Certificate in Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) In-service Cert Ed

Overview

This PCET course, taught at East Durham College, is for people who are already working as teachers or trainers in Further Education and want to advance their career by achieving the sector qualification for teaching in post-16 settings.

Further Education institutions need teachers with specialist subject knowledge who can teach people who want to explore subjects not typically offered in schools. This covers a wide range of subjects including construction, health and social care, engineering, plumbing, and automotive. On the course, you'll develop your knowledge of teaching and learning, and improve your own teaching skills.

Why us?

• Gain a qualification to teach subjects which aren't widely available in post-compulsory education
• Study part-time alongside your other commitments

Course structure

This PCET course is taught at East Durham College and you'll spend four hours a week there.

You'll also attend a summer conference at the University of Sunderland. The conference brings together full-time pre-service and part-time in-service student teachers to share their research into improving teaching and learning. This will be excellent preparation for your first year as a qualified teacher and an induction to a professional formation year.

Course modules

Core modules:

• Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (20 credits)
  • Explore the roles and responsibilities of being a practitioner in the Further Education sector.
  • Identify appropriate teaching and learning approaches in your subject specialist area and learn the basics of delivering inclusive and motivating sessions.
  • Focus on reflection, planning, curriculum intent, curriculum sequencing, and assessment theory.
• Developing Theories of Teaching Learning and Assessment in Post Compulsory Education and Training (20 credits)
  • Continue to develop your knowledge of teaching, learning, and assessment.
  • Gain a sound understanding of the principles related to Assessment for Learning and explore a range of strategies that you can use to support your learners' progress.
  • Explore classroom and behaviour management strategies in depth and refine your ability to create inclusive learning environments.
  • Critically interrogate key texts to enhance your subject knowledge, pedagogy, and awareness of your subject curriculum.
• Practical Teaching and Professional Development (20 credits)
  • Develop your ability to reflect upon and evaluate your own teaching and gain an introduction to the key principles that impact on how we teach and assess learners.
  • Demonstrate effective planning and management of learning through a series of professional observations and work with experienced subject specialist mentors to refine your craft.
  • Learn to justify and demonstrate your ability to develop, improve, and sequence the lessons you deliver in practice.
• Contextualising Policy and Curriculum in Post Compulsory Education and Training (20 credits)
  • Examine the wider policy context of education and training in the post-compulsory sector.
  • Investigate how current policy developments inform how you adapt your curriculum to ensure an inclusive and effective approach to teaching, learning, and assessment.
  • Study further the prior knowledge around theories of learning and investigate how your students learn by reviewing traditional educational theories and concepts, as well as explore thinking and discussions that are more contemporary, such as strategies to support memory.
• Enhancing Subject Specialist Learning through Innovation and Change (20 credits)
  • Explore the wider context of curriculum design, considering models of inclusive curriculum development, as well as the policy initiatives and key theories that have significantly influenced post-compulsory education and training.
  • Focus on collaborative approaches to evaluation and problem-solving to identify potential areas for innovation and change in teaching, learning, and assessment.
  • Investigate what is available in your own institution within this context, particularly for SEND.
  • Develop your own teaching practice to promote key skills in English and Maths and discover how technology can be used to enhance teaching and learning.
  • Research inclusive practice that will help you to implement a range of strategies in the field of inclusion.
• Advancing Subject Specialist Teaching and Professional Development (20 credits)
  • Reflect upon your approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment in your subject specialist area, as well as your journey as a student teacher, setting targets for future progression.
  • Demonstrate your ability to develop, improve, and sequence your lessons and further refine your knowledge and awareness of the wider curriculum as it applies to your subject specialism and professional practice.
  • Work collaboratively to investigate and improve an aspect of your subject curriculum and teaching practice.
  • Learn how to conduct research in a way that will allow you to judge the effectiveness of your teaching and take informed steps to implement a curriculum intervention you have developed.

Facilities

This course is taught at our partner colleges.

Entry requirements

We usually expect you to have the following:

• An HNC, an advanced NVQ Level 3/4, or Professional Qualifications
• Confirmation that you've secured 100 hours of teaching practice over the two-year course
• English language and maths GCSE at grade C or above or equivalent. If you've studied for a GCSE which has a numerical grade, you'll need to achieve a grade 4 or above
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• A completed medical pro forma (based on DFEE Circular 8/92).

Applicants must be able to declare that they can secure 50 hours of appropriate teaching each academic year (100 hours over the two-year course) in order to meet the requirement of the Certificate in Education and Training.

Applicants invited for an interview will be asked to complete a pre-interview written task, participate in a group activity, and complete a short in-house literacy assessment.

If English isn't your first language, please see our English language requirements.

Fees and finance

The annual fee for this course is £2,750.

Please note, this course isn't available to international students.

Career ready

When you graduate from this PCET course you will have a Certificate in Education. This qualification incorporates the Diploma in Education and Training (DET). You will be able to apply to the Society for Education and Training which provides the recognition route to Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status through their professional formation process.

Graduates of this PCET course now work in a variety of educational environments, including Further Education colleges, sixth form colleges, training organisations, and prison education.

Certificate in Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) In-service | The University of Sunderland

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Outline:

• Modules:
• Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (20 credits):
Explores the roles and responsibilities of being a practitioner in the Further Education sector. Identify appropriate teaching and learning approaches in your subject specialist area and learn the basics of delivering inclusive and motivating sessions. Focus on reflection, planning, curriculum intent, curriculum sequencing and assessment theory.
• Developing Theories of Teaching Learning and Assessment in Post Compulsory Education and Training (20 credits): Continues to develop your knowledge of teaching, learning and assessment.
Gain a sound understanding of the principles related to Assessment for Learning and explore a range of strategies that you can use to support your learners’ progress. Explore classroom and behaviour management strategies in depth and refine your ability to creative inclusive learning environments.
• Practical Teaching and Professional Development (20 credits): Develop your ability to reflect upon and evaluate your own teaching and gain an introduction to the key principles that impact on how we teach and assess learners.
Demonstrate effective planning and management of learning through a series of professional observations and work with experienced subject specialist mentors to refine your craft. Learn to justify and demonstrate your ability to develop, improve and sequence the lessons you deliver in practice.
• Contextualising Policy and Curriculum in Post Compulsory Education and Training (20 credits): Examines the wider policy context of education and training in the post compulsory sector.
Investigate how current policy developments inform how you adapt your curriculum to ensure an inclusive and effective approach to teaching, learning and assessment. Study further the prior knowledge around theories of learning and investigate how your students learn by reviewing traditional educational theories and concepts, as well as explore thinking and discussions that are more contemporary, such as strategies to support memory.
• Enhancing Subject Specialist Learning through Innovation and Change (20 credits): Explore the wider context of curriculum design, considering models of inclusive curriculum development, as well as the policy initiatives and key theories that have significantly influenced post compulsory education and training.
Focus on collaborative approaches to evaluation and problem solving to identify potential areas for innovation and change in teaching, learning and assessment. Investigate what is available in your own institution within this context, particularly for SEND. Develop your own teaching practice to promote key skills in English and Maths and discover how technology can be used to enhance teaching and learning. Research inclusive practice that will help you to implement a range of strategies in the field of inclusion.
• Advancing Subject Specialist Teaching and Professional Development (20 credits): Reflect upon your approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in your subject specialist area, as well as your journey as a student teacher, setting targets for future progression.
Demonstrate your ability to develop, improve and sequence your lessons and further refine your knowledge and awareness of the wider curriculum as it applies to your subject specialism and professional practice. Work collaboratively to investigate and improve an aspect of your subject curriculum and teaching practice. Learn how to conduct research in a way that will allow you to judge the effectiveness of your teaching and take informed steps to implement a curriculum intervention you have developed.

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Teaching:

• This course is taught at Bishop Auckland College, East Durham College, South Tyneside College, or Sunderland College.
• Students will spend four hours per week at their chosen college.
• Additionally, students will attend a summer conference at the University of Sunderland.

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Careers:

• Graduates will receive a Certificate in Education, which incorporates the Diploma in Education and Training (DET).
• This qualification allows graduates to apply to the Society for Education and Training for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status.
• Graduates of this program typically find work in a variety of educational environments, including Further Education colleges, sixth form colleges, training organizations, and prison education.

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Other:

• Applicants must be able to declare that they can secure 50 hours of appropriate teaching each academic year (100 hours over the two-year course) in order to meet the requirement of the Certificate in Education and Training.
• Applicants invited for an interview will be asked to complete a pre-interview written task, participate in a group activity, and complete a short in-house literacy assessment.
This program is NOT available to international students.

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