14 RECRUITMENT


The Addressing Teacher Recruitment Issues (ATRI) Steering Group continues to work on behalf of all schools in Hertfordshire and has four updated strands for 2016/17 (see right). The steering group is made up of headteachers from primary, special and secondary schools, as well as HfL staff from different areas of the business.


The foci are designed to support the devel- oping needs of heads and school staff within the constantly changing educational land- scape.


The HfL board voted to provide additional input and financial support to the recruitment initiatives for a further year. This includes the annual Recruitment Fair which will be held at the Hertfordshire Development Centre on the 4th


March 2017.


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Following the success of the award-winning Teach in Herts Teacher Recruitment Fair in 2016, the Board of Herts for Learning has committed to proactively help fund and support Hertfordshire schools once again, by running a third teacher recruitment fair on Saturday 4th


March 2017.


Many schools across Hertfordshire continue to struggle to recruit sufficiently high-quality teaching staff and leaders. The problem is faced in all phases and all areas of the county and is the single biggest cross-cutting issue of concern for schools.


A steering committee of headteachers and HfL staff has continued to work together over the past year, to develop a number of strands of work to address the issue of recruitment, including encouraging young people to join the profession, developing upskilling programmes, promoting teacher recruitment into Hertfordshire, and our best-used resource, the Teach in Herts service and website.


As part of this continued work, all Teach in Herts subscribing schools are invited to attend and exhibit free of charge.


Executive Leadership An executive leadership development programme to meet the needs of newly forming MATs Led by Jan Paine, Managing Director, HfL


Recruitment Fairs Encouraging people in to the profession, attending university fairs across the country, planning for Hertfordshire events and shaping advertising campaigns Led by Anne Taylor, Head of School Recruitment Services, HfL


TA to teacher Supporting the development of routes into teaching for current and future support staff roles Led by Anne Taylor, Head of School Recruitment Services, HfL


Settle in Herts Promoting Hertfordshire as a great place to live and work Led by Marcus Cooper, Senior Education Manager for Hertfordshire, and Alan Davison, former headteacher, Dame Alice Owens


Teach in Herts Teacher Recruitment Fair 2017


The recruitment fair provides schools with the opportunity to: • advertise their current and potential vacancies and talk directly to candidates


• promote their school and develop a long- term pool of potential candidates


• offer work experience/visits or other activity • help secure a future pipeline of candidates for the profession in Hertfordshire, through face-to-face engagement


The event is restricted to Hertfordshire schools only and no third-party agencies will be permitted to attend.


NB: This year we have been able to secure The Hub restaurant as the location for all secondary school stands and this will mean the whole event can be located across the ground floor of the Stevenage campus.


In addition to school exhibitions, a range of workshops will be running throughout the day for attendees, each focusing on a different target audience, such as NQT support, applying for a first teaching job, returning to teaching, over- seas-qualified teachers, teaching assistants and those thinking of a career change to teaching. In addition, the National College of Teaching and Leadership will be running workshops through- out the day, providing an overview of the various routes into teaching. Workshops will be stag- gered, with the aim of improving the flow of


attendees for schools throughout the day.


The event will once again be supported by a national advertising campaign, which will include press, social media, online and radio advertising. Adverts will promote the recruitment fair and encourage potential attendees to pre-register their attendance on www.teachinherts.com, so please ensure that all school profiles are up to date and that all vacancies are currently being advertised on the website.


To book a stand at the event for a school / cluster of schools, please use the email below. Space is limited and stands will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Closing date for booking stands is Monday 20th


February 2017.


The recruitment fair will be open between 10.00 am and 3.30 pm, and attending schools should have staff available on their stand for the whole day. Many attendees that arrived mid-afternoon last year were disappointed to find that a number of schools had left prior to the end of the event.


Marketing materials to promote the recruitment fair through governor, staff and parent networks are being sent out to schools.


For further information on the event, see www.teachinherts.com or email:


teachinherts@hertsforlearning.co.uk TeachinHerts


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THE EXCHANGE Steering Hertfordshire’s recruitment


Teach in Herts Teacher Recruitment Fair 2016 542 PEOPLE ATTENDED


59% PRE-REGISTERED 214 WALK-INS .........


28% 20% 19% 13%


OF ATTENDEES WERE CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE TO TEACHING


OF ATTENDEES WERE CURRENTLY TRAINING TO BE A TEACHER OR HAD RECENTLY QUALIFIED


OF ATTENDEES WERE QUALIFIED TEACHERS


OF ATTENDEES WERE OVERSEAS- QUALIFIED TEACHERS


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