Transcript Turn Your Talent To Teaching - University of Central Lancashire

Turn your talent
career in teaching
toAteaching.
www.teach.gov.uk
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What we will cover today
Your teaching
career
The rewards of
teaching
Qualifications,
teaching phases
& subjects
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Training routes
& funding
What makes a
good application?
The current situation
• Today’s presentation will take you through your options for teacher
training as they stand for entry in September 2011.
• As you may be aware on 24th November the Department for Education
published the Schools White Paper - ‘The Importance of Teaching’.
• The White Paper sets a new direction of travel for initial teacher training
(ITT).
• Proposals for the future have been published and are at the consultation
stage
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The rewards of
teaching
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Question 1
What is the minimum starting salary for
a new qualified teacher (NQT) ?
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a)
£18,500
b)
£16,422
c)
£21,588
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The rewards of teaching
£37,461
Leadership
£37, 461
AST
£34,181
Upper pay scale
£21,588
Main scale
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£105,097
£56,950
£36,756
£31,552
The rewards of teaching
• 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.
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Qualifications, teaching
phases & subjects in
demand
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Question 3
What minimum qualifications do you
need to become a teacher ?
a)
A degree
b)
Maths GCSE
c)
English GCSE
d)
Science GCSE
If you want to
teach at
primary level
and KS2/3
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All at grade C or
above (or
equivalent)
What phase ?
Secondary
Primary
You usually teach pupils
between the ages of 11
and 18. Most secondary
teachers have one
specialist subject.
You teach pupils between
the ages of 4 and 11,
spending most of your
school day with your own
class.
Every teacher trains to
work with at least two
consecutive ages at
either primary or
secondary level.
At primary level you will
teach all the subjects of
the primary curriculum.
Your training will prepare
you to teach these core
subjects.
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Subjects in demand
If you believe you would
make a good physics,
chemistry or maths
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 this year.
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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 this year.
Training routes
& funding
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Training routes
• Postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE)
-
university-led training
full-time, part-time or flexible
distance learning
there are providers at this event offering PGCE
courses
• School-centred initial teacher training (SCITT)
school-based training
full-time
QTS only/PGCE
there are providers at this event offering SCITT
courses
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Funding
you& train
Funding while
– PGCE
SCITT
Bursary allowance (for trainees starting in 2011)
• On 31st January 2011 it was announced that the focus has been
given to investment in the subjects where there are the most
shortages
Subject
Amount
Physics
Chemistry
Engineering
£9,000
Maths
Biology
Combined/general science
Modern foreign languages
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£6,000
Training routes
• Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP)
you are employed by a school as an unqualified teacher
and you teach a reduced timetable
usually full time
competitive programme designed for graduates who
want to work in a school while they train
programme takes three terms full-time (although it is
possible to complete it earlier)
programmes can start at any time during the year, but most
begin in September or January.
led by EBITTs (employment based initial teacher
training providers)
there are several EBITTs at this event
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Funding - GTP
• Participants are paid upwards of £15,461 depending on
responsibilities, experience and location
• The TDA provides each EBITT with a set number of grants which
are then allocated to schools by the EBITT. These are available to
State schools only
• Unsuccessful candidates’ schools can opt to self-fund
• Independent schools must self-fund
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Training routes
• Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTT)
offers overseas trained teachers the opportunity to
gain qualified teacher status (QTS) while working as a
teacher
teachers trained in any European Economic area
(EEA) country or Switzerland may be eligible for
QTS under mutual recognition arrangements.
if training is needed, the maximum training
programme is one year
if you are an overseas trained teacher, come and see
us on the TDA stand and we will talk you through the
programme in more detail
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Your teaching career
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Your
teaching career
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
• Your mentor 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.
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What makes a good
application ?
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Recruitment process
PGCE & SCITT
• Check with the institution whether class of degree is
important
• Check with the institution if degree content has sufficient
subject specialism.
• Complete GTTR form online
• Form goes to first choice of provider only - 2 for primary, 4
for secondary
• If you meet the entry requirements the provider invites you
to interview
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What are we looking for ?
• This is your moment to stand out from the rest
• Important to convey why you want to teach
• What you can offer and why you will make a good teacher
• How you know that teaching is right for you
• What experience you have had in schools that has confirmed
this
• Convey your communication skills
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How to get schools experience
• Approach a local school in your area
• Become a regular volunteer or classroom assistant
• The Teaching Information Line can also arrange for a teacher
to give you a call at a time convenient to you or have a chat
with one of the teachers at the ‘meet a teacher area’ in the
main exhibition area
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Your interview
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/performanceprofiles
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Applying
employmentApplying for
for an
an employment
based
basedroute
route
• The application process varies significantly across providers
• Must apply to an EBITT (use the TDA website
www.teach.gov.uk)
• May be required to have the support of a school
• May need to apply formally to school
• Remember - each EBITT is different
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How to apply
PGCE
GTTR
www.gttr.ac.uk
SCITT
GTTR or direct
www.gttr.ac.uk
EBITT (GTP)
See
www.teach.gov.uk for details
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Proposals - Introduction
•
Last November the White Paper set out the Government’s vision for
educational reform ‘At the heart of our plan is a vision of the teacher as
our society’s most valuable asset’
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The WP said that we should continue to improve the recruitment,
training and subsequent professional development of teachers and
promised an ITT Strategy Document which is now out for consultation
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What follows are therefore proposals and you are advised to visit the
DfE or TDA websites as the consultation progresses
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This consultation document proposes to take action in three main areas:
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first, to raise the bar for entry to initial training: attracting more of the
highest achieving graduates and having higher expectations of the
academic and interpersonal skills of those funded to train to teach
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second, to refocus government investment in teacher training so that
it is effective in attracting and retaining in teaching more of the best
graduates, especially in shortage subjects, and
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third, to improve the routes through teacher training, so that it is
easier to apply for teacher training and so that the nature and content
of the training is more effective in preparing trainees to be successful
in the classroom.
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Raising the bar and attracting more of the best
• Based on the evidence from this country and abroad, the
coalition intends to strengthen the selection process for
entry to teacher training in three ways:
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will raise the expectations of the academic
achievement of trainees (Already published – only
those with a 2:2 or above will qualify for ITT funding)
will strengthen the assessment of literacy and
numeracy, and
will increase the rigour of assessment of the
candidates’ interpersonal skills.
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From September 2012, we propose that all those wishing to enter
post-graduate teacher training should have to pass both a literacy test
and a numeracy test. Candidates who fail one or both of the skills
tests at the first attempt should be limited to two re-sits for each test.
We propose to drop the IT skills test.
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We want there to be better testing of candidates’ interpersonal skills
and we will expect all providers of ITT to assess these skills before
accepting anyone onto training.
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We propose to look at the options for:
o providing a single system for applications to all courses – this
gateway could also include initial numeracy and literacy tests,
and
o having applications made in parallel to all teacher training
providers.
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Reform of training
School Commissioning
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A school or group of schools applies to the new Teaching Agency to be able to
offer a training place. The school advertises the training place, including on a
central list, selects a trainee and chooses an accredited ITT provider to work
with to provide the training. If the trainee attracts DfE funding, including a
training subsidy or bursary.
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The accredited provider administers payment of any bursary to the trainee.
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The provider may charge the trainee a tuition charge.
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Once the trainee has completed training and gained QTS, the school will be
expected to employ the trainee. Priority will be given to the schools and subjects
with the greatest need.
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Refocus government investment in teacher
training on the best graduates, especially in
shortage subjects
From September 2012, we will offer Department for Education funding to
trainee teachers who hold a second class degree or higher. We also
propose to offer larger financial incentives to trainees with higher class
degrees. The table below gives an indication of how this might work in
practice
Training
bursary
High priority
specialisms
Medium
priority
specialisms
1st
£20,000
£13,000
Other
secondary
specialisms
and primary
£9000
2.1
£15,000
£10,500
£5000
2.2
£11,500
£9000
£4000
Mathematics,
physics
chemistry
Modern
languages, IT,
design and
technology
Example subjects
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Refocus government investment in teacher
training on the best graduates, especially in
shortage subjects
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We plan to expand the number of GTP places
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We will focus allocations on undergraduate ITT courses where trainees
are at least of the same quality as those on typical postgraduate
courses.
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