Gtp

[SuperMikey]

Anyone do this qualification for teaching after their degree? Sounds like a good idea to me, earning your qualified teacher status whilst working full-time in a classroom and being paid on top of that. If anyone did this, did you have a placement at any secondary schools in the local area that you know are open to applications from those on the GTP scheme?

 

Thanks!

[View From The Top]

I know folk who have done it, I know folk who are doing it and I've been the mentor for folk on it.

 

Competition for places are fierce for the non maths/science positions, or at least it's like that up here.

[SuperMikey]

The GTP scheme at Uni Southampton has 4 applicants to a place, I would be doing it for R.E. which I should imagine would be less in-demand than other subjects.

[View From The Top]

Good luck getting a job with that topic.

[SuperMikey]

Mmm, that is one of the drawbacks to this hare-brained scheme of mine.

[StDunko]

I did the GTP, through Reading University. I had a placement at a school in Emsworth.

 

I thought it was a pretty good course and the on the job training really helped, but a lot depends upon how good your mentor is. (I was very lucky to have a good mentor and a well behaved class to work with). I would recommend the GTP especially (if like I did) you must have an income whilst you study.

 

Unfortunately I wanted to teach secondary Maths, but I wasn't allowed to do this as my degree was in Science. I would have do a year's unpaid training before the GTP to convert if I wanted to do Maths, I had no money to support myself at the time so in the end I did key stage 2 primary instead (Year 6).

 

There is a lot of hard work in your first year with your log book, lesson planning and marking. I did find it tough going at times.

 

In the end I didn't feel teaching was right for me and I now work in Environmental Health, but that had nothing to do with the GTP course.

[SuperMikey]

Thanks for your response mate, appreciate that. It's a route that i'm exploring at the moment, just trying to get some sort of a rough plan together for after I graduate.

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

Anyone do this qualification for teaching after their degree? Sounds like a good idea to me, earning your qualified teacher status whilst working full-time in a classroom and being paid on top of that. If anyone did this, did you have a placement at any secondary schools in the local area that you know are open to applications from those on the GTP scheme?

 

Thanks!

 

I would do the ITT rather than the GTP. Although you don't receive a bursary any more you are awarded a PGCE and QTS rather than just QTS.

[StDunko]

I would do the ITT rather than the GTP. Although you don't receive a bursary any more you are awarded a PGCE and QTS rather than just QTS.

 

Yep, one thing to note is that the GTP is not recognised everywhere. Had a friend that did it, worked as a teacher very sucessfully here in England for several years, moved to Australia and the GTP is not recognised there, hence the end of his teaching career.

[View From The Top]

The GTP is ideal for people working in schools, such as HLTAs if they then want to get QTS.

 

For youngsters, do ITT.

[SuperMikey]

Yep, one thing to note is that the GTP is not recognised everywhere. Had a friend that did it, worked as a teacher very sucessfully here in England for several years, moved to Australia and the GTP is not recognised there, hence the end of his teaching career.

 

This could be a problem, I am planning on moving to Canada in the next 8-10 years and I think an easy way of getting a visa etc would be having QTS.

[Ken Tone]

This could be a problem, I am planning on moving to Canada in the next 8-10 years and I think an easy way of getting a visa etc would be having QTS.

 

I think it could indeed be a problem. UK degree + pgce is pretty well accepted in most countries but GTP is a bit more dodgy. Fine for the UK itself. The rationale, whether ones agrees or not , is that a B.Ed or pgce has academic rigour in pedagogy but that GTP is just 'learning by sitting next to Nellie'. That is a bit unfair IMO, because some GTPs can be excellent and some pgces can be pretty rubbish, but it is the perception nonetheless.

 

You might want to explore the option of an open university pgce whilst working full-time or almost full-time instead of the GTP as such, especially if you have good degree. But I'd check with the Canadian embassy first.