The Career Entry Professional Programme (CEPP) is a new programme which is being proposed by the Teaching Council as being appropriate for a newly qualified teacher wishing to be fully registered. It is proposed that the CEPP will replace the current arrangements for the induction of newly qualified teachers and their probation for registration purposes.

A consultation document has now been published setting out the key elements of the proposed CEPP, the proposed timeframe for completion of the programme, the key phases in the programme and the roles of the various stakeholders including newly qualified teacher, mentor, school principal, the Inspectorate, the National Induction Programme for Teachers and the Teaching Council.

Over the coming weeks, the Council will engage in a comprehensive consultation process in relation to CEPP. It will meet with a range of stakeholders including mentors, principals’ bodies, school management bodies and teacher unions, to present its proposals and hear feedback in relation to same. The Council is also inviting written feedback and the deadline for receipt of submissions is 5 p.m. on Friday 24 February 2012.

The consultation document and the feedback form are available here.

Update on 07 Feb 2012:

The deadline for receipt of submissions has been extended to Friday 30 March 2012.

The extended deadline will allow time for additional meetings in relation to this important draft document and thereby facilitate a richer debate involving all the key stakeholders.