Teacher subject cross over - Allowed?

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Are teachers qualified allowed to teach different subjects?

Can a PE teacher teach a task based lesson?

I thought you trained as a maths, history, science teacher etc and then taught that subjects. I could be wrong but I am new to secondary school as DS1 in Y7 and just wanted to ask.

Thanks

Teachers often have to teach other subjects to fill gaps in the timetable. Typically, those teaching a humanity may teach another to younger classes. Historians often end up taking on Politics at A level too. Those teaching various social sciences at A level often cover more than one subject.
As time passes, experience counts for as much as qualifications. So if someone teaches RS for a year, to fill in, but then likes it and does a good job, it may become their main thing over a number of years.

When schools advertise and interview, they will often ask if teachers could offer another subject (ie something their degree or teaching qualification is not in). Subjects such as politics, sociology, psychology are often taught by people who have a more traditional subject as their main thing, but have then moved into these other areas too. Smaller schools in particular rely on people teaching more than 1 thing.

Highly academic schools often pride themselves on using subject specialists. This means they are less likely to have a geographer teaching. History for example. However, it is interesting to see that what determines a persons specialism can vary and often people have 2.

In many schools, you don't even have to be a teacher

In England, you can be directed to teach any subject except RE.

In an academy, you can get the caretaker to teach a couple of classes if you like as no-one gives a fuck.

At my school there is a PE teacher who also teaches maths
A maths teacher who also teaches science
History teachers who also teach geography and/or RE
A German teacher who also teaches French. Oh. That one's me. I am trained as an MFL teacher but studied German at uni. My French is pretty good tho. Good enough for GCSE anyway

Yes it's allowed. Theoretically I as a qualified teacher could teach anything I was asked to. Thankfully no one has asked me to do physics yet tho!

Not true meala.

As far as I know in Scotland you can teach any subject in the junior years but you are not allowed to teach certificated classes.

Seconded Meala. English approach terrifies me as a teacher and a parent. Rather devalues subject specialism and teacher professionalism.

Our Y7's and 8's are taught 'Humanities' and so are taught History, Geography and RE by the same teacher throughout the year. The courses are written by subject specialists and obviously they help people with any queries. Our teachers really enjoy the opportunity to teach slightly out of their area and it helps in making Humanities a proper team.

everyday think you've been misled there. You definitely can't teach out of subject in a Scottish secondary. If there are extreme shortages, cover may be provided short term from other subject teachers but they would not be expected to teach that class, merely supervise work that has been left by a subject specialist. A teacher employed as say an English teacher would never be timetabled to teach any other subject ( except PSE).

fallenmafonna yes, if you completed an atq in a second subject, you could then apply for jobs and teach solely in your second subject if that was what you wanted to do.