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University of Wales Trinity Saint David| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGCE | find out | find out | find out | 0 | 0 |
Key Features
Modules
Professional Accreditations
PGCE with QTS
Course Tutor(s)
Assessment
Module 01 Principles of teaching, learning and pedagogy in secondary education
Module 02 Skills across the curriculum
Module 03a or 03 Investigating issues in secondary education
Module 04a or 04 Curriculum development and enhancement
Professional Teaching Experience
Career Opportunities
The South West Wales Centre of Teacher Education has excellent graduate employment rates with 99% of graduates going into employment or further study (DLHE 14/15).
Many school and college departments, both locally and nationally, are staffed with several of our teachers and many of our trainees have gone on to forge successful teaching careers at strategic, professional and management levels at home and abroad.
Our PGCE graduates usually remain in close touch with us as they make their careers in the teaching profession and they often become Subject Mentors on the programme. This creates a very strong, sustainable professional network of teachers which is a rich source of continuing professional development.
Recently our PGCE History graduates have gone on to work as Secondary teachers in many independent and state schools in Wales, England and abroad including (but not limited) to: Ysgol Dewi Sant (Pembrokeshire), Ysgol Gyfun Ystalafera (Ystalafera), John Kyrle High School (Ross-on-wye), Saint David's Catholic College (Cardiff), Pencoed Comprehensive School, (Bridgend), Ash Manor School (Surrey), Ysgol Friars (Bangor), Amesbury School (Surrey) and Ormiston Chadwich Academy (Widness).
Further Information
If you are called to an interview you would need to undertake 30 minute Literacy and Numeracy tests and if you wanted to follow the course through the medium of Welsh, an additional Welsh Literacy test. You might also be asked to undertake: a presentation related to your subject area, group discussion, an extended writing exercise, a formal interview with a subject tutor and school mentor.
You would need to demonstrate a passion and enthusiasm for your subject.
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Entry Criteria
For the September 2015 entry you will need a B grade at GCSE in English and Mathematics and if you intend to follow your course through the medium of Welsh, a C grade in Welsh.
If you hold a C grade in GCSE English Language or Mathematics and are successful in other aspects of the selection process you will be given the opportunity to sit the equivalency test. If you are successful and you accept your place to study with us then you can start your programme as planned. Attendance at the workshops prior to the test is a compulsory part of the equivalency testing programme.
For further information please contact PGCE secondary admin: 01792 482111 at [email protected]
Good GCSE and A level qualifications related to your subject area are generally expected. The normal minimum entry requirement to the programme is a second class honours degree in one of the subject areas offered by the programme or in a strongly cognate discipline. A Level 'equivalent' qualifications such as Btec advanced will also be taken into account. Details of particular subject entry requirements can be obtained by contacting the tutors named below.
If accepted onto our course, you will be required to obtain a clear enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service - formerly known as CRB, Criminal Records Bureau) clearance check as soon as possible.
If you were called to interview, it would be advantageous if you gained some work experience at a secondary school in order that you begin to realise what it means to be a classroom teacher and understand the demands that would face you in your chosen career.
The PGCE Secondary programme has a well-established link with the CANTEACH programme that supports and facilitates Canadian graduates' application to the PGCE Secondary programme.
The usual entry requirement for this course is a good first History degree or Joint Honours degree in History. The course will also consider applications from those with degrees in related subjects such as Ancient History, Archaeology, International Relations or Politics, etc, where combined with a good grade in A-level history or substantial, relevant and broad historical experience and understanding can be demonstrated; Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) enhanced disclosure is required. The admissions process includes skills testing, delivery of a short teaching episode and an interview.
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