Those interested in a career in primary or secondary teaching may be interested to know that the School Direct programme has been expanded for the academic year 2013/14 and will then offer two types of training places:
1) The School Direct Training Programme, which is open to all graduates and funded by tuition fees
paid by the trainee, who may receive a bursary from the Teaching Agency (TA).
2) The School Direct Training Programme (salaried), which is an employment-based route into
teaching for high quality graduates with three or more years’ career experience. The trainee is
employed as an unqualified teacher by a school and will replace the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) which will close.
All School Direct places will lead to qualified teacher status (QTS). Schools will
decide whether they wish the provider to award a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE)from a higher education institution or School Centred Initial Teacher Training Institution (SCITT).
For recruitment to the academic year 2013/14 the TA will manage a central application system, providing a
single point of application for all candidates and on which all School Direct places will be listed. Further
details will be made available in due course.
Please note however that places for the 2012-13 School Direct programme will be made direct to schools. For more details see the Teaching Agency website.
Source: Teaching Agency announcement via AGCAS
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Friday, 27 July 2012
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Want to Teach? New Developments in Teacher Training
School Direct
Schools are able to bid to the Training and Development Agency (TDA) for 500 training places on this new programme for 2012/13. The school (or group of schools) will recruit trainees directly and then purchase the training from an ITT provider. Once the trainee has completed training and gained qualified teacher status, the school will be expected to employ the trainee for at least their Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) year.
Trainees will be eligible for funding on the same basis as those completing university-based PGCEs (with the offer an additional payment, worth 25% of their bursary, to trainees based in schools where more than a quarter of pupils are eligible for free school meals).
In allocating School Direct places, the TDA will give priority to schools and subjects in greatest need.
TDA Premier Plus Service and School Experience Programme
The TDA is offering the Premier Plus Service to support prospective teacher of maths, physics, chemistry or Modern Foreign Languages (MFL). Premier Plus includes one-to-one advice and guidance, special events, access to subject knowledge enhancement courses, reimbursement of the GTTR application fee and access to the School Experience Programme (SEP).
SEP itself offers classroom experience for one to ten days in a secondary school to applicants considering teaching maths, physics, chemistry, D&T, ICT or MFL. The programme is available to final year University students and some others.
Distance Learning PGCE
The TDA have accredited Hibernia College to provide an e-learning based programme leading to a PGCE and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in secondary maths, physics or chemistry. The two-year flexible programme is delivered through a combination of online lectures and tutorials, locally delivered workshops and school placements organised through the programme’s national network of hub schools. Subject knowledge enhancement is included as appropriate.
Studio Schools
Studio schools are a new option at age 14. They teach both academic and vocational qualifications in a practical and project-based way, often in conjunction with employers. Study is combined with work placements in the schools’ partner organisations. Some schools will be located alongside existing maintained schools and academies and others will be separate academies.
Source: AGCAS Teaching Task Group
Schools are able to bid to the Training and Development Agency (TDA) for 500 training places on this new programme for 2012/13. The school (or group of schools) will recruit trainees directly and then purchase the training from an ITT provider. Once the trainee has completed training and gained qualified teacher status, the school will be expected to employ the trainee for at least their Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) year.
Trainees will be eligible for funding on the same basis as those completing university-based PGCEs (with the offer an additional payment, worth 25% of their bursary, to trainees based in schools where more than a quarter of pupils are eligible for free school meals).
In allocating School Direct places, the TDA will give priority to schools and subjects in greatest need.
TDA Premier Plus Service and School Experience Programme
The TDA is offering the Premier Plus Service to support prospective teacher of maths, physics, chemistry or Modern Foreign Languages (MFL). Premier Plus includes one-to-one advice and guidance, special events, access to subject knowledge enhancement courses, reimbursement of the GTTR application fee and access to the School Experience Programme (SEP).
SEP itself offers classroom experience for one to ten days in a secondary school to applicants considering teaching maths, physics, chemistry, D&T, ICT or MFL. The programme is available to final year University students and some others.
Distance Learning PGCE
The TDA have accredited Hibernia College to provide an e-learning based programme leading to a PGCE and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in secondary maths, physics or chemistry. The two-year flexible programme is delivered through a combination of online lectures and tutorials, locally delivered workshops and school placements organised through the programme’s national network of hub schools. Subject knowledge enhancement is included as appropriate.
Studio Schools
Studio schools are a new option at age 14. They teach both academic and vocational qualifications in a practical and project-based way, often in conjunction with employers. Study is combined with work placements in the schools’ partner organisations. Some schools will be located alongside existing maintained schools and academies and others will be separate academies.
Source: AGCAS Teaching Task Group
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