PLT Modules

Primary Link Teacher professional development:  introduction

Welcome to the national school sport partnerships’ education and training programme.  The programme is funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and is jointly managed and delivered on behalf of the Department by the British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education (BAALPE), the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom (PEAUK) and the Youth Sport Trust.

The training is provided free of charge and is exclusively for Primary Link Teachers (PLTs) within existing school sport partnerships.

The aim of the professional development programme is to enable you to undertake your role as PLT effectively so that you can support your school in ensuring all young people take part regularly in high quality physical education (PE) and school sport.  It will also enable you to demonstrate learning against the national standards for subject leadership. 

For each PLT module you attend, you will be issued with relevant training materials; these could be stored in a folder to create a comprehensive set of resources that accompany the training you have undertaken.  

We hope that you enjoy these professional development opportunities and are able to use your skills, knowledge and understanding to enable all young people to learn and develop in and through PE and sport.

 Learning outcomes of the PLT modules

By the end of this course, PLTs will be able to:

Module A: introduction to school sport partnerships and the role of the subject leader

• Recognise why pupils should be at the centre of development

•  Recognise how school sport partnerships will contribute to the delivery of the PSA target, the national vision for PE and school sport and other national frameworks, such as ‘Every Child Matters’

• Identify how the PESSCL strands will support them to lead improvement for pupils

•  Identify and prepare for their role and responsibilities as a PLT and recognise how this will develop their effectiveness as a subject leader

•  Identify how the partnership audit and planning process will contribute to school self-evaluation and the development of appropriate action plans

• Analyse strengths and areas for development within existing PE and school sport policies

• Identify local, regional and national sources of support.

 Module B:  the role of the subject leader in developing high quality PE and school sport

• Recognise the characteristics of high quality PE and sport
• Identify the role of the subject leader in supporting staff and pupils to achieve the high quality outcomes of PE and school sport
• Establish their own school’s strengths and areas for improvement in relation to high quality PE and school sport (as part of whole school development)
• Identify strategies to raise standards within PE, sport and whole school
• Identify potential outcomes for pupils, class teachers, the subject leader, school leaders and others in relation to the intended outcomes of a school sport partnership
• Analyse how their own school’s policies can be improved to contribute to the above

 Module C:  planning the pathway:  curriculum and OSHL

• Evaluate the appropriateness of their existing curriculum and OSHL structure and map
• Explain what makes a balanced curriculum and OSHL programme
• Identify the distinctive contribution of each area of activity to the PE curriculum
• Plan an appropriate curriculum and OSHL programme in PE and sport
• Identify strategies to improve their own curriculum and OSHL structure and map
• Analyse how their own school’s policies can be improved to contribute to the above

 Module D:  planning for learning

• Identify the essential components of long term, medium term and short term plans
• Evaluate their own schemes of work and identify strategies to improve them
• Recognise the principles of good OSHL
• Explain why assessment is integral to all teaching and learning
• Identify the key features of assessment for learning in high quality PE
• Identify strategies to improve assessment for learning
• Prepare a simple and effective system for recording assessment within and beyond the curriculum
• Analyse how their own school’s policies can be improved to contribute to the above

Module E:  high quality teaching, coaching and leading

• Identify the characteristics of high quality teaching and learning within and beyond the curriculum
• Recognise a range of approaches for analysing and evaluating teaching and learning
• Identify the principles of providing effective feedback
• Select appropriate methods to support the self-review process
• Analyse how their own schools’ policies can be improved to contribute to the above