Pattern of attendance

You will spend 195 days on the course with at least 100 days in school. In the first term you will have a school placement in the age range of your choice; in term 2 you will have a school placement in a consecutive age range in a second school and in the third term you will return to your first school.

Distinctive Features

• Our course offers content particularly relevant to the schools and the communities in which we work. We offer a specific study of inclusion, for example children with special educational needs, working with children for whom English is an additional language and refugee and asylum seekers.
• There is a clear link between subject knowledge, pedagogy and pupil learning in both centre and school based study. Centre based study is enhanced by activities set in school based studies through tasks and assignments.
• We actively seek to recruit from the local community- offering opport2">Through the local authority “Men into Primary” initiative we seek to recruit men onto our course.
• We run taster days for members of the community to access information; offer teaching assistant posts to provide school experience to support an application and/or prior to starting on the PGCE; placements to provide necessary classroom experience prior to beginning PGCE.
• We award additional 30 M Level credits to all trainees who meet the required assessment criteria

Programme Detail

The programme focuses on the acquisition of personal and professional skills and attitudes and a sound basis of subject knowledge linked with the commitment to professional development. It attempts realistic levels of expectation for you in your training but seeks also to establish a basis for a successful continued career in the profession. The programme is pressurised but so is teaching.

The Programme is modular in structure and includes the following components;

Inclusion

This module focuses on equipping trainee teachers with both the knowledge and practical skills necessary to teach pupils from the diverse populations within Newham. This module also addresses issues relating to SEN within the context of teaching in Newham. Trainees will learn all aspects involved in teaching pupils with SEN and how best to meet their needs.As part of the assessment for this module trainees have the option to submit work for assessment at M level in order to gain an additional 30 M Level credits.

The Learning Profile

This module ensures trainees are provided with the information to which they are entitled and helps them to makes sense of the learning context. This module supports trainees effective learners.

Teaching and Learning in the Early Years

This module enables trainees to recognise the importance of early years education and the implications of good early years practice for later learning.

Core Subjects

This module focuses on the development of teaching skills in the core subjects; Maths, English and Science and ICT, related to the social context of teaching in Newham.

Trainees will learn about all the aspects involved in the teaching of these core subject areas and ICT, focussing on attitude, motivation and dispositions for learning.

Trainees will gain an awareness of the needs of pupils in the core subjects and ICT and the skills to plan, teach and assess in these areas in order to facilitate the development of learning for our children.

Foundation Subjects

This module covers the Foundation Subjects of the National Curriculum, Religious Education, Personal Health and Social Education (PHSE)/Citizenship. Trainee teachers will gain an understanding of the separate subjects and how these may be integrated in cross-curricular teaching and learning programmes in Key Stages 1&2 to make the curriculum creative and enjoyable.
The relevant early learning stages of the Foundation Stage Curriculum are be included.

Teaching and Classroom Management

This module focuses on the development of teaching skills in social and emotional behaviours and class management as related to the social context of Newham. Trainees will learn how to promote behaviour for learning across a range of school contexts through developing an understanding of how behaviour develops; strategies for promoting positive behaviour including attitudes and dispositions, and overcoming barriers to learning
Trainees will develop strategies for assessing and evaluating pupil’s behaviour and social and emotional needs in order to provide appropriate interventions and learning opportunities to facilitate pupil development and learning.

Teaching and Learning

This module focuses on development of knowledge and practical skills that will ensure that trainees become effective teachers who are creative, innovative and reflective practitioners who enable successful learning to take place.
Trainees will learn about the strategies that underpin successful teaching and learning across the Key Stages including planning, teaching strategies, assessment, record keeping and teaching and learning styles.

Serial and Block Practices

This module enables the trainees to progress towards the achievement of the standards of Qualified Teacher Status (2007).
It enables close integration of the content of the centre-based study to teaching in schools.
It enables trainees to be reflective of their observations and own teaching in the school setting.

What we can offer you

The course is largely taught at the lead school (Colegrave Primary School) where there are two dedicated training rooms. The Training rooms have interactive white boards and laptops for each trainee to use during centre based studies.
All resources needed for effective classroom practice are available within the lead school including opportunities to work with children from the lead school during centre based training.

We have library facilities at the local Stratford library and access to online library catalogues held by our validating university of Roehampton.
We have a dedicated team of module leaders based at the lead school who are available to give you support in areas such as subjects knowledge, classroom management and assignments.
Our team of professional tutors will support you in schools and regularly liaise with course management.
Our school based tutors model effective practice and provide 1:1 support during your school-based study. Many of these tutors themselves have been trainee teachers on our course!

You will be in a school environment for all aspects of your training.