Guidance and publications
The key guidance regarding Advanced Skills Teachers (ASTs) is contained in the publications and documents below. Please select the one you wish to view using the links provided.
To obtain a copy of these publications you can:
- Use the links provided to view/print/download whatever you want
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TITLE: Advanced Skills Teachers:
promoting excellence
This is the main AST guidance product and is aimed at head teachers,
governors, teachers and LA officials. It contains information about what
an AST is, what being an AST involves and what benefits they can bring not only
to their own school but also to others in the locality. It also describes
the purpose of the programme and includes brief details of the assessment
process and funding arrangements.
TITLE: AST Induction handbook
The aim of this guidance is to help newly appointed ASTs,
headteachers, governors and LAs by providing some examples
of good practices, procedures and protocols. These can be adapted to suit
individual situations or provide a stimulus to the development of fresh
approaches.
TITLE: Performance Management and
Advanced Skills Teachers
The aim of this guidance is to help ASTs, their line managers and
those who coordinate their outreach to participate in setting up and
maintianing meaningful Performance Management arrangements for Advanced Skills
Teachers.
TITLE: Building
on your strengths: guidance for head teachers and governors
This is aimed mainly at head teachers and governors and tells
them about the AST grade, and the benefits to their teachers and
their school.
TITLE: Building on your strengths: guidance for
teachers
This is mainly aimed at potential ASTs and gives them a brief outline
of what an AST is, presents the AST grade as a career and answers some
common concerns.
TITLE: Groupworking pilots: summary of
findings
This document summaries the outcomes of a pilot which involved eight LEAs who
set up projects to consider whether the use of groups of ASTs working together
might be more effective than the sum of their individual efforts.
Last updated: 19 January 2009
