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Hi guys,

please be brutally honest.... if you were in the position of applying to do your PGCE again, would you still do it?

Reply 2901

lantan

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Original post by finalyearstress

Hi guys,

please be brutally honest.... if you were in the position of applying to do your PGCE again, would you still do it?

Yep!

Reply 2902

tory88

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Original post by finalyearstress

Hi guys,

please be brutally honest.... if you were in the position of applying to do your PGCE again, would you still do it?

Without a doubt. The job is incredibly demanding, but equally as rewarding. I know I would be bored in any other line of work, but in teaching there's rarely a dull moment (except book marking, which thankfully appears to be slowly moving out of fashion).

Reply 2903

beanbrain

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Original post by finalyearstress

Hi guys,

please be brutally honest.... if you were in the position of applying to do your PGCE again, would you still do it?

Yep!

Reply 2904

1secondsofvamps

22

Hi everyone,
Im not an NQT but I am hoping to become a primary school teacher. I know i want to do a PGCE (Foundation/KS1) but at the moment I am having trouble deciding what degree I should take. Do you think it would be better for me to do BA Primary Education Studies or BA Early Childhood Studies?

Reply 2905

LittleRed

10

I'm not sure if I've ever posted here before or not, but I just wanted to get a bit of feedback from other NQTs really (particularly those teaching English).

I'm just wondering, on average, how long it takes you guys to plan lessons and mark books? I know I'm not working as 'smartly' as I probably need to be doing to survive, so I just wanted to gage how long people are spending on these things to give myself a time frame to aim for really.

Thanks in advance for the help :smile:

Reply 2906

lascelles

15

Original post by 1secondsofvamps

Hi everyone,
Im not an NQT but I am hoping to become a primary school teacher. I know i want to do a PGCE (Foundation/KS1) but at the moment I am having trouble deciding what degree I should take. Do you think it would be better for me to do BA Primary Education Studies or BA Early Childhood Studies?

Hi! I know this is really late, but I did primary Ed with QTS as my degree and couldn't recommend it enough! I know my uni offered a specialism in Early Years as well, if you know that's you're preferred age group. If you go down this path, you wouldn't need to do a PGCE.

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Reply 2907

beanbrain

6

So, I'm not a fan of lesson observations - as I can imagine many of you understand. I get quite worried and nervous about them, even though they have been a regular part of teaching since the beginning of my training. They don't tend to go badly for me, and I'm capable of being reflective enough that, should anything be less than desirable in the lesson, I know what it is and have some idea of what I could do differently next time. While I dislike the observations, they are not problematic.

However, as much as I am quite looking forward to not having the observations next year, I'm also worried about not having them! In the sense that, with them goes with the support that I get at the moment from my mentor... I'm kind of scared that, as soon as the NQT year is over, all the friendliness and support will go with it.

Does anyone feel like that? Or understand, at least??

Reply 2908

tory88

18

Original post by beanbrain

So, I'm not a fan of lesson observations - as I can imagine many of you understand. I get quite worried and nervous about them, even though they have been a regular part of teaching since the beginning of my training. They don't tend to go badly for me, and I'm capable of being reflective enough that, should anything be less than desirable in the lesson, I know what it is and have some idea of what I could do differently next time. While I dislike the observations, they are not problematic.

However, as much as I am quite looking forward to not having the observations next year, I'm also worried about not having them! In the sense that, with them goes with the support that I get at the moment from my mentor... I'm kind of scared that, as soon as the NQT year is over, all the friendliness and support will go with it.

Does anyone feel like that? Or understand, at least??

I can understand - it's like losing a safety net and being that little but more on your own. Likely, it will fade over time and not really ever be an issue. However, if you ever want someone to observe you informally (or even formally if that's your thing), all you likely have to do is ask. Experienced teachers are usually very happy to share their hard-earned tricks, and it would be a very poor head of department who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to help develop a member of staff.

Reply 2909

tay86

Are there any international students doing NQT year in primary schools? I am curious!!! Becuase I am a bit concerned, there will be not enough schools eager to sponsor my visa during NQT year. Anybody knows about this? Please help me~~

Reply 2910

ParadoxSocks

22

Original post by beanbrain

So, I'm not a fan of lesson observations - as I can imagine many of you understand. I get quite worried and nervous about them, even though they have been a regular part of teaching since the beginning of my training. They don't tend to go badly for me, and I'm capable of being reflective enough that, should anything be less than desirable in the lesson, I know what it is and have some idea of what I could do differently next time. While I dislike the observations, they are not problematic.

However, as much as I am quite looking forward to not having the observations next year, I'm also worried about not having them! In the sense that, with them goes with the support that I get at the moment from my mentor... I'm kind of scared that, as soon as the NQT year is over, all the friendliness and support will go with it.

Does anyone feel like that? Or understand, at least??

Some schools offer an RQT programme where that support continues. RQT teachers are paired and have a project to focus on together that they share with the rest of the group every term. You'll also have performance management and in the right sort of school that's extremely similar to the observation and target setting that you're currently used to.

I also have a pair of teaching and learning mentors who have time out of timetable to support anyone who asks for either support or that bit of a push that could make you brilliant without the added stress.

Reply 2911

Findlay6

19

Original post by finalyearstress

Hi guys,

please be brutally honest.... if you were in the position of applying to do your PGCE again, would you still do it?

Yes! I enjoyed my PGCE year. It's not as hard at this forum makes it to be.

Reply 2912

maryamdee

1

Hello,

I am a student at the University College, London (UCL) doing my masters in The Psychology of Education at the Institute of Education. I am conducting a study focusing on analysing how teachers and teacher trainee’s respond to pupil interaction in the school environment. This will involve participants answering a few questions based on hypothetical scenarios centered around pupil interaction in the school environment. This study will be able to provide more insight into how teachers and trainees would likely respond to student’s interactions and in turn inform teaching practices for a more effective school environment. This area of research is fairly new and could bring certain practices into light that could help strengthen teacher-student relationships Participation in this study is completely voluntary and participants can withdraw from the study at any given time during the course of the study and after. Data collected from this study will be completely anonymous and will not be shared beyond myself and my supervisor . The study will involve answering an online questionnaire and should take no more than 25 mins. If you would like to take part in this study, pls send me a message and I would be happy to send you the link to the online questionnaire.

Thank you

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