PGCE IN FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEVEL 7 (LEADING TO QTLS)

Modules 

60 credits at Level 6

• Developing Professional Practice in a Subject Specialism
• Teaching, learning and assessing
• Managing and Supporting Learner Behaviour and Inclusion (including SEND and SEMH)
• Pedagogical Approaches in Education: Learning Theories

The Level 6 modules aim for you to make explicit links between theory and practice in your subject specialist area.

60 credits at Level 7

• Developing Wider Professional Practice
• Curriculum Design in a Subject Specialist Area
• Pedagogical Approaches in Education: Digital Literacies
• Practice Based Action Research in a Subject Specialism

The Level 7 modules ensure an understanding of the wider context of the Further Education and Skills Sector (FESS) in which you work.

The qualification provides a route to Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status. Upon successful completion, individuals can gain QTLS via a process of professional formation via the Society for Education and Training (SET).

You will be provided support and guidance throughout the programme by your university tutor, a subject specialist mentor and a pastoral mentor.

Placement

Candidates will need to be teaching in a college or Further Education and Skills setting (prison, sixth form, adult education centre, healthcare or community organisation, the public services etc).

Over the two year programme, you will need to evidence a minimum of 150 hours teaching placement (100 hours of which needs to be in a subject specific area; 20 hours need to be online (synchronous) and 80 hours face-to-face). A second placement (20 hours) in a different context or department is also a requirement, although this does not need to be in a teaching role.

100 hours of additional responsibilities (such as attending team meetings, interviews, assessment meetings, peer observations etc) over the two years, also need to be evidenced.

A subject specialist mentor will support you in your workplace along with a mentor who will undertake pastoral duties.

Academic Entry Qualifications Overview

• An undergraduate degree at class 2:2 or above, or equivalent for the PGCE.
• A Level 3 in the Subject Specialism (PCE).
• A Level 2 in English and Maths. (We'll consider candidates with pending GCSEs).

We'll consider candidates who need to take a GCSE equivalency test in English or Maths.

Other requirements

All offers are subject to an occupational health check and Disclosure Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure Check.

Please contact us through the form below. After submitting a form we will contact you as soon as possible. We will delete your information one month after the beginning of the next academic year.