Design & Technology 11-19
This GUTP course prepares trainees to teach Design & Technology across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Design & Technology typically includes food, product design, textiles, systems and control and more. The course is carefully tailored to meet the Teachers’ Standards and will include training on:
- The Design & Technology curriculum
- Lesson planning and teaching strategies
- Classroom management
- Ensuring pupil progress
- Applying assessment criteria in Design & Technology
- Dealing with misconceptions
- ICT as a learning and a teaching resource
Training for each subject is undertaken through a number of twilight sessions and subject training days held in the carious schools throughout the academic year during the working week.
Support during the course:
The Design & Technology PGCE is co-ordinated and managed by an experienced teacher from one of our partner schools ensuring that your training is up-to-date and relevant to schools. This ensures the best start in your teaching career. You will also have a dedicated School Based Tutor on both your school placements and a dedicated Link Director. These key staff are there to support and guide you through the course and into your ECT (early career teaching) years.
Entry requirements:
Potential Associate Teachers will need a relevant degree and grade C or above in GCSE Maths and English (this would equate to a grade 4 or above for the new GCSE). Relevant experience working in the field of computing may also be considered.
Pre-course reading:
Exam boards used by the schools in which Associate Teachers train include AQA, Edexcel and OCR. . Click on the links below to access these sites.