Upcoming Events and Links

Medway Teacher Open Day 2009
Are you in your last year of teacher training and looking for a job in 2009? Are you a Newly Qualified Teacher looking for your first teaching post? Are you an experienced teacher looking for a new challenge?	For information and on-line registration please click here

Teacher Taster Course - Black and Minority Ethnic Background

Do you have a degree or in the final year of a degree course?

Interested in a career in teaching?

The TDA and Medway Council are committed to a diverse workforce and therefore we are looking for graduates who are from under represented ethnic groups.

This teacher taster course is designed to help you decide if teaching is the career for you.  The course is specifically aimed at graduates, or people who are in the final year of a degree, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds that are under represented in the teaching profession.  

Tuesday 27 January 2008 -  Corn Exchange, High Street, Rochester.
9.15 am until 4.00 pm.  The day will include information on the education system, jobs market, routes into teaching and presentations by experienced and newly qualified teachers.

Wednesday 28 January 2008 – All day in a Medway school.
Lesson observation, meeting current newly qualified teachers finding out about teaching practices.

Thursday 29 January 2008 – Canterbury Christchurch University.
Presentations and feedback from school placements, a tour around the campus and information on applying to teacher training providers.

To be eligible for this course you must meet certain criteria (see below), have a number from the TDA (0845 6000 991)and complete an application form.  Closing date for applications is Monday 12 January 2009

Please click on documents below for further information and to apply:

frequently_asked_questions_-_minority_ethnic_taster.doc
person_specification_-_minority_ethnic_pack.doc
covering_letter_-_ethnic_minority_taster_day_pack_2009.doc
outlineoftastercourse.doc
taster_application_form_-_minority_ethnic__pack.doc

Contact Julie Jones or Katharine Hearn for more information

Please note: The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) considers taster days inappropriate for people who have already applied to teacher training, including overseas trained teachers, or those who withdrew from a previous programme.

Medway Council & Kent County Council in conjunction with the Training Development Agency for Schools.

Useful information for Teachers

Training is available for all teachers from a range of professional bodies and agencies.  Please use the links below to see the latest opportunities available:

The GTC (General Teaching Council) is the professional body for teaching in England. Their overall purpose is to help improve standards of teaching and the quality of learning in the public interest. They work for children, through teachers.
Find out about the main areas of their work in professional registration, regulation and education policy. Access the latest news stories, and GTC’s online publications, including Research of the Month and our magazine. You can also subscribe to our professional network newsletters.  Visit www.gtce.org.uk

The TDA (Training and Development Agency for Schools) work with schools to develop the workforce and ensure that schools can recruit good-quality, well-trained people. They support schools to provide extended services for parents, children and young people.  To find out about TDA Events please visit www.tda.gov.uk/about/events

Please check this page regularly for upcoming events, details of which will be posted here.