Nursery teachers..........What qualifications do they have ??

[nutcracker]

Are they actually teachers ???

In my kids private nursery I think all of the staff were just trained in childcare, i don't think any of them were teachers.

At state nurseriesd attatched to schools though I seem to remember them actually having teachers.

Am trying to decide what to do career wise and I would like to teach nursery age kids, so do i actually have to do teacher training then ??

God what a load of waffle. I bet no one wouold want me teaching their kids anyway, i can't even explain my self properly

Teaching nursery kids??? What happened to the nursing?

All teachers that work in state schools have a PGCE or B ed. So that would take 1 or 4 years depending on if you have a degree or not. I think you would specialise in early years (3-7) you don't usually specifically do Nursery teaching.
They also have Nursery nurses in the Nurseries and often Reception classes too.

I think all private nurseries employ Nursery Nurses which I seem to remember is a 2 year course post A Levels.

Nothing I am just making sure I explore all my options before committing myself.

I think one of the reasons i am having trouble decideding on the access course is that it can only lead to nursing, midwifery e.t.c.

If i complete the course and then decide on a different carreer then i have wasted my time iykwim.

Right o.k, i understand now.
Just looked on an info site which said you can specialise in early years and key stage 1, which is what i meant i think.

Thanks for that.

I think there is usually a Teacher who has a teaching degree. Then there is an Assistant who probably has a college qualification like an HNC. You also get Auxillaries...I don't know if you need any formal qualifications to be an Auxillary, and can probably obtain vocational qualifications on the job.

Somebody else will be able to tell you if this is right.

I am just like you Nutty, swithering alot between childcare and nursing. A job has just come up in dd's nursery - just as I have strated college....Oh well

I find it really hard deciding what i want to do as I haven't much confidence in my ability to do anything remotly brain taxing.

My main career interests are Nursing, Speech and Language therapist, Social worker and Primary teacher (nursery or KS1).

I flip flop between them all daily.

Maybe i should become a careers advisor

In the school I go to the Nursery (2.5-3.5) is staffed by Nursery Nurses, with qualifications. The person in charge is doing a teaching degree part time and will soon have a B Ed. The Early years class (3.5 to 4.5) has a B Ed. All the other teachers have a B Ed. From age & onwards some have a degree and pgce

yes you are right. state nurseries must ahve at least one qualified techer i.e. qualified to degree level. there are also nursery nurses who have a qualification which takes about 2 years - HNC, NNEB or NVQ. then there are assistants - sometimes called teaching/teacher's/learning/special needs/ classroom assistants. many of these do have a childcare qualification but it isn't essential.

there how's that for a qualified teacher - i just which MN did spell check

SALT- and stay in the private sector- you would earn 55 quid an hour

I'd swipe Social Worker of your list right now, if you want to do something which isn't very brain-taxing. Come to think of it i would swipe of nursing and teaching also.

I don't have experience of speech and language therapy so can't comment on that one!

If i were you i'd get a nice office job where you can sit back and enjoy a nice cuppa!

I'm only joking, i know what you mean really!

nutcracker, i think that once you are a qualified nurse there are a lot of areas you can work in not just in a hospital, my sister is doing mental health/learning disabilities nursing. Or i see lots of jobs that ask for a nursing qualification that are very broad, so i wouldn't be too worried about closing doors. it is quite an academic course and the things it teaches you i'm sure would be valued in lots of other fields.

The good thing about teaching is that you will have hoilidays with your children - save money on childcare!

my sister is a nursery teacher in a private nursery school (i.e. 2.5 upwards) and the teachers there either have a Cert Ed or B Ed (now you can only do a B Ed or PGCE as jane313 said). If you just wanted to do childcare or be a classroom assistant you could do a nursery nurse qualification.