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What we will cover in today’s lesson….

What phase would you like to teach?

Finding out more

Your teaching career Your training

Funding while you train

Application process Next steps

The rewards of teaching

Finding a training route that’s right for you

What is the minimum starting salary for a newly qualified teacher (NQT)?

• A. £18,500

• B. £16,422

• C. £21,588

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How much do you know about being a teacher?Question

Main scale

Upper pay scale

AST

Leadership

£21,588£27,000 (inner London)

£34,181£41,497 (inner London)

£37, 461 £44,540 (inner London)

£37,461£44,540 (inner London)

£105,097£112,181 (inner London)

£56,950£64,036 (inner London)

£36,756 £45,000 (inner London)

£31,552£36,387 (inner London)

The rewards of teaching

Teachers can enjoy up to how many weeks holiday a year?

• A. 12 weeks

• B. 8 weeks

• C. 16 weeks

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• Teachers enjoy up to 12 weeks’ holiday a year, giving them opportunities to pursue their personal interests and spend time with their families.

• Teaching offers the flexibility to fit your work to your life through job-sharing and part-time work.

• Teachers have a generous occupational pension scheme with guaranteed benefits.

The rewards of teaching

Secondary

• You usually teach pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. Most secondary teachers have one specialist subject.

• Every teacher trains to work with at least two consecutive age ranges at either primary or secondary level.

Primary

• You teach pupils between the ages of 4 and 11, spending most of your school day with your own class.

• At primary level you will teach all the subjects of the primary curriculum, your training will prepare you to teach these core subjects.

What phase would you like to teach?

Which subject teachers are in most demand?

• A. mathematics

• B. physics

• C. chemistry

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Are you interested in teaching science or mathematics?

• If you believe you would make a good physics, chemistry or mathematics

teacher, but you have a degree in another subject, you can enhance your subject

knowledge by attending an enhancement course before starting your initial

teacher training.

Are you interested in teaching modern languages?

• If you have a language degree (or you are a native speaker with a degree in another subject) and need to develop a second language, we offer modern language (ML) enhancement courses in French and German which you can attend prior to starting a ML initial teacher training course.

For more information on these enhancement courses, speak to a TDA consultant or contact the Teaching

Information Line (TIL) 0845 6000 991.

What subject would you like to teach?

School experience

• Getting experience of teaching and the school environment is essential before deciding on a teaching career.

Finding out more

Visit a School Talk to a teaching advocate

Apply to the SAS scheme

Finding out more

Visit a school

Talk to a teaching advocate

• Approach a local school in your area• Become a regular volunteer or classroom assistant

• The Teaching Information Line can also arrange for an advocate to give you a call at a time convenient to you

Student Associates Scheme (SAS)

• The Student Associates Scheme (SAS) allows you to gain classroom experience while pursuing your studies.

• The provider will offer induction and training to prepare you for a quality school-based placement of 15 days.

• Guided by teachers, you will be learning how to work with pupils in the classroom.

• For 2010/11 students are paid a tax-free bursary of £40 for each of the 15 days spent in school. This scheme is only available in England.

• To find out more, visit: www.tda.gov.uk/sas

What qualifications do you need to have to become a teacher?

• A. A degree

• B. Maths GCSE grade C or above

• C. English GCSE grade C or above

• D. Science GCSE grade C or above

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• Teaching is a graduate profession, and for all routes you will also need mathematics and English GCSE grade C or above.

• If you want to teach primary pupils you will also need GCSE grade C or above in science.

• Whatever your background and academic experience, there is a route into teaching that will suit you.

Find a training route that is right for you

Postgraduate routes

• Postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) masters level

• Professional graduate certificate in education

- university-led training- full-time, part-time or flexible- distance learning

• School-centred initial teacher training (SCITT)

- school-based training- full-time- QTS only/PGCE

All routes lead to

qualified teacher status (QTS)

Find a training route that’s right for you

Find a training route that’s right for you

Employment-based route leading to QTS Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP)

• Employed by school as an unqualified teacher

• Usually full-time

• Led by EBITTs (employment-based initial teacher training providers)

Induction

• After your training, your first full year as a teacher is your induction year

• During this year, you will teach an 80 per cent timetable and you have the support of an induction mentor

• They will help you learn how to manage behaviour, organise your time, and plan your lessons

• You will also have weekly meetings on teaching and subject content with your mentor and your head of department.

Your teaching career

Funding while you train

• Trainees starting ITT in the academic year 2010/11 are offered a tax-free bursary; the amount of the bursary depends on when an individual begins their training and the subject they train to teach (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are priorities and are awarded the highest level of bursary).

• Training bursary rates for 2011/12 will be announced shortly. Please check teach.gov.uk for updates.

PGCEGTTR

www.gttr.ac.uk

SCITTGTTR

www.gttr.ac.uk

EBITT (GTP) www.teach.gov.uk/ebrcontacts

How to apply

Personal statement

• Most crucial part of application form

• Used by training providers to assess your commitment to teaching, desire for self-development, and enthusiasm about education.

How to make a successful application for a teacher training course

What makes a good teacher?

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Question

You need to show:

• Enthusiasm

• Your motivation to teach

• Your ability to relate to and communicate with young people

• Your academic abilities

• Your desire for self-development

• Your potential contribution to school life

• Your personal and social skills; give examples of how you have used these skills

How to make a successful application for a teacher training course

Your interview

• You will be asked about your experience of working with young people, your commitment to teaching, and your relevant knowledge and skills.

• It will usually include an individual interview and group tasks such as group discussions, presentations, and teaching mini-lessons.

• The aim of the day is for you and the interviewers to find out if teaching is right for you.

How to make a successful application for a teacher training course

Practical tips

• Use the internet to research the latest developments in education

• Try the TDA’s interactive interview www.teach.gov.uk/interactiveinterview and application assistant

• Look at training providers’ websites

• You can find out more information on providers and their courses, visit www.tda.gov.uk/pprofiles

How to make a successful application for a teacher training course

Application deadlines

We strongly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you stand the best chance of securing a

place on the course you want.

We strongly recommend you submit your application well in advance of

this date.

Primary (for Sept 2011 start)

1 December 2010

Secondary (for Sept 2011 start)

No ‘official’ deadline

Next steps

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