# Prospero Group - Call Off Contract for SVTP Service B - Acclimatisation and Retention

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: PROSPERO GROUP LTD
- Award value: £278,287
- Tender value: £278,287
- Award date: 19 February 2019
- Published: 21 February 2019
- Contract start: 20 February 2019
- Contract end: 31 July 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b1f2a320-625f-4e55-80ff-fb387d751e36-271313
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-317fc03b-808c-45fd-a787-72d135722a70

## Description

Spain's Visiting Teachers Programme Service B, Acclimatisation and Retention Stage - Acclimatisation and Retention stage Specifics to key deliverables: Phase 1 - pre-arrival support • Further develop and refine existing training materials\. • Further develop and share a handbook to help prepare/support teachers\. • Pre-arrival communications, including building an online community\. • Develop a suite of training materials to include online learning and webinars\. • Develop and deliver mentor training\. Phase 2 - on-arrival support • Provide a national residential acclimatisation event in August 2019 and January 2020 \(if required\)\. • Provide support to teachers upon arrival e\.g\. transportation to the venue of the residential event\. • Ensure a further catch-up event is provided for any candidates who were unable to attend the residential event\. Phase 3 - ongoing support • Provide a minimum of one day per term CPD events for recruited teachers\. • Mentor training events \(please refer to Annex 3 - National Standards for school-based Initial Teacher Training \(ITT\) mentors handbook\)\. • Ensure recruited schools are adhering to their agreed Service Level Agreements - regularly engage with schools and ensure the support the schools provide is sufficient\. • Provide telephone mentoring for further support to teachers\. Phase 4 - evaluation of services • Provide evidence to support evaluation of the programme\. • On-going evaluation of service delivery throughout via termly surveys\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b1f2a320-625f-4e55-80ff-fb387d751e36-271313)