Early Years and Primary Teaching

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Early Years and Primary Teaching
Sarah Hosken Senior Lecturer Early Yeas
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Outline of Session

• Qualities and dispositions of teachers
• Rewards of teaching
• Routes into teaching
• Questions about courses offered at London
  Metropolitan University

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Essential qualities and dispositions

• Students need a commitment to
• Working with children and families
• Supporting all children to achieve their
  potential
• Working with children and families from different
  cultural, linguistic, social and ethnic
  backgrounds
• Collaborating with other key professionals
• Developing their own potential as a life-long
  learner

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Students to gain some experience
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Finding out more

• Visit a school or Childrens Centre
• The teaching information line (TIL) can arrange
  open school visits, or students may wish to
  arrange their own visit or volunteer in a school
  or Childrens Centre in their area
• TIL on 0845 6000 991

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Rewards of teaching

• 12 weeks holiday a year
• Opportunities for job-sharing and part-time work
• Generous occupational pension scheme with
  guaranteed benefits
• Newly qualified teachers (NQTs) start on a
  six-point pay scale and can move up the pay scale
  each year

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An Enjoyable Job

• Teachers say that they
• Enjoy working with children and families
• Enjoy helping children and families
• Gain a sense of achievement
• Appreciate feedback from children and families

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Teaching Careers

• A range of career progression possibilities
• Opportunities to develop talents

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Support for new teachers

• Induction Year
• Assigned mentor
• Support with behaviour management, organisation,
  lesson planning
• Weekly meetings on teaching and subject content

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Varied Career Routes

• Career progression
• Experienced teachers can apply for assessment
  against national standards and move on to the
  upper pay scale
• Opportunities to become key stage leaders,
  subject coordinators or advanced skills teachers
  (AST)

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Essential Qualifications

• Teaching is a graduate profession and for all
  routes students will also need the following
  GCSEs with grade C or above
• Mathematics
• English
• Science

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Finding the appropriate training route

• Undergraduate routes
• B.Ed
• BA/BSc with QTS
• Postgraduate routes
• Postgraduate certificate of education (PGCE)
• - university-led training
• - full-time, part-time or flexible
• - distance learning
• School-centred initial teacher training (SCITTs)
• - school-based training
• - full-time
• Graduate/registered teacher programme (GTP/RTP)
• - employed by school
• - full-time

All routes lead to qualified teacher status (QTS)
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Thank you for coming!

• Further information about routes into teaching at
  London Metropolitan University from
• Sarah Hosken
• BEd Early Years Teaching Course Leader
• 020 7133 4600
• s.hosken_at_londonmet.ac.uk