For PGCE trainees in England
The portfolio that writes itself as you teach
Your plans, your reflections and your evidence against the Teachers' Standards, in one place. Someone is going to assess you on it.
At your current rate, 1 of the 6 objectives in “Year 8 Computing” will be uncovered in 6 weeks.
Sample data. Every sentence is word for word what Praxis shows.
Built around the framework your mentor and assessor actually mark against
Teachers' Standards (England)Plan, teach, and the proof falls out
One record. Everything derives from planning you were doing anyway.
Plan as you already do
A lesson with an objective, activities and cognitive load. Tag the research it leans on, with the reasoning visible.
Link it to your scheme
One click from the lesson. From then on the objective knows it's being covered. No tracker to maintain.
Reflect on a real question
Praxis knows the lesson was high-load after a double, so it asks about that. Reflections tag your standards.
Take it to your mentor
Last week's targets and where the evidence is, ready before the meeting and printable as the weekly review form.
One record, working for you
Each of these reads your own plans, reflections and reviews. None of them can be answered by a tool that hasn't seen your year.
The Record, standard by standard
Reflections, weekly reviews and your mentor's comments tag the standards they evidence. Each standard shows its last twelve weeks, so a quiet one shows up while there's still time to act.
Coverage that tracks itself
Link plans to your scheme of work once. Every objective's status derives from what you actually taught: planned, delivered, evidenced. No spreadsheet.
The mentor loop
Prepare each weekly review before you meet: how far last week's targets have come and where the evidence is. Your mentor gets their own free account and reads it before you meet. Reviews are free on every plan, and so is inviting your first mentor on each placement.
Your provider's forms, printed
Praxis authors, your provider receives its own template. The University of Winchester's school-led route is modelled in full: print, save as PDF, upload. Printing them is part of the Praxis Pass, free to try through your formative placement.
- Weekly review (week 1 and week 2 onwards)print · PDF
- Lesson observation recordprint · PDF
- Lesson design templateprint · PDF
- ITaP bookletprint · PDF
Trackers go stale. Praxis keeps up.
Coverage, the Record and the weekly review are derived from the lessons you plan and the reflections you write. There is no spreadsheet to bring up to date on a Sunday night.
Rosenshine, B. (2012). Principles of Instruction: Research-based strategies that all teachers should know.
Start before Monday's planning
The free plan covers planning, coverage, the Record, your weekly reviews and your first mentor on each placement. Your provider's forms, the tracker and readiness are the Praxis Pass. No card, and everything you make stays yours.
When you qualify, the same record carries on into your ECT year.