2. PGCE/School Direct Primary 2019-2020 Welcome to Taster Day!
We will start at Please help yourselves to coffee.
If you have any specific questions you would like answered today, then please write them on a post-it or piece of paper and put them on the table at the front of the room.

3. Overview of the day 9.30 – Welcome and Introductions (Steph Laird)
9.45 – PGCE and School Direct Introductory talks (Steph Laird and Pablo Mayorga)
10.30 – Introduction to Professional Studies (Sarah Leonard)
10.50 – Introduction to English (Alastair Daniel/Steph Laird)
11.10 – Coffee break
11.40 – Introduction to Maths (Lorraine Hartley)
12.00 – Introduction to Science (Jacqui Lewis)
12.20 – Final questions
12.30 – DBS checks (optional if agreed with the admissions team)

4. Meet the team
Sarah Leonard – Head of Primary Initial Teacher Education –
Steph Laird – Programme Convener, PGCE Core & School Direct Primary -
Pablo Mayorga – Assistant Programme Convener -
Group tutors & subject tutors.

5. Aims of the day: Familiarise yourself with the environment;
Meet key people;
Pose any questions you may have;
Develop connections with each other;
Prepare yourself for starting the course.

6. Why become a teacher?
Five reasons people start teaching (The Guardian, 27th January 2015)
1) Work with young people and to make a difference
2) The variety of the job
3) Teaching is fun
4) Inspiring teachers
5) Love of their subject

7. Our Ethos Respectful Reflective Resilient Resourceful
A Froebelian approach to teacher development, with the pastoral and learning needs of the whole student and child at its core.

8. Routes into teaching Core PGCE (EYFS/KS1 or KS1/KS2)
Core PGCE with mathematics specialism (KS1/KS2)
School Direct – Provider route (follow the core PGCE route)
School Direct – Alliance route
School Direct – Alliance route with mathematics specialism (KS1/KS2)

9. PGCE Primary Education
Pablo Mayorga
PGCE Primary Assistant Programme Convener

10. Share your thoughts with the people around you…
What is concerning you?
What is the most important purpose of teaching for you?
Share your thoughts with the people around you…

11. Taught Modules University Masters Level Modules:
Professional Studies
The Core Curriculum
The Wider Curriculum/maths specialism
Pre-course booklet with suggested readings and complete the maths audit – on the Welcome Pages.

12. PGCE Core students (including School Direct Provider route) –
Updated version of calendar due to change of May bank holiday date for 2020.
PGCE Welcome Pages
Access via link sent from your offer /letter:
PGCE Core students (including School Direct Provider route) –
Course calendar
Pre-course booklet – key dates and suggested preparation tasks
Maths/English/Science audit – complete over the summer
Letter for Head Teachers for observation days placement – Wednesday 4th – Friday 6th September 2019

13. School Placements
3 days of observation (trainee arranges 4th – 6th September – letter for Head Teachers on the Welcome Pages – we will provide you with an Observation days booklet on Monday 2nd September in Induction)
Reviewing Pedagogy weeks in local schools in October and late January (UoR organises)
Block School Experience 1 (BSE1) – assessed placement - in November and December for 7 weeks (UoR organises)
Out of phase experience (3 days) in December (trainee arranges/UoR)
Block School Experience 2 (BSE2) – assessed placement - beginning March for 13 weeks (UoR organises)

14. Observation days in September
Letter for Head Teacher (on the Welcome Pages) – you need to arrange these asap - get the number of days in school recorded, signed and a short comment about your professional behaviour.
Observation days task booklet – will be provided during induction.

15. Induction Days Monday 2 September Tuesday 3 September
Location: The Portrait room, Grove House, Froebel College, University of Roehampton, SW15 5PJ
Time: 9-5pm
You will be given a full timetable on the first day and meet your group and group tutor. We look forward to seeing you then!

16. What do our past students say about us?

17. Final questions?