Thinking about retraining to become a teacher

Oldernotwiser

This is the list of the institutions who offer part time PGCEs at the moment. Obviously this might change in the next year or so.

http://search.gttr.ac.uk/cgi-bin/hsrun.hse/General/gttr_search/StateId/Q0inawhlOGmJEd1kuj1WSMfYRl-xu-4t7k/HAHTpage/gttr_search.HsForm.mapFormToCmd?cboAge=P&cboSubject=0&cboInst=0&cboType=5&cboLevel=PG&button1=search&cboDegree=0&cboExam=0

Alleycat

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

This is the list of the institutions who offer part time PGCEs at the moment. Obviously this might change in the next year or so.

http://search.gttr.ac.uk/cgi-bin/hsrun.hse/General/gttr_search/StateId/Q0inawhlOGmJEd1kuj1WSMfYRl-xu-4t7k/HAHTpage/gttr_search.HsForm.mapFormToCmd?cboAge=P&cboSubject=0&cboInst=0&cboType=5&cboLevel=PG&button1=search&cboDegree=0&cboExam=0

The webpage has unfortunately timed out. Would you be able to cut and paste from that page Oldernotwiser as it sounds very useful? Thanks.

milliebear00001

Alleycat wrote: »

milliebear, thank you for telling me about your experience. Glad to hear that there would be more job opportunities where I am as well. What course did you do that was part-time? Was it the Graduate Teaching Programme and how did you go about applying? Sorry, one more question, but what made you decide to go into teaching as it sounds like it was a career change for you?

The TDA website should be your first port. Lots of info there. I applied via GTTR (see ONW's link) for part-time PGCE's in several towns (ended up at St Martin's in Cumbria). The GTTR website (I think, from memory) has details on all he available courses. GTP is intensely competitive and would have meant I had to train full-time, so it wasn't appropriate for me at the time.

I wanted to retrain after moving away from London, where I worked in the City. Equivalent jobs in the North West don't exist, and like you, teaching had always been at the back of my mind. I volunteered, loved it, looked for a course, applied, and here I am.

pollypenny

I retrained as a teacher, going to college when youngest child started school at 4. My first shock was the the college hours were not the same as school hours and I had to have lots more help in after-school child care than I'd hoped.

The job also changed enormously. When they were small I could get home just after them, thankfully. But over the last 15 years, I was lucky to get out of school before 5pm, then I would spend 3 hours marking (English was my subject).

Having said all that, I loved the job and working with teenagers! I was at home during the holidays in most cases or took them in with me to do displays etc.

pollypenny

I retrained as a teacher, going to college when youngest child started school at 4. My first shock was the the college hours were not the same as school hours and I had to have lots more help in after-school child care than I'd hoped.

The job also changed enormously. When they were small I could get home just after them, thankfully. But over the last 15 years, I was lucky to get out of school before 5pm, then I would spend 3 hours marking (English was my subject).

Having said all that, I loved the job and working with teenagers! I was at home during the holidays in most cases or took them in with me to do displays etc.

Oldernotwiser

Alleycat wrote: »

The webpage has unfortunately timed out. Would you be able to cut and paste from that page Oldernotwiser as it sounds very useful? Thanks.

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mintymoneysaver

Teaching, well I've done it since I was 22, but worked part time most of that. Had my first daughter at 25, went back full time for a term and absolutely hated it. Was really fortunate that a part time job came up, and I won't deny it was probably the best job anyone could have had. I didn't start till 9.30 as the Head didn't see the point of paying me when they were in assembly, and I took small groups out to do SEN work. I was my own boss, pretty much, worked 5 mornings and was out to pick my daughter up by 1pm, very rarely taking anything home. It meant that all through junior school I was there to drop them off and pick them up, and I wouldn't have changed it for the world. 16 years later, my job has changed beyond recognition as I now work 3 days a week with my own class, and I honestly don't think I could face working full time now. I am in work for 8. have half an hour for lunch, and never leave before 5, which I know is very similar to a 'normal' job, but it means you will still need child care even when they are at school. I bring marking home most nights,a nd approx every 3 weeks for my own sanity I go into school on one of my days off, just to catch up. I wouldn't say ' Don't do it,' but I would say speak to a teacher with young children. Your first year will be the hardest, and it will be hard to just 'get' a part time job after that. They are there, we have 6 of us in our 3 form entry primary school, but 5 of us were full timers to begin with. Good luck though, whatever you decide!