Hi
I'm at the point where I need to send in my PGCE application (references submitted) - but am struggling with my choices.
As a mature student with two young DCs of my own in primary school, I'm trying to weigh up the following, but wonder if there is anything I haven't considered, or that I've got plain wrong:
PGCE at uni
Positives - less time/weeks in school might keep childcare costs down,
more time to write assignments in non-placement weeks?
Negatives - harder to get a job at the end,
less experience in school,
schools might be a long drive away,
harder to find a job?
School Direct
Positives - School more likely to give me a job in the end (or is this just govt. spin to make school direct more appealing,
gets me out of the uni-classroom which Ive been in for 3 years
Negatives - More time in school = more childcare costs,
if with named school (as planned) what if my face doesnt fit, or they are unsupportive, Ill be stuck there for a whole year
Also, any advice on whether headteachers, when looking to employ an NQT/Teacher, care about:
Whether PGCE uni was a Russell Group one
Whether PGCE was uni based or school direct based
Thank you for any advice, if you've read that far!
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Quick help: PGCE at Uni or School Direct?
arrrghhhhwaiting · 10/11/2014 21:16
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