Content strategy for the Register early career teachers service
Style guide
This style guide covers style points for content on the Register early career teachers service. It's been designed to be used with the GOV.UK style guide and DfE style guide.
appropriate body - responsible for assuring the quality of the statutory induction of ECTs, lower case, don't abbreviate, explain why we're asking for this information at the point of collecting it
assign a mentor - a user assigns a mentor to a specific teacher [note: we use choose and assign in guidance which are 2 different tasks]
complete registration - when a user has registered an ECT and assigned them a mentor [note: we need to decide if this is different for school-led participants and we may need to use the term 'partially complete' when an ECT has been added but not assigned a mentor]
delivery partner - responsible for delivering training and events for ECTs and mentors, lower case, don't abbreviate, explain why we're asking for this information at the point of collecting it
Department for Education (DfE) - lower case, upper case for acronym, write out the first time used in a journey and then use the acronym
early career teacher (ECT) - lower case, upper case for acronym, write out the first time used in a journey and then use the acronym, avoid writing 'your ECT' as this might confuse users
early career framework (ECF) - lower case, upper case for acronym, write out the first time used in a journey and then use the acronym
induction tutor - lower case
training programme - preferred term instead of ECF-based training, ECF training, ECT training, early career framework training, DfE funded training
lead provider - responsible for creating the materials used for training ECTs and mentors, lower case, don't abbreviate, explain why we're asking for this information at the point of collecting it
mentor - lower case, avoid writing 'your mentor' as this might confuse users
National Insurance number - upper case, not NINO
payslip - lower case, one word
provider-led training programme - a training option a user must select for an ECT, lower case do not abbreviate
register an ECT / mentor - use register rather than adding to be in line with the name of the service
school-led training programme - a training option a user must select for an ECT, hyphenate school-led, lower case, don't abbreviate
teacher reference number (TRN) - lower case, upper case for acronym, write out the first time used in the service and then use the acronym
time off timetable funding - lower case
training options - current training options in the current Manage training for early career teachers service include:
- using a training provider
- delivering your own training using DfE-accredited materials
- designing and delivering your own training