1. Primary PGCE Induction Day
10th June 2017

2. Keither Parker – Director of Postgraduate Initial teacher Education.
Ann Jones – Primary PGCE Course Lead University-Centred.
David Scott - Primary PGCE Course Lead School-Centred.
Liz Newson – PGCE School Coordinator
Amanda Cartridge – PGCE School Coordinator KP
Key People

3. The PGCE programme KP

4. Learning to become a teacherKP

5. Learning to become a teacher
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. KP

6. YSJ Initial Teacher Education Values
Student teachers, all staff and external partners at York St John University share a common commitment to individual and collective professional practice led by values and principles. All are committed to their own professional development to produce and encourage outstanding levels of achievement, both within partnership and university context. York St John student teachers and staff are committed to equality of opportunity, overarching principles of inclusion and diversity and actively promote the intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development of all participants through their engagement with teaching. KP

7. PGCE Website KP

8. Agenda 9.30am Welcome and programme introduction 10.30am Break
Student Finance – Student Services
Admissions – certificate check
Sign up for subject knowledge workshops
11.00am
Student Services
11.30am
Subject knowledge taster workshops A
Lunch DS

9. Agenda 1.00 - 1.30pm Subject knowledge taster workshop B 1.30 - 2.00pm
Organising your Experiential Placements pm
Living proof: insights from this year's and past students pm
Opportunities for international placements
General questions DS

10. During the Break Sign up for both subject knowledge taster workshops:
Maths
Grammar
Phonics
Certificate check
Support with student finance DS
During the Break

11. Most of you will have taken the subject knowledge audits on Moodle.
If you have not done this, please make it a priority
Support is available on each of the subject knowledge areas.
Please use the summer period to revise areas you are unsure of. DS
Subject knowledge

12. Programme Dates UNIVERSITY-CENTRED PGCE Start date:
Monday 4th September 2017
Expected completion dates
Full-time Friday 29th June
Part-time university-centred: June 2019
SCHOOL-CENTRED PGCE
Start date:
Thursday 7th September
Expected completion dates
Friday 14th July 2018
DS & AJ
You may be expected to extend this time if you have not met the
Teachers’ Standards by then.

13. School Experiences: university-centred 3-7 route
You will need an EYFS and a Key Stage 1 placement.
Assessed Placement 1: Introductory phase
4 weeks
Nursery or Reception
Key Stage 1
Assessed Placement 2:
Developmental phase
6 weeks AJ
Assessed Placement 3:
8 weeks
Key Stage 1
Nursery or Reception

14. School Experiences: university-centred 7-11 route
You will need a Lower Key Stage 2 and an Upper Key Stage 2 placement.
Assessed Placement 1: Introductory phase
4 weeks
Year 3 or Year 4
Year 5 or Year 6
Assessed Placement 2: Developmental phase
6 weeks AJ
Assessed Placement 3:
Consolidation phase
8 weeks
Year 5 or Year 6
Year 3 or Year 4

15. School Experiences: school-centred 3-7 route
You will need one placement in EYFS and one placement in KS1. You may have one placement in KS2.
Assessed Placement 1: Introductory phase
6 weeks
Nursery or Reception
Key Stage 1
Assessed Placement 2:
Developmental phase
6 weeks
Key Stage 1
Nursery or Reception DS
Assessed Placement 3:
10 weeks

16. School Experiences: school-centred 7-11 route
You will need a Lower Key Stage 2 and an Upper Key Stage 2 placement. You may have one placement in KS1.
Assessed Placement 1: Introductory phase
6 weeks
Year 3 or Year 4
Year 5 or Year 6
Assessed Placement 2: Developmental phase
6 weeks
Year 5 or Year 6
Year 3 or Year 4 DS
Assessed Placement 3:
Consolidation phase
10 weeks

17. Modules Professional Studies 1:
Understanding Learning and Teaching and School Placement
Assessed School Experience 1 & 2
Professional Studies 2:
The Emerging Professional and School Placement
Assessed School Experience 3
Early Years and Primary Curriculum:
Subject specialism (university-centred only), enrichment days AJ

18. Teaching and learning strategies
Enquiry-based learning
Practical workshops
Seminars
Taught input from tutors and school partners
Independent study and reading
Moodle as an essential resource
Integration of school-based learning with university-based learning AJ

19. Early Years and Primary Curriculum (Level 3)
In-depth coverage of English, mathematics and science
Computing and PE focus
An introduction to the foundation subjects including RE and PSHE
An opportunity to specialise in a subject area (Maths, English*, Science, PE or Primary Languages). You must hold a degree or ‘A’ level in that subject (*English Language only)
Enrichment days on phonics, creative maths, diversity
International placement opportunity DS

20. Understanding Learning and Teaching (M Level)
The environment
Role of the adult
Planning
Assessment
Managing behaviour
Learning
Learning theory
Psychology
Sense of self
Individual needs
Barriers to learning AJ

21. The Emerging Professional (M Level)
Researcher Identity
Educational research
Literature review
Methodologies
Data and ethics
Presenting skills
Teacher Identity
Statutory responsibilities
Safeguarding
Applying your jobs and interviews
Preparing for your NQT year AJ

22. The Emerging Professional
Choosing an area to research
Curriculum
Pedagogical aspect
Schools as communities
Investigating your own practice AJ

23. The Emerging Professional
An analysis of one school’s approach to teaching handwriting.
A case study of intervention strategies to support children in mathematics.
How can science be taught as a cross-curricular topic?
How can I develop the use of effective questioning techniques?
Engaging parents in the classroom: one school’s strategy. AJ

24. The Emerging Professional
Your task before the start of your programme:
Read around educational research.
Refer to the core texts.
Begin to focus your area of interest. Make notes.
Develop your critical reading skills by accessing journal articles. Ask questions. Make notes. AJ

25. Pre-programme Training
To help you prepare for your programme, you are required to take the following online training courses before you begin your training in September.
Channel (Prevent Strategy) Online Training
Female Genital Mutilation Online Training
Links to these course can be found from the PGCE website DS

26. Core texts A list of these texts is found at the back of your Experiential Placement & Induction Tasks handbook which you will be given this afternoon. DS

27. DS
BREAK