Teacher help needed, moving into teaching!

[dreamonlucid]

With what seems like so many teachers on here I wondered if I could ask for some advice.

I'd like to move into teaching at almost 50 but with 30+ years experience in my field I'm finding the options for retraining confusing.

I'd like to teach GCSE/a level as my experience is in creative industry's? I've seen some schools would accept me straight from industry and do a QTS? But I'd rather do some training first.

I'm just online now looking it all up and trying to find the most effective route to prepare myself for making the move in the next 1-2 years.

Thanks in advance.

@SummerCycling - we do have thick skins and lots of energy! It’s also great fun. I get 17 weeks holiday a year, get to teach a subject I love, have a brilliant like -minded department who love talking about books and socialising too even though we’re all quite middle-aged. I got a card this week from a student who’s just doing A levels and probably off to Oxford to read Maths. I haven’t taught him since GCSE but he said I was one of his top 5 teachers and had made him like reading. It’s hard work and you have to juggle lots of things at the same time but I love it, Currently 56 and no plans to retire in the near future.

I love teaching! Most kids are nice like most people are nice, and their school life is the blink of an eye. However annoying one kid might be you only have them that year, they might decide to be lovely next year or be in a different class etc. Even sometimes especially the naughty ones are still fun people. I think it keeps you young. Never boring!

wow, that is great!

I imagine a lot depends on the school - eg location, catchment area, how good the head is, etc