SEERIH Primary Science ECT Mentoring Programme: 2025-2026

SEERIH Primary Science ECT Mentoring Programme: 2025-2026

Open to ECTs in Greater Manchester schools. Join 6 half-day sessions (morning or afternoon) throughout the year, both in-person and online

By FASCINATE: Science and Engineering Education Innovation and Research Hub

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Location

The University of Manchester

Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 267 days 7 hours

Fully funded, expert-designed and delivered professional development for Early Career Teachers in Greater Manchester.

Please note that this Programme is open to Early Career Teachers who have the support of their Headteacher to fully commit to the programme. There is no cost to your school.

Support your ECTs with subject specific CPD to feel more confident teaching science. Through six 2.5-hour sessions, either on Microsoft Teams or in person, ECTs will:

  • Improve knowledge and confidence to teach the science curriculum
  • Learn strategies to enable working scientifically
  • Feel supported by peers and expert course leaders.

Participation includes compulsory gap tasks in between sessions to maximise opportunity to share and embed practice.

The programme will be led by a primary science expert with teaching experience. You will receive feedback and support from the programme leader throughout, and a certificate of participation will be provided at the end of the year.

You will be able to choose whether you attend in the morning or the afternoon. We ask that you remain in your chosen group throughout the year. You must be available for all six of these dates:

Session 1: Tuesday 7th October, 09:00-11.30 or 13:30-16:00, The University of Manchester

Session 2: 26th November 2025, 09:00-11.30 or 13:30-16:00, Online

Session 3: Wednesday 28th January 2026, 2026, 09:00-11.30 or 13:30-16:00, The University of Manchester

Session 4: Tuesday 17th March 2026, 09:00-11.30 or 13:30-16:00, Online

Session 5: Wednesday 20th May 2026, 09:00-11.30 or 13:30-16:00, Online

Session 6: Wednesday 1st July 2026, 09:00-11.30 or 13:30-16:00, The University of Manchester

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FASCINATE: Science and Engineering Education Innovation and Research Hub

We work with a range of people to fascinate young people and their communities about the wonders of science and engineering in the world around us. If you teach primary or secondary science, are involved in science education or communication, are a school senior leader or governor, academic, research scientist/engineer or a business in science or engineering then the Hub will be of interest to you.

Located within the University of Manchester’s Faculty of Science & Engineering, we bring our expertise, built up over nearly 20 years to work with schools across Greater Manchester.  By focusing on the development of in-service teachers with a range of dynamic partners we are relentless in our drive to inspire, fascinate and improve the teaching and learning of science in our schools today. Our remit is mainly primary school science curriculum and professional development.

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