Billericay Educational Consortium Primary with mathematics (X200)

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://www.billericayscitt.com

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About the course

Our training course starts in late August through to July. It has been designed by teachers to reflect the needs of the modern classroom.

After the interview day, we will meet with you to discuss your strengths and areas requiring further development and will set you tasks and a reading list to enable you to develop knowledge and skills before the course starts.

Our interactive workshops cover all the primary curriculum subjects in detail. We also have sessions on:

• Child Development and how children learn
• Planning and Assessment
• Behaviour Management and Special Educational Needs
• Safeguarding
• English as an Additional Language
• Teacher and the Law
• Wellbeing
• Voice Care
• School workload
• Opportunity to gain certificates in PE and Safeguarding recognised by the Teaching Professions

In addition to the benefits offered by all our cchool programmes, our Primary with Maths programme offers specific Maths tasks to develop an understanding of how to teach Maths effectively including:

• Observing the teaching of Maths across all years in the Primary Phase
• An understanding of the roles and responsibility of a Maths Subject Leader
• Reflections on the pedagogy of Maths and how children learn
• A critical understanding of the developments in the Maths Curriculum
• Face to face sessions focusing on different areas of Maths, including Maths Mastery, Leading Maths in the Primary School, National Curriculum requirements, the planning of Maths and end of Key Stage expectations.

All our sessions are based either at our training centre in Wickford or in neighbouring primary schools or via Zoom.

School Placements

You will spend 75% of the course in school. Each week you will receive tutorials delivered by the Headteacher and your class mentor. These tutorials link to the workshops.

You will start undertaking structured observations of teachers followed by team teaching, part lesson then full lesson teaching.

PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education – 60 Master credits)

In addition to QTS, trainees can study for a PGCE. All lectures are held at Bromfords School, Wickford or via Zoom.

Trainees need to pass 2 assignments of 5000 words each:

• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
• Professional Studies and Research

This award is validated by the University of Suffolk.

School placements

We spend considerable time in ensuring that your placement school is within a reasonable travelling distance from your home. We know our school mentors very well and try to match our trainees with their mentor to build that strong professional relationship.

If you wish to nominate a school, we will be pleased to talk to the Headteacher about our programme.

You will be teaching across the age range 5-11.

All our headteachers are passionate about ‘growing their own’ staff and are very committed to our programme. We work with over 50 primary schools, as they acknowledge we produce excellent Newly Qualified Teachers who are fully prepared for the challenges of the modern classroom.

Each trainee will be placed in the same school for the whole year, apart from a 6-week period spent in a different school. This second placement will be in the alternative key stage and will be in a contrasting school environment. Our schools comprise of small/large primaries, faith schools, small/large infant/junior schools.

In addition, we provide experiences at special schools, pupil referral units, a Hindu temple and teaching in a class with a high proportion of pupils with English as an additional language.

Schools play such an important part in the programme, and that’s why we can provide you with an outstanding foundation on which to build your future career.

Entry requirements

Qualifications needed

• GCSE grade 4 (formerly grade C) or equivalent in English Language, Mathematics and Science
• Minimum 2:2 honours degree from a UK university or a recognised equivalent qualification

If you have non-British qualifications, you will need to verify their equivalence through UK NARIC, tel: 01242 260010. You will need to supply written evidence of any equivalencies with your application.

If you do not hold English, Mathematics or Science GSCE qualifications (or a recognised equivalent), then you will need to take an equivalency test. We recommend www.equivalencytesting.co.uk.

Personal qualities

You need to be:

• imaginative, energetic and creative;
• enthusiastic about teaching;
• hardworking, adaptable and flexible;
• well organised, focused and determined;
• have a positive outlook;
• have a resilient nature;
• have an ability to inspire and enthuse;
• have the ability to work in a team and with other adults;
• have the ability to reflect, listen and are willing to act on advice;
• have the ability to use their initiative

These qualities are developed on the course through interactive workshops, which previous trainees have greatly valued.

You are learning all the time.

Fees and financial support

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

About the training provider

Join our well-structured, supportive School-Centred Initial Teacher Training course.

At the end of the course, our trainees say that they feel confident and fully prepared to start their teaching career.

100% of our trainees gain employment, and enjoy the benefit of our support into their first teaching post and beyond.

Our course offers great value for money – we deliver quality workshops, carefully identified placements, individual pastoral support and academic support in writing assignments. Our focus is on you as an individual, providing you with a tailor-made training programme.

We offer:

• a training programme that has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for the past 13 years and placed in the top five of the ‘Good Teacher Training Guide’ for the past 10 years;
• experienced school mentors who are passionate about developing outstanding and confident Newly Qualified Teachers;
• engaging workshops delivered by outstanding and knowledgeable teachers, providing you with a wealth of ideas to inspire pupil learning;
• opportunities to build your confidence in diverse settings, e.g. special school, pupil referral unit and an inner city school where you will be working with pupils with English as an additional language;
• a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, worth 60 Master credits. This provides an ideal opportunity to bring together the very best of school experience and academic study;
• opportunity for you to request a school where you would like to train.

Make us your first choice and train with the best in Essex.

Interview process

Once we receive your application, we will interview you in one of our partner schools or via Zoom. You will be interviewed by us and a member of school staff.

You will be asked to:

• undertake a formal interview;
• choose a children’s story book of your own choice that supports pupil emotional well being or explores feelings or celebrates diversity are to, and read as if reading to the class for 5 minutes. You then have 5 minutes to explain how you would follow up the key messages in the classroom environment;
• complete a written task reflecting on a lesson that you have observed a teacher deliver or write against a statement that will be given to you on the day;

Successful candidates will be offered a place within 24 hours of the interview day. An offer letter will be issued and may detail some conditions, e.g. passing your degree.

All trainees offered a place must:

• pass a Fitness to Teach medical assessment;
• undergo an enhanced DBS check to verify their suitability to work with young people.

You will then attend a meeting with the Executive Director to discuss the strengths and areas for further development identified on the interview day. Tasks will also be set with reading lists for you to develop your subject knowledge.

Training with disabilities and other needs

Our aim is to promote and implement an inclusive learning and teaching environment, allowing you to study independently.

We are here to support you and would encourage you to contact us so we can help identify any ‘appropriate adjustments’ to meet your individual needs.

Once you have applied for our course, we are available for you to contact to discuss your particular needs. We have had trainees who have successfully passed our course with visual and hearing impairments, dyslexia, dyspraxia and autistic spectrum conditions.

We understand your needs and will work closely with you to ascertain the impact of your condition on your studies. It may be you need:

• deadlines to be extended;
• workshops to be recorded;
• powerpoint presentations in advance of workshops
• photocopying on coloured paper
• wheelchair access

With your permission, we will ask your mentor to work with you providing support and guidance. We need to ensure that all elements of this training year make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to provide every opportunity for you to succeed.

Contact details

• Email: louise@billericayscitt.com
• Telephone: 01268 477611
• Website: http://www.billericayscitt.com
• Address: c/o The Bromfords School; Grange Avenue; Wickford; Essex; SS12 0LZ

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