Job Centre Plus - Qualified Teaching
Qualified Teaching
(Primary, Secondary, College, University)
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teaching jobs, schools, college, university, lecturing)
What more of a thrill could one achieve, than to teach younger and older people about valuable information that you have aquired over the years...
To pass on information to children, school leavers and/or people who are old enough and still want to achieve or grasp knowledge in a certain area, and you could be the one providing that knowledge.
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To become a teacher you first need to achieve qualified
teacher status (QTS) by completing a course in the theory and
practice of teaching.
Qualified teacher status (QTS) is the accreditation that enables you to teach in state-maintained and special schools in England and Wales.
Who Needs QTS?
Anyone who wants to teach in a state-maintained school either in England or Wales needs to gain qualified teacher status (QTS). To achieve this award, you need to complete a period of initial teacher training (ITT), which will enable you to meet the professional standards for QTS; a formal set of skills and qualities required to be an effective teacher. These skills include your Professional Attributes, Professional Knowledge and Understanding and what Professional Skills you have achieved and can work with.
To achieve the QTS standards you will also need to pass skills tests in numeracy, literacy and information and communications technology.
How do you get QTS?
There are a number of different forms of ITT, and many more individual courses which are available to you. You can complete your training at undergraduate or postgraduate level, and even take an employment-based path.
What if you are already an experienced teacher?
You may already have been teaching for some time; in the independent sector, or as an overseas teacher. Regardless of experience, you will still need QTS before you can teach as a qualified teacher in a state-maintained, or special school inside England and Wales.
Registering with the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE)
The GTCE is the independent professional and regulatory body for teaching in England. Most qualified teachers working in the maintained or ‘state’ sector are required to be registered with the GTCE. There are currently over 500,000 teachers registered with the GTCE.
Proposed changes to regulations mean that from September 2008, anyone starting a course of initial teacher training (ITT) in England, leading to qualified teacher status will need to be provisionally registered with the GTCE.
If you are starting a course of ITT in Wales from September 2008, you will not be required to provisionally register with the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW).
You can find out more about provisional registration, including suitability requirements on the GTCE website (http://www.gtce.org.uk/registration/provisional/).
You can also contact the GTCE directly.
The General Teaching Council for England
Teachers’ Qualifications Team
Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham
B2 4AJ
Telephone: 0121 3450140
E-mail: provreg@gtce.org.uk
