Getting into schools!
People often think that university is all about long lectures in huge lecture halls with the tutor at the front telling you things. But if you are coming to join us at YSJ on...
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Coming to YSJ? Let us help you…
Coming to university is a very big step for everyone. Not only is there all the aspects of living away from home to get to grips with but there is all the aspects of...
Facebook Live Webinar: Mastery and Q/A
This week we had our second Facebook Live webinar to support NQT/RQTs. Hosted by Louise Whitfield, Linda Mason was featured to provide information and her expertise on Mastery and Helen Price joined the panel...
Ofsted praise for York uni’s teacher training
The Press – a local York newspaper reported on our recent OFSTED inspection. “A UNIVERSITY department responsible for training the next generation of teachers has been given a glowing report by inspectors. Ofsted rated...
Facebook Live!
This week we had a LIVE facebook webinar. The purpose of this was to bring our NQTs up to date with news and documentation as well as answering their questions live. The panel consisted of Peter Raymond, Louise Whitfield and Keither Parker with Ian Wilson dealing with the technical side of things.
Moving on Transition
Well, the students have all left uni now and despite popular belief I am not on holiday from May until September but busy with planning and preparation, research, visiting and working with schools, and getting back into blogging on this site. I am currently enjoying a week working in school alongside teachers on a variety of STEM activities including investigating skittles, creating an eco-classroom and investigating bridges and bug hotels. As well as this, it would appear that many NQT’s are actually heading out into school to work alongside their new classes. These transition hours/days/weeks are very important but there is always that discussion what you should actually do within this time. This seemed to be a perfect opportunity for me to give you some idea which I have done in the past and what I think are the important elements of a transition day.
In search for that elusive job….
This actually leads me onto the topic of this waffle – no, its not about wraps – its about jobs. As I have been writing references it has got me thinking about what would be my advice for searching out, applying for and succeeding in securing that elusive first job.
Should there be a QTS skill test for science?
I wrote a waffle (blog post) on my educational website about the possibility of having a QTS skill test for science – what are your views on this?
Useful tips for preparing for an interview
As the academic year for a lot of Primary Education students is in sight, a lot of people will be looking for jobs. Whether this be for third years who are looking for the...
Studying Abroad – Salzburg Austria
I am well into the swing of my semester abroad in Salzburg, Austria. I am enrolled on an international course at a teaching university (Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg) which means my class is made up of student teachers from many different European countries and we are taught in English. A diverse class such as this makes for very interesting discussion in my classes especially ‘Challenges and Perspectives in European Education Systems’.