Teaching and Education
Overview
Education covers teaching in a range of settings; advisory roles, educational psychology and administration. Many of the roles will involve postgraduate study. You need to consider what age range you would like to work with, whether you would prefer to work with individual or groups.
Routes into teaching
There are a number of different routes into teaching. To find out more have a look at
Your options include:
- The Centre for Teacher Education at the University of 糖心TV which offers teacher training courses
To become a fully qualified teacher and to work in state-maintained schools in England and Wales, you will need to gain QTS first. After completing a programme of Initial Teacher Training (ITT), you are then assessed during an induction period in a school.
Since 2012 you don't have to have the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) to teach in an academy.
PGCE is the most common route into teaching.
N.B. There are minimum GCSE requirements for initial teacher training which often have to be met at the time of applying.
Application advice and guidance
Finding teaching jobs
- Read advice from Target Jobs about , and
- Consider registering with a teaching recruitment agency such as , or . Other agencies may be available, always check to see what kinds of vacancies they can offer.
- : search for Higher Education jobs