Employment Based Initial Teacher Training

STTORMM

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths (Secondary)• GCSE English, Maths and Science

(Primary)• Or Equivalent Qualification – NARIC

approved or Equivalency Test• A UK approved relevant degree. (Degrees

may need relevant Booster Course Qualifications)

Organisation of training

• PGCE Courses• Employment Based Routes• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

• Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Oldham Rochdale Manchester

• Manchester Metropolitan University

The Training Process

• School based • Lead School• Second School Placement• MMU Sessions• Tutor Visits• Written Assignments• Evidence Files• Final Assessment

Recruitment

• www.sttormm.co.uk• Primary• Priority Secondary (Design &

Technology, ICT, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, Science, Religious Education)

• Non-priority Secondary (All other Subjects)

Recruitment (2)

• September 2009 :- Primary 34 places; Priority Secondary 29 places (This may increase); Non-priority Secondary 26 places

• Primary and Non-priority Secondary places for September 2009 are all taken

• Supported Places (all three categories)• Unsupported Places• A few Supported Places available for

September 2009• September 2010 – quota to be determined

Selection

• January 2010 Application Deadline• Shortlisting• Competitive Interviews• Written and Spoken English• Offer of places

Selection 2

• Later Application Deadlines• Mid-March (Unsupported Priority

Secondary)• Mid May (Supported Secondary)

Post Selection

• Partnership between trainee and school• Developing unique Training Plan• Audit of Subject Knowledge• Preparation for School Experience• Familiarisation with the QTS Standards

Useful Steps

• Check Qualifications• NARIC (www.naric.org.uk).• GCSE equivalent English and Maths for

Secondary teaching• GCSE equivalent English, Maths and

Science for Primary teaching• Equivalency Tests are available

(www.equivalencytesting.com). 

Useful Steps 2

• Gain School Experience • Are UK Schools for you?• Local Authority Representatives• Support available through STTORMM

Initiative• dave.walling@sttormm.co.uk• james.stewart@sttormm.co.uk

Useful Steps 3

• Audit yourself against the Standards• Develop Subject Knowledge • Booster Courses• Past Papers• Courses • National Curriculum Awareness• Familiarisation with Schemes of Work• Familiarisation with Examination Syllabus

Overseas Trained Teachers

• Employment in a STTORMM area school• Overseas Teaching Qualification• A UK equivalent Degree (NARIC)• GCSE English and Maths (Secondary) or

equivalent (Equivalency Test)• GCSE English, Maths and Science

(Primary) or equivalent (Equivalency Test)

Useful Websites

• www.sttormm.co.uk STTORMM• www.tda.gov.uk Training and

Development Agency for Schools

• www.gtce.org.uk General Teaching Council for England