Teach First 2015 (2014/15 cohort)

I got the offer !! Thanks for all your help! Now to start the cka and qts!

Hi, I've got my assessment centre on thursday and wondered if anyone had any advice on the lesson part of the day?
Am I supposed to teach for the whole 7 minutes or should I just teach a little bit and then set a task like a worksheet for the majority of the time?
I'm a bit confused about the whole thing

Well done! How did you find the day? I did my CKA the other day, its a bit challenging but I think its ok if you do it in bits. Passed my English professional skills tests last week got the Maths one at the end of the month! Dreading it

Yeah the day was not bad! Hated the on he spot questions at the end of the case study though! And yeah the cka looks ok, I've read through it but not started yet and ok thinking about how much reading I should do about the curriculum for it. Well done on passing the literacy! I've booked mine both for the 20tj of November, I seriously can't do he numeracy really panicking

Do they ask for references at the end of the application form or at a later date?Got my academic one fine but struggling for another. I've had quite a few jobs but they were over a year ago and management was quite a quick turn around so I have no idea where I'dbe able to get hold of him!

They ask once you've been given an offer. They only ask for one, an academic one if your still at uni or left within a specific time frame (Think it might be three years), after that its from your manager etc. You have to send them the details of your reference then they contact them and have to provide the reference within two weeks otherwise you have to put forward another reference

Yeah I found the self-evaluation bits of the day the trickiest. I just read through the bits of the curriculum which looked relevant but not sure if that 100% right because I haven't had my CKA back yet. Thank you Good luck for you too! Don't know if you know but they've taken the punctuation section out of the Literacy test, until the beginning of December I think. Yeah I really am struggling with the numeracy :/ got an extension till the end of November so really need to book it but I'm terrified! I've always been a bit more rubbish at it. So hard when got so much stuff due in for uni atm too!

That's exactly how i feel, so much uni work and gota do this too, feeling a bit stressed! was it hard to get an extention and how did you do that? if i am not feeling confident by middle of november i might ask for one! oh they took it out? how come? thats good i suppose. I read its pretty hard to fail a CKA so i hope that true

Yeah I know it's horrible! I'm so behind on everything but will catch up eventually I'm sure! What university are you at? I just emailed recruitment and explained about my workload and everything and got an extension from the middle of November till the end. Yeah I think it is, I think if there's any problems they mainly send it back to you for changes, I've done two CKA's one for primary and early years, their both pretty similar though. Whats region are you hoping for?

Oh right, cool thanks! I go to uni at Nottingham what about you ?
I chose 1) east mids (cos of Nottingham) 2) London (closer to home) and 3) West Midlands .., what about you

I got an offer on Wednesday, just wondering whether there is any way that they would defer the offer for a year?

Hey, congratulations! Yes I'm pretty sure you can defer. You'd probably need to email recruitment or maybe speak to your graduate recruiter?

Hi everyone,

I've been accepted for English for the 2015 cohort (finally had my CKA accepted so fully enrolled) but I am really anxious about where I might be placed... so I was thinking I might apply for School Direct salaried in an area close to where I am now. Does anyone know if once you've accepted the TF offer you can still do this? Or any advice about the regions TF gives you?

Sorry if this sounds selfish but I really want to be a teacher and have lots of school experience so it's hard to make a decision about which path to take!

Hi! I'm in exactly the same situation, I've done lots of work experience and want to be a teacher so much but can't really move out of the South East! I have been told that you cannot apply for another route once you have accepted a place on TF. But I've also been told that you should know your region by January, maybe sooner for you if you're CKA has already been accepted? Therefore, if you find out in January you would probably still have time to apply for another route.