This will totally out me to anyone who knows me.
I'm sitting on two offers for PGDEs (the postgraduate course for teacher qualification). Very different. Would love some current teachers' opinions.
Course 1: standard PGDE. 9 month programme. From a university with the one of the best reputations in the education sector in Scotland. In a city an hour away from me - I'd have to commute half the time and hope my placements were in my home city (they've pretty much guaranteed that). Very well established and respected. I'd be a secondary English teacher.
Course 2. First ever presentation of a brand new programme. Combines an educational masters and a PGDE. In my home city. Placement at the same school the entire year. It's a 2 yr programme. Massive focus of social justice and attainment gap. Qualified to teach across upper primary and secondary English. But first presentation and it will surely have hiccups. Also, new qualification so people might not fully get what it's all about.
Any advice most welcome!
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