Program Overview

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Introduction

Applying

Students applying for the SCITT programmes must apply through the Teacher Training application form found on UCAS.

Please visit http://www.nett.org.uk/ for more information.

The NETT (Primary) programme combines the very best of school-centred and academic training to produce confident and competent Newly Qualified Teachers.  The course specialises in Early Years education (3-7 years) and Primary (5-11 years).  On successful completion of the course all Trainees will gain QTS and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).  The course offers a range of opportunities to work within a school environment and be part of the school community.

Course Aims

NETT (Primary) works with schools across North East Essex and South Suffolk. Placement schools cover a wide area including Colchester and the surrounding district as well as the Harwich and Clacton districts. We also work with a small number of schools in the Ipswich area.

The majority of the training takes place at the Tendring Education Centre in Clacton. The course aims to prepare trainee teachers to teach across the 3-11 age range in one of two specialist areas. Trainees engage in a reflective and practice based programme of training in two different placement schools in order to demonstrate that they have met the Teachers Standards for the award of QTS (Qualified Teacher Status). The course also aims to engage Trainees in the application of educational theory and current research as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) award.

Tutorial and Study Support

Trainees are supported throughout the course, by school-based Mentors and Subject Advisors. They also have a Training Manager who supports them throughout the year in both their placement schools. There is also ongoing daily support from the Programme Manager and Course Directors who are based at NETT.

Employment Prospects

This programme has a 100% record of employment, with most trainees gaining employment in local schools in Essex and Suffolk.

Applying

Students applying for the SCITT programmes must apply through the Teacher Training application form found on

UCAS

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Howard Lay's Top 5 Tips

Howard Lay, Executive Principal of Samuel Ward Academy and Chief Executive of the Samuel Award Academy Trust, was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the 2014 Graduation Ceremony for the Department of Children, Young People and Education. During his speech, Howard shared his top 5 tips for graduates:

Listen to advice but trust your gut. Your goal is to become an authentic teacher. By all means steal ideas but be sure that they align and resonate with your core beliefs. Trust you inner voice.

Don t wear your really cool clothes at school. Have comfortable clothes with pockets, which do not reveal attractive or unattractive flesh, and are impervious to all bodily fluids, and getting snagged on pencil sharpeners.

You are the adult in the room. Don t get into power struggles with students, where you feel the need to come out ahead by cracking down. Remind yourself: you have already won you are the teacher. You can be magnanimous, decide on the outcome to benefit all kids, rather than gratifying your ever present sense of control

The most important people to get on side are the secretary, the kitchen staff and the caretaker. Make cleaning up at the end of the day a habit out of respect for the cleaner. Its good karma and means that he or she will hustle to your room when someone throws up.

Expect to make hideous mistakes. Expect crushing disappointments. Expect to feel like quitting, at least a dozen times. Expect to anticipate holidays with pathetic longing. And know that experienced teachers experience these things too.

You can watch Howard s full speech at the 2014 Graduation Ceremony below: