Any advice on becoming a maths teacher?

DirtyDick

1 - GCSEs in the core subjects at grade a-c. 1 Year (if not held).
2 - Degree in relevant subject (or BA in Education, but that's not really a route I'd suggest nowadays, especially for a subject specialist). 3 Years.
3 - PGCE or GTP teacher training course, both quite tricky and expensive to get on nowadays (at least for the moment, but not for always I'm sure). 1 Year.
4- Completion of NQT (probation year as a teacher, but as mentioned can be difficult to find a place in certain subjects unless willing to move ). 1 Year.
5 - Qualified Maths teacher.

Please be advised: You are potentially looking at a lot of expense for many years of study and then have to pay it back on a fairly modest professional wage.

On the plus side: Who knows what changes to pay and conditions will happen in the future? Non-LEA (free and academy) schools can appoint unqualified teachers, but it's not something for them to shout about and they'll probably stitch you up on crap pay and conditions.

Rebecca01

DirtyDick wrote: »

1 - GCSEs in the core subjects at grade a-c. 1 Year (if not held).
2 - Degree in relevant subject (or BA in Education, but that's not really a route I'd suggest nowadays, especially for a subject specialist). 3 Years.
3 - PGCE or GTP teacher training course, both quite tricky and expensive to get on nowadays (at least for the moment, but not for always I'm sure). 1 Year.
4- Completion of NQT (probation year as a teacher, but as mentioned can be difficult to find a place in certain subjects unless willing to move ). 1 Year.
5 - Qualified Maths teacher.

Please be advised: You are potentially looking at a lot of expense for many years of study and then have to pay it back on a fairly modest professional wage.

On the plus side: Who knows what changes to pay and conditions will happen in the future? Non-LEA (free and academy) schools can appoint unqualified teachers, but it's not something for them to shout about and they'll probably stitch you up on crap pay and conditions.

All this yes , but

I got a bursary to do my PGCE of approx £600 a month, I think it maybe more now. Also I think the GTP route was £13000 a year paid to the student, but this may have changed again.

Also you need A levels or a foundation degree to get onto a degree.

dancingfairy

What about adult education - like Skills for Life/numeracy teaching? Your local college may have some volunteer places?
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Rebecca01

Or an NVQ assesor?

patchi

Moneybot wrote: »

Actually there is always a shortage of maths teachers. Mostly because if you have a maths degree there is usually something better paid you can do instead.

A D grade at GCSE does suggest a basic lack of understanding of maths which would not make teaching it to other easy.

Oh, for Maths this is true. I'm always seeing Maths teacher jobs advertised, but I was trying to give an overall view especially for Primary. If that's what the OP is looking into if they decide Maths teaching is not for them.

jc808

EllaBeagle wrote: »

Any advice on becoming a maths teacher?.

2 + 2 = 4

youll thank me later

heretolearn_2

off the topic really but you'd be amazed at how many accountants are really terrible at maths! Software/calculators do everything and many of them have no grasp of the principles in play.

We give all incoming accountants a fairly basic maths test as we DO think it's important, for example if we produce graphs as part of our accounts for clients to simplify the info for them, we need an accountant who can if necessary understand and explain them. A lot can't :-(

I had a long discussion with an accountant once who thought that if you added 10% to a price, then deducted 10% from that new total, you would end up with the original number. I never did get him to understand why that doesn't work.

So, being an accountant doesn't mean diddly squat when it comes to maths, as far as I've seen.

MoneySavingUser

heretolearn wrote: »

off the topic really but you'd be amazed at how many accountants are really terrible at maths! Software/calculators do everything and many of them have no grasp of the principles in play.

We give all incoming accountants a fairly basic maths test as we DO think it's important, for example if we produce graphs as part of our accounts for clients to simplify the info for them, we need an accountant who can if necessary understand and explain them. A lot can't :-(

I had a long discussion with an accountant once who thought that if you added 10% to a price, then deducted 10% from that new total, you would end up with the original number. I never did get him to understand why that doesn't work.

So, being an accountant doesn't mean diddly squat when it comes to maths, as far as I've seen.

You'd be surprised at how many accountants/trainees who are terrible at accounting! especially as many of the big firms are just interested in 'cheap' labour to do the donkey work for a while until they are replaced by some other graduate and the cycle repeats