Initial Teacher Training
Primary 2021/22
Taught at
Pen Green Research Base
by highly skilled and qualified
early years researchers and practitioners.
In collaboration with
The Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership
and Birmingham City University
Our vision is to inspire and challenge trainee
teachers to become reflective, innovative and
resilient practitioners.
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The Pen Green Teaching School works alongside an integrated Children’s Centre, an Early Years Provision, a Nursery School and a Research, Development and Training Base. Our Nursery School and Early Years provision have been consistently judged Outstanding by Ofsted; and in 2018 we were awarded ‘Overall School of the Year’ and ‘Early Years Provision of the Year’ by the Times Educational Supplement.
Our Initial Teacher Training programme is accredited by the Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership. Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership is the longest-running, most well-established primary
teacher training provider serving Milton Keynes and its surrounding areas, with 18 years’ experience in leading initial teacher training and have consistently provided the local area with high quality primary school teachers in that time.
Studying with Pen Green
Our programme provides the opportunity for trainees to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), with a focus on the 3-7 year age group. We offer both school direct salaried and school direct tuition fee funded routes.
Routes into Teacher Training
School Direct
Salaried
Trainees are employed at a school as an unqualified teacher during their training year. Salaried trainees are likely to have an existing position of employment at a school i.e. Higher Level Teaching Assistant or Teaching Assistant, or extensive experience at the school, with the school supporting the trainee as an unqualified teacher for their training year. Please note, there are no longer DFE grants for the Salaried route and the school will be liable for the training fee.
School Direct Tuition
Fee (Non-Salaried)
Trainees are based in a ‘home school’ during their training year. Pen Green ITT tutors arrange school placements with partnership schools. Tuition fee trainees are not employed at the school and are classified as full time students and may be eligible for student funding to support them during their training year.
PGCE
Trainees on both the school direct salaried and school direct tuition fee funded routes have the option to achieve the Postgraduate Certificate Education (PGCE) a Level 7 academic qualification, alongside their QTS. The PGCE is accredited by Birmingham City University (BCU).
Trainees undertake three academic assignments, worth 20 credits each, throughout the year.
BCU provide two days of teaching and a tutorial day for each assignment. The six teaching days take place at Fairfields Primary School, Milton Keynes, however this may be subject to change to ensure we comply with government guidance re: Covid-19.
School Based Training
Trainees are immersed in the school environment right from the outset. Every trainee is carefully matched to a class in their ‘home school’ for their training year, becoming a valued member of the school team. During the Spring Term, all trainees are given the opportunity to experience an alternative key stage in a different school, after which they return to their home school for the
remainder of the programme.
Every trainee is linked with a school based tutor (SBT), a mentor and guide for the year. The SBT will be based in the trainee’s home school. The SBT works closely with the trainee in school on a daily basis; carrying out lesson observations, setting training targets and helping to organise in-school training opportunities which will enhance and develop the trainee’s practice.
We provide the SBTs support and guidance for their roles during half-termly SBT meetings. All of the SBT Meetings are online via Microsoft Teams.
QTS Assessment
Overall judgements are made on the quality of sessions and lessons observations. SBTs and Pen Green tutors refer to set
criteria developed by the Partnership. This ensures consistency of judgement across the Partnership.
By the end of the programme, it is expected the trainees can fully demonstrate their abilities to plan an appropriate sequence of lessons across the full range of curriculum areas and sustain a satisfactory teaching standard over 80% of the teaching timetable. Trainees should prepare teaching resources, mark work and fulfil the main requirements of a classroom teacher, in readiness as a qualified teacher.
• Evidence Bundles (four in total) gathered across the training year • Final Assessment Interview
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Study Week Four: Teachers as
Researchers
Re-Connect
Knowledge of the World, History and Geography
Physical Development and PE A Research Evidence Approach to Teaching and Learning
Study Week Five: Teachers as
Innovators
Involving Parents Transitions Science RE Educational VisitsStudy Week One: Image of the
Learner
Underpinning Theories that inform Practice Child Studies
A Celebratory Approach to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Assessment
Schemas
Reading Histories Art and Design BlueSky
Study Week Two: Image of the
Reflective Teacher
School Visit: Formative Assessment through oral and written responses School Visit: The Creative Curriculum Computing
Science RE
Expressive Arts and Design
Study Week Three: Deepening the
Role of our Learning Community
Formative and Summative Assessment School Cultures
Alternative Provision
Modern Foreign Languages Multilingual Learners
Course Structure
The course is taught in study blocks giving an immersive learning experience. Guest speakers from our partner schools facilitate some of the teaching sessions, as well as visits to our
partner schools to see practice in action.
All applicants offered places on our programme will be expected to attend 5 pre-course induction days.
Entry Requirements
• A Bachelors’ Degree with Honours, or equivalent qualification (2.1 or above preferred but lower classes of degree may be accepted)
• GCSEs or equivalent qualifications at grade 4/C or above in English Language, Maths and at least one Science
We accept equivalency qualifications from
www.equivalencytesting.com and Edge Hill University
www.edgehill.ac.uk/study/equivalency/
If you have international qualifications these need to be verified as equivalent to UK qualifications by NARIC before applying for the programme. Visit NARIC (www.naric.org.uk/naric/)
Applicants need the following:
• GCSEs and BA Degree (Applicants invited to interview will need to provide original certificates)
• A full career history (CV) accounting for any gaps in employment • A Clear Criminal Record
• The right to train and/or work in the UK (Applicants invited to interview will need to provide an EU passport or appropriate VISA)
How to Apply
All applications are made via the UCAS Teacher Training portal at www.ucas.com. Applications that meet the programme entry requirements are then shortlisted for interview.
UCAS Course Codes:
3CT3 School Direct Tuition Fee QTS with PGCE (Early Years) 3CT4 School Direct Tuition Fee QTS only (Early Years)
3CT5 School Direct Salaried QTS with PGCE (Early Years) 3CT6 School Direct Salaried QTS only (Early Years)
Institution code - 2IP
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What our trainees say…
“The tutors are really knowledgeable and have expertly kept us on track throughout the week.”
“This week I have learned a lot about different values and ethos in teaching.”
“This week has been very relevant, helps to cover/fill in the gaps in knowledge. A good range of activities with an interesting school visit, time for reflective learning/active learning and coverage of different aspects of education: mainstream, SEND setting, and the creative curriculum.”
“During the week it was good to have an opportunity to research theorists and theory, the creative process worked very well for me.”
Initial Teacher Training (Primary)
In collaboration with
The Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership and
Birmingham City University
Qualifications
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
Training type
School Direct Tuition Fee School Direct Salaried PGCE
Length
1 year, full time
Location
Pen Green Research Development and Training Base, Corby, Northamptonshire
Attendance
Home School Placement Spring Term 6-week
Placement in an alternative Key Stage 5 Study Weeks Contact [email protected] 01536 443435 108 Rockingham Road Corby Northants NN17 1AG Overview
We believe in an Experiential Learning Approach, for trainees to process their experiences in school in relation to theory and research in order to deepen their pedagogical knowledge and understanding. Themes covered during the training year are: • A Learning Community
• Pedagogy
• Reflective Practice • Teacher Wellbeing
• Theory (Child Development, Cognitive, Behaviourism, Social Constructivism, Relational)
• Safeguarding
• A Teacher’s Legal Responsibilities
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) • Multilingual Childhoods
• Maths, Science, English, ICT, PE, Humanities, Creative Arts • Numeracy and Literacy
• Language and Phonics
• Involving Parents in their Children’s Learning • Formal Assessment Processes
Partner Schools
We engage with many schools in Northamptonshire and
surrounding counties, each with their own ethos, demographic, strengths and challenges. This enables trainees to achieve the greatest opportunity in their training and to learn from one
another’s experiences. We welcome schools we haven’t worked with before and are always delighted to expand our collaborative partnership. Each new partner school is visited prior to placing a trainee to ensure that they will approach the training year in a way that is consistent with Pen Green and Two Mile Ash ITT Partnership’s aims and expectations.
Study Dates
Induction Days 5th - 6th July and 16th – 18th August 2021
Study Week 1 13th – 17th September 2021
Study Week 2 15th – 19th November 2021
Study Week 3 24th – 28th January 2022
Study Week 4 14th – 18th March 2022
Study Week 5 25th – 29th April 2022
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