowledge and understanding in theory and Skill specific certificates/ qualifications
practice through:
Books, magazines you read, websites you visit
Evidence of attending courses/updates (in the last 12-18
 How do you keep yourself updated on your subject/vocational area so that your learners receive months)
the benefit of the latest knowledge and skills?
Team meeting minutes, peer observations
 How do you maintain and update your knowledge of educational research in teaching and
learning to develop evidence-based practice?
Example of putting into practice something learned from
a CPD session and your evaluation of its impact on
 How do you evaluate your practice with others and assess its impact on learning?
learners
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How do you assess your subject/vocational practice with others with a view to improving it?
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How do you manage and promote positive learner behaviour?
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Explain your teaching and professional role; what are your responsibilities?
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Describe how you apply theoretical models which promote effective practice in teaching, learning
and assessment, drawing on research and other evidence.
Notes of visits to organisations such as employers,
impact on teaching and learning
For example, Petty, Reece & Walker, Appleyard
Professional
Skills (Part 1 –
Planning for
Learning)
Tell us how you keep up to date with your teaching and learning skills and how you plan for the
success of learners and reflect on what works best to meet the diverse needs of all learners.
ALL the evidence below is required for this section, as a
minimum:
• Lesson observation with your own evaluation of the
How do you plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and
observation
inclusive environment?
• An example of long term planning, eg a scheme of
work you have produced (rather than an institutional
What creative and innovative ways do you use in selecting and adapting strategies to help learners to
one)
learn?
• A lesson plan from the scheme of work which includes
your evaluation of how the lesson was received
What strategies/methods do you use in your teaching and learning to demonstrate that you value and
• A resource you have developed and an evaluation of
promote social and cultural diversity, equality of opportunity and inclusion?
how this was used and received
• Learner feedback on teaching and learning – NB
How do you promote the benefits of technology and support learners in its use?
personal student details should NOT be included
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Peer
observation report and your personal evaluation
How do you inspire, motivate and raise the aspirations of your learners; how do you manage and promote
(if you have not had a recent formal lesson
positive learner behaviour?
observation)
How do you address the maths and English needs of learners and work creatively to overcome individual
barriers to learning? How do you keep your own maths and English skills up to date to ensure you have
the confidence to support your learners to improve these skills?
Professional
Skills (Part 2 –
Assessment for
Learning)
Tell us how you use initial, formative and summative assessment strategies to assess your
learners and also on how you reflect on your assessment practice to ensure you are continually
supporting your learners’ progression and achievement.
How do you motivate and inspire learners to promote achievement and develop their skills to enable
progression, taking into account their individual needs?
How do you enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning and assessment, setting goals
that stretch and challenge?
Tell us how do you apply appropriate and fair methods of assessment and provide constructive and timely
feedback to support progression and achievement and give reasons why you use particular methods with
specific types of learners.
How do you contribute to organizational development and quality improvement through collaboration with
others?
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ALL the evidence below is required for this section, as a
minimum:
Examples of initial assessment and/or individual learning
plans, activities that make the link between the
subject/vocational area and relevant
employment/careers – NB personal student details
should NOT be included
Examples of strategies/activities in which you enable
learners to self-appraise and involve them in the
assessment of their learning
Examples of formative and summative assessment
activities/strategies.
Concluding
Statement
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Looking back on your journey and achievements:
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What are the turning points and significant learning in your professional development to date?
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Reflect on your role as a dual professional in both subject/vocational areas and in teaching and
learning.
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What are your future aspirations and directions?
Recent appraisal/review including your comments
about this appraisal