artemisia
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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Adeem wrote: |
Now I am nearing the end of QTS in England, I can tell you the difference.
A PGCE (not PGCEi) entails a 1 year course, starting off in university for about 4-5 weeks learning teaching theory, then doing a school placement, during which one day a week is spent back at university. You then have a theory break of a few weeks back at university, before commencing a second teaching placement. You finish these then do some coursework and bring your portfolio of evidence up to snuff to gain your PGCE.
QTS is when you actually become a proper teacher, as you complete it while working your first year as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) |
I'm confused by the above in bold and maybe that's because the regulations seem to be ever changing in England. When I worked there the situation was the following: initial teacher training through university involved getting the PGCE as outlined above. QTS certification amounted to this: passing the 3 skills online tests (literacy, numeracy and ICT).
As I understood it, you had to hold QTS before you could get a job as a newly qualified teacher (NQT). A PGCE was not enough. Has this changed? It is confusing because I've seen jobs advertised for teachers making a status distinction: NQT / QTS. However, as far as I know you still have to have QTS certification before you can be employed as a teacher in a state school in England (not the rest of the UK), unless you're qualifying through the school-based initial teacher training programme (SCITT).
Getting a job as an NQT means completing 3 terms of an induction programme, organised by your school, on a reduced teaching timetable. Successful completion of the induction means full teacher status. |
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