Program Overview

Course Overview

By studying for this award with the University of Cumbria, you will be joining an institution that can trace its roots in teacher education back to 1891 at Charlotte Mason’s House of Education at Ambleside and to 1964 at St Martin’s College at Lancaster. We are proud of this heritage, and proud that we continue to make a significant contribution to teacher education. Your programme will help you to build your theoretical understanding of the complexity of teaching and learning, whilst at the same time help you to develop your practical professional skills in classroom settings. You will find a significant focus within the course that is devoted to the interplay between theory and practice, and we hope that you will recognise how this combination will contribute to helping you become the best teacher you can be.

On this course you will...

• Develop as a pivotal professional in children and young people’s lives who inspires and enables all to learn and progress in your specialist phase and/or subject.
• Develop a well-defined teacher identity that enables you to make evidence-informed decisions in the best interest of children and young people, working as part of a professional team and autonomously.
• Take responsibility for your own learning, building the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be an effective teacher rooted in a commitment to professional development and scholarly study.
• Grow with flexibility and resilience, adapting to the needs of children and young people as well as the tensions of the profession.
• Effectively challenge and dismantle disadvantage, empowering children, and young people through the teaching of your specialist phase and/or subject.

Key Details

• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Online
• Institute: Institute of Education, Arts and Society
• Delivery Style: Online
• Course Duration: Full-time: 3 Years
• Course Start Point: September
• Award: Apprenticeship

Course Structure

What you will learn

You will be learning continuously on your apprenticeship and will have three formal placements where you will enact the learning that you have done up to that point. You will be supported by a mentor on placement who will help you to set targets that build on your prior learning in relation to your performance on placement.

Modules use formative and summative assessment so that your progress can be evaluated in a structured and constructive way. Formative assessments are designed so that feedback can be provided prior to the submission of the final, summative assessment.

When you are on placement, you will be assessed against Staged Expectations. These are milestones in your learning which relate to everything you have learned prior to the placement starting. On your final placement, you will be assessed against the Teachers’ Standards. You can expect to be involved in this process with your mentor, who will help you to set developmental targets on a weekly basis during your placements. This will help you to build your ability to self-assess and be an active agent in your professional development. A teacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct throughout their career.

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

As a student at the University of Cumbria, you are part of an inclusive learning community that recognises diversity. You will have opportunities to learn by interacting with others in a collegiate, facilitative, and dynamic learning environment.

You will have access to our VLE (Virtual Learning Environment), Blackboard, which has a course area with details of the course, as well as module areas for each module that you study. These contain learning materials, links to relevant external sources and key information about the module. They are also the place where you will submit your assignments and get feedback on them. All our modules are supported by electronic reading lists which are based on resources which are available electronically wherever possible. We recognise just how busy and demanding completing a degree Apprenticeship with QTS is, and for this reason we aspire to offer learning opportunities which are engaging and interactive.

How you will be assessed

End Point Assessment starts when the University of Cumbria University Progression and Awards Board confirms your BA (Hons) and finishes the when the Department of Education awards QTS. You are not required to carry out any additional assessments.

Overview

• 112 UCAS Tariff Points.
• Enhanced criminal background check (Disclosure and Barring Service) and Fitness to train via a medical are required.

Qualifications

Entry Requirements

• GCSEs: GCSE English Language or Literature, Maths and Science at C/4 or above, equivalents from equivalency.com and A*Teachers are also acceptable
• A-levels: BBC
• T-levels: M. All subjects accepted, however we recommend T level Education and Childcare for entry to this course.
• Access to HE: 21 Credits at Distinction & 24 at Merit m (or any other combination to 112 UCAS Tariff Points).
• CACHE Technical Level 3 and Level 3 Extended Diploma: B
• OCR Cambridge Technical & Edexcel/Pearson BTEC Level 3 (National) Extended Diploma: DMM
• Scottish Highers: BBBB
• Other experience: Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship (Level 3): Pass NVQ3 (pre-2014): Pass

Contextual Admissions

n/a for apprenticeships