Introduction

Teaching is an important and increasingly popular choice of career for all kinds of people.

Whatever your circumstances; if you're about to graduate, or looking for a change of direction there are more ways to enter the profession than ever before.

To ensure teaching is the right career choice for you, it makes sense to get some classroom experience.

Training providers want to know that you have the skills and motivation to teach, and you will usually be expected to have experience of working with children of the relevant age, preferably in a school environment.

 

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Teaching and Education

The teaching and education sector provides opportunities for teaching and non-teaching staff in schools, further and higher education, and in non-school settings, such as hospitals and prisons in the UK. There are also openings worldwide for English language teachers (ELT).

Education & training

What type of School should I teach in?

There is no such thing as a typical school. The kind of school you choose to work in will make a significant difference to the kind of experiences you will face as a teacher.

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• Your placement
• Do I have the qualifications to be a teacher?
• Teacher Training
• Postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE)
• School-centred initial teacher training

Job Roles

How to get your first teaching job

Wanda Marshall from educate.org.uk tells you what to expect from your first teach-related interview.

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• Teaching in FE
• Secondary school teacher
• Primary school teacher
• Higher education lecturer
• Nursery teacher

Other Articles

Now that you have gained you QTS

First of all, congratulations on successfully completing your teacher training and gaining Qualified Teaching Status (QTS). There is no doubt that you will have worked long and hard to have achieved this.

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• What financial support is available for teachers?

Careers in Teaching Related Course Profiles

Course Profile

Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

The London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS), Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT).

Course Profile

PGCE Secondary Teacher Training

PGCE Secondary Teacher Training - Train to be a secondary school teacher through the Gloucestershire Initial Teacher Education Partnership (GITEP) . We are an exciting partnership between the Gloucestershire Association of Secondary Headteachers and the University of Gloucestershire School of education. We are creating and educating new leaders and teachers today for educating students and young people in Gloucestershire schools

Professional Bodies Profile

Association of Teachers and Lecturers

ATL recognises the link between education policy and our members conditions of employment. Our evidence-based policy making enables us to campaign and negotiate from a position of strength. We champion good practice and achieve better working lives for our members.

Course Profile

West Midlands Consortium PGCE & GTP

The West Midlands Consortium is based at the highly successful Thomas Telford School in Telford and linked to 30 schools across the West Midlands. The consortium consists of a diverse range of schools including a City Technology College, City Academies, LEA maintained, Foundation schools and an independent College. The majority of West Midlands Consortium Schools are Specialist Schools including:

Course Profile

School of Teaching, Health and Care

See Bradford, see the world! West Yorkshire has a long tradition of pioneering in education and Bradford College continues that work. The McMillan School of Teaching, Health & Care bears the name of one of those pioneers who was concerned about the total well-being of children - before Every Child Matters was a Government policy! Twenty-first century Bradford has multicultural, multilingua

Careers in Teaching Related Career Profiles

Graduate Employers

Expand your horizons, invest in your future

"If you've done Raleigh, you've actually acquired and honed a lot of the skills that you need in the workplace, in terms of leadership, management, project delivery...it's a pretty phenomenal thing." Richard Reed, Co-founder, Innocent Drinks

Graduate Profiles

NQT Teaching

Essex welcomes well qualified, enthusiastic and committed teachers working in all phases of education to join our dedicated teaching force of 10,000 teachers. We recognise the value of, and seek to achieve a diverse workforce which includes people from different backgrounds, with different skills and abilities