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Get Into Teaching London West Alliance a Partnership of Schools Offering 100% Employment Record for Those We Have Successfully Get into Teaching London West Alliance A partnership of schools offering 100% employment record for those we have successfully trained. An innovative, integrated and inclusive partnership! Secondary School Direct Information Pack Why train with us? London West Alliance delivers high quality school led initial teacher training (ITT) programmes for aspiring primary and secondary teachers across West London. Led by Lampton School, an outstanding teaching school with a national and international reputation for successful innovation and achievement in teaching and learning, the partnership is committed to training and developing outstanding teachers of the future. We have a highly successful record with 100% of our trained teachers in employment, most in our Alliance schools. The Training Programme Our innovative and integrated programme is at the cutting edge of teacher training. Designed in collaboration with Roehampton University, which has a long established international reputation, we aim to produce outstanding reflective practitioners who can provide creative, challenging and purposeful teaching and learning. Working together we have integrated all aspects of the course, sharing the development and teaching of the programme and guaranteeing access to outstanding expertise in a variety of departments. We offer enhanced training for professional studies, building inclusive practitioners, skilled in national priority areas of special educational needs, English as an additional language, behavior for learning and closing the achievement gap. We harness all the expertise of our strategic partners, Challenge Partners, Hounslow Language Service, the Institute of Physics, The Brilliant Club and Researchers in Schools. You will be in school from the first day of the school year so you will be treated like a member of staff and will attend staff meetings and development days. In your school you will be assigned a subject mentor and you will be supervised by a professional co- ordinating mentor. You will also be supported through visits from university subject tutors and professional tutors from across the alliance. You will be offered an induction week to prepare you for your course in the summer term. Your training will take place on one day a week throughout the year in either the university or one of the alliance schools. Our subject mentors are outstanding teachers and in addition they are required to undertake a vigorous training programme, including effective classroom observation, feedback, coaching and enhanced subject knowledge for teaching. This programme provides awards of Postgraduate Certificate of Education with up to 60 credits at Masters Level and a Professional Graduate Certificate at honours level. Both qualifications will be referred to as PGCE and successful completion of either will carry the recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and access to subject expertise in innovative learning rounds. We believe you will benefit from this programme in the following ways: the training is school-based 100% teaching employment Qualified Teacher Status and Masters level credits alongside a PGCE preparing leaders for the future confidence and ambition About this training provider The training provider for School Direct is the London West Alliance through its lead school Lampton School. The accredited provider is Roehampton University. There are ten schools in the partnership. The Alliance has a collaborative working approach involving staff at all levels: Improving Teaching and Learning programmes across our schools, including subject specific working groups Developing Middle, Senior Leaders and future Heads in conjunction with ARK and Teaching Leaders A Research and Development group across schools working with Roehampton University School to school reviews led by Ofsted inspectors and senior leaders from schools Developing innovative approaches to Routes into Teaching For further information on individual London West Alliance schools, please check out their websites below: Barnhill Community High School Heston Community School Brentford School for Girls Isleworth and Syon School for Boys Brentside High School Lampton School Chiswick School The Green School Feltham Community College Rivers Academy Child Care Facilities. The School Direct partnership does not provide any child care facilities. Disability Access Roehampton University has full disabled access as do the following schools in the Alliance: Feltham Community College Lampton School Heston Community School Brentside High School Barnhill Community High School The Green School Edward Pauling Primary Applicants who would benefit from disabled access should let us know in their application so they can be considered for placements at the appropriate schools. Accommodation The School Direct partnership does not provide any accommodation for trainee teachers. Where to find us Lampton School is situated in the London Borough of Hounslow to the west of London - http://www.lampton.org.uk/contact-us/ Open Day Opportunities Lampton School Direct holds open days in schools across the London West Alliance. Prospective applicants hear a detailed talk about the programme from School direct school leaders, followed by a question and answer session. Applicants will have the opportunity to have a tour of the host school and also to spend some time in classrooms observing practice. We encourage those wishing to teach Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Computer Science to make use of the School Experience programme for further experience – School Experience Programme or contact [email protected] . For those who wish to observe other subjects, please contact [email protected] The interview process Pre-interview rejection codes by subject tutors The following are the reasons why an application may be rejected before interview No. Description 1 Weak school level qualifications (GCSEs and A-level or equivalent) Degree qualification/ weak subject knowledge content to teach subject 2 specialism Overall quality of written English in the application, which may include 3 grammar and spelling, use of standard written English errors Weak personal statement that demonstrates lack of reflection or 4 understanding about teaching and learning 5 Lack of appropriate school observation experience 6 Lack of appropriate reference 7 Weak reference(s) Applicant does not meet the minimum requirements set out by the 8 Government for the School Direct salaried route 9 Late application/strong competition 10 Course full 11 Failed skills tests UCAS Teacher training applications are read by LWA teachers and lecturers from Roehampton University Applicants complete an NCA (non cognitive assessment) before interview via a link sent in the interview invite. Those invited to interview will be interviewed by school teachers normally in conjunction with university partners. The interviews take place in partnership schools. We expect you to prepare for an interview with us by working in a school, volunteering in a school or observing in a school. We will expect you know why you want to teach in the secondary sector and why you think you will be able to teach the particular subject you have chosen. 1. Quality of subject knowledge (to include subject-specific software where appropriate) Applicants could talk about their degree and any relevant work (or other) experience. They might also expand on any specialism or particular interest within the area, and on current interests or involvement in the subject. This should provide an opportunity to assess their subject strengths, their awareness of development needs and note any concerns over subject knowledge that may be apparent. [All candidates are required to bring an initial subject audit to interview; this is sometimes discussed; and if an offer is made, used to inform subject knowledge development. NB Degree content and A Level course content may be explored at this stage.] 2. Quality of reflections on in-school observation or work or previous experience with young people Applicants could be asked what they know about the subject as taught in schools. This is an opportunity to note and comment on the visits they have made to schools and their impressions, e.g. characteristics of good/poor teaching that they saw, what they think goes to make up a successful lesson, models of teaching they would like to emulate and why etc. They might also talk about their own experience of the subject in school and what inspired them to pursue it at a higher level. They might be asked how they think they could make an aspect of their subject accessible to a particular class. They may also want to talk about involvement as a leader/helper in activities such as youth work, religious clubs etc. 3. Quality of response to subject-specific task/discussion Candidates will be asked to lead a short activity with a group of students from the host school. This will provide an opportunity to begin to find out how they would apply their own knowledge in the classroom. Reflection on this activity will enable them to comment on other aspects of educational practice or issues. 4. Quality of awareness of current educational issues Applicants may be asked to show their awareness of what is currently a matter of debate, innovation or controversy in the educational news, either in their own subject or in education in general. In particular, do they have views about changes in the curriculum and about approaches to learning and teaching? Have such issues affected their decision
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