Teaching Training Courses

truly86

Dunroamin wrote: »

Do you already have a degree? If so, what age/subject do you want to teach?

I have a BA (Hons) degree in Music and Popular Music. Obviously I would want to teach that as it is my main love in life! I am thinking it will be best to teach secondary as that it what I am currently doing, although I teach violin on the side to primary school students.

truly86

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

http://dtlls.co.uk/dtlls/

Speak to your head to see if this will be supported by the school, they deliver this in Bournville as well.

Out of all the schools I have been teaching at, the one I like the most is a Catholic college in Chelmsley Wood. Bit of a mission but I don't mind the journey and it's good that I am learning how to drive! I am thinking about speaking to my recruitment agency about courses.

I will look into this course at Bournville as it is only 15 minutes away from mine.

liney

The GTP has now ended and bee replaced by School Direct.

Have a look at this http://www.education.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/teacher-training-options/school-based-training/school-direct.aspx

truly86

liney wrote: »

The GTP has now ended and bee replaced by School Direct.

Have a look at this http://www.education.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/teacher-training-options/school-based-training/school-direct.aspx

Thanks for this! I will take a look now.

truly86

I have found out that there are 3 schools in Birmingham do the school-based learning programme, and they are associated with local universities. One school that stands out for me is King Edwards Girls School, Camp Hill, but the application has now closed and I would have to wait till November to apply.

It looks like with some of them I will have to save up a lot of money, which I don't mind doing. I would much prefer to spend a year saving up and start a course next year, instead of rushing to get onto something this September. I have looked at the DTLLS and although it is ideal, I do not have the money to carry out the course.

Another option is asking my recruitment agency (Hays) if they have any links with local colleges/universities who can teach me an affordable course.

Who?_me?

What ever teacher training course you are going to do, you probably won't get until September 2014, though there may be some January Starts. Any GTP/ Schools direct will only require you to attend the awarding body a couple of days at a time, over the year. This will require you to travel, and you will be released from your placement school to go. You willl have tutor in the school and weekly development in the school in addition to the usual schools training. You will get paid if you do Schools Direct (probably around £15k) but you won't have a PGCE at the end - QTS which willl enable you to teach in schools in England and Wales (NOT scotland, poss not NI) and hard to go abroad with. However, you get paid, rather than student loans. What ever works for you.
Teaching is feircely competative, particulary music and arts, not just for the training courses, but jobs too.
There are no "affordable" courses for gaining a PGCE / B,Ed. Of course, you can technically teach in a free school or accadamy with out QTS thanks to the idot Gove.

flutterbyuk25

If you are looking to teach in an FE college, then you could do a Post 16 FE PGCE/Certificate of Education which is a general teaching qualification for those wishing to teach in the further and adult education sector or for those training people in the workplace.

It does not give QTS and you generally can't use it to teach in a school (in Wales it allows you to teach age 14+ and in a school at the head's discretion). It is not subject specific, it teaches the how to teach/lesson plan side of things etc.

I did this part time over 2 years, with my employer giving me half a day off per week to attend it. The government paid the majority of the £3600 fees through grants.

It was the right course for me, as I know I won't want to teach in a school. I work in FE and it is a required qualification in lots of jobs that I am looking for in the future. I enjoyed it, but it was a lot of hard work, especially as I was working full time whilst studying.

It was delievered through a local FE college via the university, and lots of my fellow students got jobs at the college as a result of doing their teaching practise there. But you can do your teaching practise anywhere!

HTH

pinkshoes

Music teachers aren't in demand unfortunately, so you could end up in debt with no job!

Make sure you check out job competition before re-training.

I just finished my PGCE and it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life!

truly86

pinkshoes wrote: »

Music teachers aren't in demand unfortunately, so you could end up in debt with no job!

Make sure you check out job competition before re-training.

I just finished my PGCE and it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life!

I spoke to someone from School Direct and she said music teachers ARE in demand...

Dunroamin

Have you considered doing a flexible PGCE with the OU? Your existing teaching experience would be recognised and give you a shorter training period and you can carry on working while you do it. Secondary Music is one of the subjects offered.

http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/qualification/K20.htm