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As a secondary education teaching professional, often called a secondary school teacher, your passion and knowledge in a certain subject will allow you to inspire students and educate them for a successful future. Read on to learn more about this career, what it involves and how you can work towards this role.
Alongside the subjects you might want to teach, you’ll typically need a degree in education.
Subjects to consider include:
To work as a teacher, you’ll need to qualify as one. To get qualified teacher status (QTS), you might do an undergraduate degree in education or do a degree in a certain subject followed by direct teacher training or a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE).
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A postgraduate qualification in education is a common route to qualify as a teacher after studying a different subject.
You could consider postgraduate study options like:
Your ability to communicate, as well as your empathy and passion for your subject are essential as a secondary school teacher.
You’ll normally need to show experience in educating, working with or caring for students or young adults of the age range you want to teach in this field. Good knowledge of the subject you want to teach is also important, which you might show through professional experience as well as your qualifications. Teacher training, shadowing and taster courses are all good options for early career experience.
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