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Pass, Fail, Release and Extensions Design History
How we built the Pass, Fail and Extensions Journeys of the service .
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No longer asking non-state-funded schools to use the RECT service
Why we’ve changed which types of schools can access the service.
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Asking schools whether an ECT is full or part time
Why we added a question to ask schools about an ECT’s working pattern and how we iterated it.
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Fixing DQT Data
What we did to fix bad quality data that we imported from DQT for our new service database.
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Registering an ECT who has been registered before and collecting their programme choices
How we’ve designed to transfer in an ECT from another school and asking for the ECT’s programme choices.
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Removing the delivery partner question
We’ve tested a few ways to ask school users about the delivery partner they’re using for training, when they haven’t worked with a delivery partner before. It’s not been well understood, and we’ve chosen to remove it.
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No longer storing date of birth for ECTs and mentors
Why we’ve decided to stop storing date of birth for participants in our database.
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Default choices for the add an ECT journey
How we want to make it easier to add ECTs for schools by allowing users to save default programme choices.
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Asking for an ECT’s start date
Why we’ve added a question to ask schools for an ECT’s start date.
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Improving how we gather an ECT or mentor’s name
Why we wanted to change how we find a participant’s teaching record and how this changes the name we collect from schools.
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Assigning mentors through the ECT record
Why we’ve changed the way we ask for who is mentoring the ECT
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Asking schools for an ECT or mentor’s lead provider and delivery partner
We’ve designed a journey to ask schools for the lead provider and delivery partner for their ECT or mentor.
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Naming the ‘Register early career teachers’ service
We needed a name for our service that clearly defines its purpose and resonates with users. This entry explains why we chose ‘Register early career teachers’ and outlines the research and feedback that informed our decision.
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Allowing multiple accounts for schools
Why we want to let schools have multiple accounts to register ECTs and mentors.
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Exploring using DfE sign-in for accessing the service
We’ve been exploring using DfE sign-in for how users can access the new ECF2 service.
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The process behind our problem prioritisation and ideation workshops
Our journey of prioritising user problems and developing high level solutions to take forward into the next phase
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Designing the database first
Why getting the data schema right is so important
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Deciding what to build for the initial release of ECF 2
What we want to build to replace and improve the digital services that facilitate the early career framework (ECF) policy reforms