Further education and skills
Feedback for every tutor, on every site
Colleges and training providers rely on experts from industry, many of them new to teaching. EducAitor® gives each of them personalised feedback after the sessions they choose, and gives you a picture of teaching quality across departments, campuses and contracts.
What FE leaders tell us
- Industry experts are brilliant at the trade and new to the classroom, and too often the support they get is a short induction and an observation months later.
- Quality of delivery varies across sites, subcontractors and contracts, and learning walks cannot reach them all.
- Observations take a lot of time, and their effect in the workshop is hard to see.
- Quality reviews, Ofsted and funders want evidence that teaching is improving, not just that it was observed.
How EducAitor fits FE
Support from the first week
New tutors get feedback on their own sessions from day one, so good habits form before an observation ever happens.
Works in workshops and salons
Practical, technical and vocational delivery, recorded on a phone, with feedback mapped to the ETF Professional Standards or your own framework.
One picture across sites
Anonymous team trends across departments, campuses and contracts, without anyone travelling.
Development, not observation
Educators own their reports and choose what to share. Staff use it because it is on their side.
Evidence for quality reviews
Ongoing evidence of improving practice for self-assessment, improvement plans and inspection.
In the workshop
Recorded where the teaching happens
Workshops, salons, kitchens and studios. Tutors put their phone down, teach as normal, and get feedback on their explanation, questioning and demonstration.
- Practical, technical and vocational sessions
- No extra kit: a phone on the bench
- A report within about 30 seconds of finishing
Your standards
Mapped to the ETF Professional Standards, or your own
Feedback speaks the language of the standards your tutors work to. Use the ETF Professional Standards or your own observation rubric, and we can build a bespoke framework from your documents.
- Every area and indicator visible to tutors
- Bespoke frameworks built from your documents
- One framework across departments and sites
In FE and training
Providers already using it
- Northumberland SkillsFurther education
EducAitor is now part of the Quality Improvement Plan at Northumberland Skills.
Read the case study - TKO TrainingTraining providers and apprenticeships
Mentors from industry and sport, rather than teaching, get developmental feedback on their sessions.
Read the case study - Cadet Vocational CollegeTraining providers and apprenticeships
Leaders of a nationally dispersed team now understand the quality of delivery and can target support and CPD.
Read the case study - Sajid Khan, Business tutor in further educationFurther education
Within a few weeks, Sajid could see patterns in his own teaching and started setting his own development targets.
Read the case study
In their words
“With the vast majority of our staff spread out across the country, it is challenging to provide them with regular support. This has enabled us to better support our staff, gain a better understanding of the quality of delivery and now we can provide better CPD opportunities.”
Leadership team
Cadet Vocational College
Getting started
- 01
Discovery call
We learn your priorities, provision and framework.
- 02
Quick set-up
About 15 minutes for the leader, then a few minutes per tutor on their phone. Staff are invited automatically.
- 03
Named support
A named EducAitor contact runs induction and stays with you from the start.
See it working with your own tutors
A 30-minute demo, then a trial with one department or site.