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Secondary School Teaching as a career

Secondary School Teaching as a career. Jonathan Boden Assistant Headteacher, St Mary’s College, Hull. Key areas. Typical day for a teacher Different routes into teaching PGCE School Direct (training programme) Teach First School Direct (salaried – for career changers only)

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Secondary School Teaching as a career

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  1. Secondary School Teaching as a career Jonathan Boden Assistant Headteacher, St Mary’s College, Hull

  2. Key areas • Typical day for a teacher • Different routes into teaching • PGCE • School Direct (training programme) • Teach First • School Direct (salaried – for career changers only) • Get into schools – school experience programme; open days; volunteering etc • Teachers’ pay • Career progression • Work/life balance • Good / bad points about teaching

  3. Basic entry requirements • At least Grade C at GCSE in English and Maths • Must have passed Skills tests (in numeracy and literacy) for teachers before starting teacher training • Must have at least a 2.2 degree in a subject closely related to the subject in which you wish to train

  4. Teach First • 2 year programme -> QTS, PGCE and completion of NQT Induction • Highly-competitive (only 1260 places this year) • You must have at least a 2.1 degree • Flexibility to work anywhere in England in a challenging school • Six week intensive summer school before starting • No training fee (Teach First is a charity) • In first year you are paid as an unqualified teacher (approx £15,700) and in the second year as a qualified teacher (approx £21,600)

  5. PGCE • 30% of time spent at university • Professional studies lectures • Essays& assignments at post-graduate level • Specialist subject seminars • Two school placements

  6. School Direct (training programme) • 1 year programme • Achieve QTS (and PGCE, in some cases) through a school-centred route. • Apply direct to the school (or consortium of schools) at which you wish to train. • Accredited by an HEI (Higher Education Institution)

  7. School Direct/PGCE: bursaries available for 2013-14 Other priority subjects = English, Geography, History, Greek, Latin, Music, Biology, Physical Education (ie. No bursaries available for subjects like Art, Business, Citizenship, Dance, D&T, Drama , Economics or Religious Education)

  8. The main pay teacher scale

  9. Career Progression There are TLR points (worth anything from an extra £2.5k to £12.5k available for extra responsibilities – Head of Department Head of Faculty Head of YearSENCO Key stage coordinator Etc.

  10. Good and Bad points of being a teacher • Constant variety • Making a difference • Helping young people progress • Intellectually stimulating • Great colleagues • Good holidays • Don’t need to live in London (unless you want to) • Stress • Work load – especially planning and marking (weekends / evenings) • Difficult to be ill • No let up • Public perception • Fixed term dates • Government interference • Ofsted-obsession

  11. A typical day in my school • 8.15 arrive. • 8.35 Staff briefing • 8.50-9.15 Registration • 9.15-12.30 Lessons (15 min breaktime) • 12.30-1.30 Lunch time • 1.30-3.30pm Lessons • 3.45-5.30pm Meetings / training / PPA • 6pm Get home (unless parents’ evening, open evening, school play / concert / dance show….)

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