1. A career in teaching
Turn your talent
to teaching.

2. Qualifications, teaching phases & subjects
What we will cover today
Your teaching career
The rewards of teaching
Training routes
& funding
What makes a good application?
Qualifications, teaching phases & subjects

3. 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 3

4. The rewards of teaching

5. Question 1
What is the minimum starting salary for a new qualified teacher (NQT) ?
a) £18,500
b) £16,422 
c) £21,588
Answer: £21,000 (£21,102)

6. The rewards of teaching
Leadership
£37,461
£105,097
AST
£37, 461
£56,950
Upper pay scale
£34,181
£36,756
Main scale
£21,588
£31,552

7. 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.
All about how you organise your time so flexibility is there
Pensions in the news teaching still has good one

8. Qualifications, teaching phases & subjects in demand

9. If you want to teach at primary level and KS2/3
Question 3
What minimum qualifications do you need to become a teacher ? 
a) A degree 
b) Maths GCSE
All at grade C or above (or equivalent) 
c) English GCSE 
d) Science GCSE
If you want to teach at primary level and KS2/3
Answer: £21,000 (£21,102)

10. What phase ?
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.
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 ages at either primary or secondary level.
Courses are funded for home and eu students

11. 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.
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.
Courses are funded for home and eu students

12. Training routes
& funding

13. 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

14. Funding while you train
Funding – PGCE & SCITT
Funding while you train
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
 £9,000
 Chemistry
 Engineering
 Maths
 Biology
 £6,000
 Combined/general science
 Modern foreign languages

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Your teaching career

19. 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.

20. What makes a good application ?

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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
All about how you organise your time so flexibility is there
Pensions in the news teaching still has good one

24. Your interview Practical tips
Use the internet to research the latest developments in education
Try the TDA’s interactive interview and application assistant
Look at training providers’ websites
You can find out more information on providers and their courses, visit

25. Applying for an employment-based route
The application process varies significantly across providers
Must apply to an EBITT (use the TDA website
May be required to have the support of a school
May need to apply formally to school
Remember - each EBITT is different

26. www.teach.gov.uk for details
How to apply
PGCE
GTTR
SCITT
GTTR or direct
EBITT (GTP)
See
for details

27. 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’
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
What follows are therefore proposals and you are advised to visit the DfE or TDA websites as the consultation progresses

28. This consultation document proposes to take action in three main areas:
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
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
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.

29. 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:
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.

30. 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.
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.
We propose to look at the options for:
providing a single system for applications to all courses – this gateway could also include initial numeracy and literacy tests, and
having applications made in parallel to all teacher training providers.

31. Reform of training School Commissioning
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.
The accredited provider administers payment of any bursary to the trainee.
The provider may charge the trainee a tuition charge.
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.

32. 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
High priority specialisms
Medium priority specialisms
Other secondary specialisms and primary
Training bursary
1st
£20,000
£13,000
£9000
2.1
£15,000
£10,500
£5000
2.2
£11,500
£4000
Example subjects
Mathematics, physics chemistry
Modern languages, IT, design and technology

33. Refocus government investment in teacher training on the best graduates, especially in shortage subjects
We plan to expand the number of GTP places
We will focus allocations on undergraduate ITT courses where trainees are at least of the same quality as those on typical postgraduate courses.