Primary PGCert

Webinar – Wednesday 17th July 2013 4pm

Dr Gwen Ineson – Course Leader

What others say…• ..the highly reflective, confident trainees who take every opportunity

to gain experience and develop their skills• ..the excellent support for trainees’ pastoral and professional needs• employable practitioners• a seamless approach between university and school-based training.• The Brunel teaching faculty are friendly, supportive and all are

experts in their fields• The support and encouragement from all the staff was outstanding.

If ever I had a problem I felt that any of the PGCE staff were there to help and assist me.

OfSTED Grade 1 – Outstanding

Masters level modules• Investigating Professional Practice• Learning, Teaching and Assessing the Primary

Curriculum• Curriculum enhancements

– Further science– PE– Special educational needs– Bilingualism, culture and identity– Mathematics– Assessment– Computer Science

Assessment• There are three formally assessed pieces of academic

work on this programme:– A 3,000 word critique on Behaviour for Learning– A poster presentation, showing the findings of an in-depth

case study research project– A presentation on how you have impacted on teaching and

learning through your curriculum enhancement

• Demonstration that you have met the Teachers’ Standards in two school settings (DfE)

Course Overview

Initial School Experience (2 weeks)Induction and IPP weeks

Subject StudySchool Experience - Foundation Phase (4 weeks)

Christmas

School Experience – Development Phase (7 weeks)

Subject studySchool Experience – Consolidation Phase (2 weeks)

Easter

School Experience – Consolidation Phase (9 weeks)

NQT preparation

Selection process – application (GTTR)

• Grade C or above in English, mathematics and science

• Undergraduate degree (classification – 2:1 or above)

• Experience of working in primary schools in the UK context

• Communication skills • Literacy and numeracy skills tests (see DfE)

Selection process – the interview• Recommendation from school• Documents checks • An introduction to the Primary PGCert• A written exercise and subject knowledge audit for

mathematics• A short presentation about your experience of

working in primary schools• A group interview involving a discussion about issues

in primary education with members of the Primary Partnership.

Questions???