ICT Teacher - Uni Courses?

BusinessStudent

Hey,

As some of you read I got rejected from all 6 unis for social work. I've looked into teaching now and wondered what course i would need to study to become a ICT teacher?

Im in Birmingham and would like to study local and not move away from home. I've found very limited choicses but Newman college offer this:

Course: http://www.newman.ac.uk/Courses/Undergraduate/ITT/

3 or 4 year Primary (age 3-7 or 5-11)
Key Stage 2/3 (age 7-14) courses with a range of subject specialisms.

- Would this be a correct course to take to become a ICT teacher?
- The page states that the course is for either key stages age 7-14 - how would you go about teaching ICT at college as this is something i would like to do?

I've looked on the tda website and it says that you need a C in GCSE science which I do not have, but apparently you can take a pre-entry test??

Any advice is welcomed. Thanks!

tr3mor

To teach ages 14 and above you'll need a degree in a related discipline and some form of postgrad teaching course.

It seems like quite a big switch of career choice. Maybe you'd be better taking a year out, getting some money, and thinking what you really want to do.

Perversia

There are many different routes to becoming a teacher and the best place to look is the TDA (http://www.tda.gov.uk).

Ask yourself a few things:
1. What do you want to teach?
2. What age do you want to teach?

In my case, I want to teach chemistry to 11 and above. I thought about +16 but the qualification for post-compusory education doesn't give you qualified teacher status and I'd like the flexibility as you can teach +16 with a Secondary PGCE. That's something to think about; whether you want/need QTS. I chose a PGCE route with I'm doing full time over 1 year as I will have a degree in a relevent subject.

Basically, it all depends on what qualifications you have and what you want to do. A primary PGCE though is not subject specific.

dmg24

I think the pre-entry test is only available to applicants over a certain age?

Oldernotwiser

The fact that you're prepared to switch between social work and teaching at the drop of a hat is really worrying. Take a year out and get some experience in both fields before making a decision. The way you're doing it is not the way to make one of the more crucial choices of your life!

Meatballs

If you are looking at teaching secondary ICT (ages 11-18, KS3-5, years 7-13) your best bet is to do a 3 year degree in ICT/IT/Computing/Computing&Business/Multimedia Tech or similar which you can do at loads of universities near to birmingham.

Then do a 1 year Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). These are available at Warwick, Wolverhampton and Keele near you.

I dont think there are any undergraduate courses doing a degree in ICT and giving Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). If you wish to do primary with the munchkins and sing songs and do circle time, you can probably do a Primary Teaching undergraduate course with a specialism in ICT. But you will still have to teach English/Maths/Humanities, the job prospects aren't as good as secondary, and you need Science GCSE at a C