Secondary Education (11-18) with Qualified Teacher Status - Chemistry

Leeds Beckett University

Attend a series of lectures, workshops and seminars with specialist members of staff, who are all experienced teachers. They'll share their knowledge about what to expect in high schools, how different strategies work for diverse types of classes, behaviour management and organisation in your specialist subject, and when to best part with your subject knowledge. You'll cover pedagogy, assessment and curriculum in relation to your specialist area. This module will prepare you for becoming part of a high school department during phase 1.

This module will prepare you for the world of teaching in a high School. You'll attend a series of lectures (with many guest speakers and current practitioners) and seminars that will cover all aspects of how to be successful in school. There'll be a constant focus on developing your professional behaviours throughout the module. The experts will advice you on how to speak to pupils professionally, procedures to follow in school, how to teach pupils with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities, how to plan, and how to teach pupils who have English as an additional language (plus many more areas).

This module relates to the time you will spend in school making use of the skills and knowledge you have developed. You'll attend two school placements that will take place at different schools, and you'll aim to progress by meeting the Core Content Framework progress statements. This will be judged by your School-based Mentor and your Link Tutor. You'll be expected to fully immerse yourself in becoming a teacher and teach 60% of a teacher’s timetable in phase 1 and 80% in phase 2. The demands on you as a student teacher will also increase from phase 1 to phase 2.