Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training Religious Education (H422)

PGCE with QTS full time

• Financial support: Student finance if you’re eligible
• Qualification:
  PGCE with QTS

  A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.

  It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you’d like to teach in.

  Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master’s degree.

• Course length: 1 year
• Date you can apply from: 13 October 2020
• Date course starts: September 2021
• Website: http://ywtt.org.uk

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About the course

Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training gives you a fantastic start to your teaching by training in some of the best classrooms in Hull and East Yorkshire and gaining a PGCE from Sheffield Hallam University. Our trainees spend four days per week in school being supported by the best mentors and host teachers. Mentors and host teachers support trainees as they develop these skills in the classroom, conducting weekly mentor meetings in which trainees set their own enquiry questions. Weekly enquiry planning sessions give trainees time to utilising the resources and staff expertise available. Subject immersion days support the development of subject specific pedagogy, with taught sessions focusing on specific aspects of teaching. Trainees then have the opportunity to see the techniques discussed in practice, with expert teachers demonstrating these aspects within their lessons. All trainees are assigned a Yorkshire Wolds tutor and these sessions celebrate progress and support trainees overcome the challenges they may face. There are six review points during the training year with the final assessment taking place in the summer term. In Religious Education the course focuses on the development of subject knowledge to teach a variety of beliefs including non-religious worldviews. Training and support is also given to allow the trainee the skills to be able to deliver high quality lessons across a variety of topics, many of which provide students with thought provoking and challenging discussions. A variety of pedagogies are shown during the year and training is given to be able to produce high quality resources that can be used in the future. Links are made to KS2 prior learning and working with students with varying religious literacy. This allows the trainee to see the different needs of students and how to consider this in their own teaching of topics. At KS4, trainees will experience not only teaching two world religions but also delivering ethical and moral issues through topics such as crime, war, animal rights, abortion etc. One thing that is for certain is being a Religious Education teacher is a rewarding career because no day is exactly the same. It is a subject that supports the development of students and their perspectives through its deep discussions and moral decisions. The demand for good specialist Religious Educations is great. If you like leading discussions, delivering exciting topics and working with a variety of worldviews then this subject is for you.

School placements

Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training works in partnership with a range of schools across the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull. Trainees are given the opportunity to place possible placement schools in order of preference, with all of the 2018-19 cohort of trainees being given their first preference school for one of their placements. Trainees have ten secondary and ten primary schools from which to make their preferences.

The programme is designed to help trainees develop a deep understanding of the similarities and differences between schools having placements in three different schools; the initial orientation placement which occurs in the second week of the course, followed by a diversity and main placement which are longer in length. The course also includes diversity days at other educational institutions, allowing trainees to broaden their knowledge of the whole education system. All secondary trainees have the opportunity to experience the 16-18 phase on one of their placements.

Interview process

The Director of Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training and the appropriate Yorkshire Wolds Subject Lead conduct interviews often with a subject mentor from one of our partnership schools. The process will be approximately half a day, giving you the opportunity to meet some students and members of the YWTT team who will answer any questions you might have.

Fees

The course fees for UK students in 2021 to 2022 are £9,250.

Financial support

You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you’ll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.

Find out about financial support if you’re from outside the UK.

Requirements

Qualifications

You will need at least a grade 4 / C grade (or equivalent) in GCSE Mathematics and English Language for secondary courses, with the addition of at least a grade 4 / C grade in a science subject at GCSE for primary courses. Equivalency testing is available if you do not hold these qualifications, or have overseas qualifications, but please contact us before applying if this applies to you. You should be a graduate (or about to graduate this year), with a first, 2:1 or 2:2 degree in a subject relevant to the one that you wish to teach

Personal qualities

In your application and throughout the selection process, we are looking for people with a genuine passion and enthusiasm for teaching and their subject. Individuals who wish to inspire the next generation, engender a love for learning and support the children in their care to make excellent progress academically and in other areas.

Other requirements

If your degree is not directly related to the subject you wish to teach, SKE courses are an excellent way to develop your subject knowledge prior to the start of the initial teacher training course. We actively encourage career changers to consider a career in teaching, so any other experience especially related to your subject or through working with young people is beneficial. Admission is dependent upon satisfactory medical assessment, assessing your capacity to train to teach. Candidates will be subject to appropriate pre-selection checks, which will include full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks

About the training provider

Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training offers an exciting and innovative teacher training programme based in bespoke training facilities at South Hunsley School, an outstanding 11-18 school in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Wolds teacher training is privileged to work with a partnership of over twenty schools, giving trainees the opportunity to work with exceptional teachers in a variety of educational settings across the region. Our programme is designed to prepare trainees to become highly effective teachers, with a love of learning, who will continue to develop their skills throughout their career, through exposure to excellent practice, observation, mentoring, coaching, practice, reflection and sharing with peers. YWTT offers a bespoke training package, where excellent practitioners from across the partnership support the development of our trainees through the professional studies and the school based aspects of the programme. Trainees receive a high level of support throughout the programme to help them develop effective teacher wellbeing strategies as well as application support and interview practice, which result in an excellent employment record. YWTT works closely with Wolds Teaching School Alliance, ensuring our trainees gain the best possible start to their teaching career and access to continued professional development opportunities beyond the initial training year. Last year 100% of our trainees were graded good or better at the end of the training course, with almost 50% being graded outstanding. Please join us on our “Get into Teaching” days to find out more, see https://www.ywtt.org.uk for further details.

Training with disabilities and other needs

Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training is committed to delivering high quality teacher training that meets the diverse needs of its trainee population, ensuring that no individual or group is disadvantaged. All Yorkshire Wolds trainees are allocated a tutor who will work with each individual throughout the programme, celebrating progress, devising bespoke programmes to respond to individual needs and helping them overcome the challenges they may face.

Contact details

• Email: sally.cooper@ywtt.org.uk
• Telephone: 01482 636720
• Website: http://ywtt.org.uk
• Address: The Education Alliance; East Dale Road; Melton; East Riding of Yorkshire; HU14 3HS

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Location	Vacancies	Code
Main Site The Teacher Development Centre, , East Dale Road, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU14 3HS	Yes	-

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