Teaching is an important and increasingly popular choice of career for all kinds of people. Whatever your circumstances – if you're still at school, about to graduate, or looking for a change of direction – there are more ways to enter the profession than ever before
Qualification requirements:
The subjects you study as a secondary student and as an undergraduate will make a big difference to your opportunities in the long term. Getting good basic qualifications is the first step towards achieving qualified teacher status. These basic requirements are needed to begin your course of initial teacher training (ITT) and gain qualified teacher status (QTS). Once achieved, a QTS qualification will enable you to teach at state-maintained schools across England and Wales.
Qulaification summary:
A GCSE in English...Grade C or above
A GCSE in mathematics...Grade C or above
A GCSE in a science subject if you want to teach primary or key stages 2/3...Grade C or above
A UK degree Pass
Training to become a teacher
To teach in a state-maintained school you will need qualified teacher status (QTS), achieved through completing initial teacher training (ITT) and demonstrating that you have met the required standards. The standards apply to all trainee teachers and allow ITT providers the autonomy to decide how they will organise their training and respond to individual trainees' needs. They do not represent a set programme for study.
What are the standards for QTS ?
The standards are a rigorous a set of statements formally setting out what a trainee teacher is expected to know, understand and be able do in order to be awarded qualified teacher status and succeed as an effective teacher.
Standards are organised under three inter-related categories:
Professional values and practice: Outline the attitudes and commitment expected of anyone qualifying to be a teacher – eg treating pupils and students consistently; communicating sensitively and effectively with parents and carers.
Knowledge and understanding: Require newly qualified teachers to be confident and authoritative in the subjects they teach, and to have a clear understanding of how all pupils should progress and what teachers should expect them to achieve.
Teaching: Relate to the skills involved in actually delivering lessons - eg planning, monitoring, assessment and class management. They are underpinned by the values and knowledge covered in the first two sections.
QTS skills tests:To achieve the QTS standards you will also need to pass skills tests in numeracy, literacy and information and communications technology ( ICT).
Register with the tda
They will send you:
Link https://www2.tdainfo.co.uk/register/WebRegistration
Supply agenecies
One of the best london based agencies is teachers direct recruitment ltd:
Their website reads
‘For Supply Teaching Jobs in London and the UK'
At teachers-direct, we provide both daily and long term supply teachers to fill teaching jobs in primary and secondary schools around the UK at the best possible daily rates. This is achieved by using the latest developments in information technology to match job seekers to teaching jobs offered by schools. This increases the efficiency of service and reduces overheads and hence improves the costs to schools whilst maximizing the payment received by our supply teachers. Unlike some agencies, our company is run by teachers for teachers and its primary aim is providing quality candidates to fill jobs at the best possible rates. We currently offer our supply teachers £145 per day while our charge to schools is £170 per day.
Link http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/teaching-jobs/index.aspx
