The numbers of Home Economics and Technical teachers are to be boosted via a new direction into Initial Teacher Education on the University of Strathclyde.
Students will be a part of Strathclyde inside the 0.33 year, having already spent two years at a Scottish College of Further Education.
The direction may also be open to people who’ve been in work between gaining their HND and making use of for the route.
The course titled the BSc in Education and Curricular Studies with a named Teaching Qualification is because of beginning in September 2019. It could have locations for 30 college students in its inaugural yr.
Catherine Whitley, Principal Teaching Fellow in Strathclyde’s School of Education, stated: “The capability for college students who maintain an HND from Scottish further education schools to access a new four-yr direction is an exciting improvement for Strathclyde.
“A vital power of the program is that it taps right into a supply movement that has no longer been targeted in recruitment to introductory teacher training guides.
“This technique also builds relationships among similar and better schooling and, in time, universities could remember even stronger articulation agreements between the related education and better schooling zone companions, in which there is shared shipping throughout four years.
“A similar strength is that this course is also open to the ones present in the place of work who’ve HND qualifications however have not considered teaching as a profession option.
“Our coaching crew are excited at the prospect of a cohort of college students coming into 12 months three, having already evolved countrywide practical competencies, and stay up for welcoming them to the Strathclyde campus.
“We have been working intently with companions to address the teacher scarcity the usa is experiencing. We have the sturdy guide of the Scottish Government and the General Teaching Council for Scotland, inside the development of this new country wide framework.”
Innovative
Education Secretary John Swinney stated: “This program creates a brand new and modern pathway for human beings to turn out to be instructors in excessive-call for STEM-related subjects, and will also assist increase the group of college students able to join the teaching profession.
“Creating new routes thru Initial Teacher Education is part of our commitment to making sure we have the right quantity of skilled instructors in faculties, and over the past three years has contributed to a 12 months-on-yr boom in pupil trainer intake numbers.”
Students can be able to take the first years of the degree at any university in Scotland and attain an HND relevant to the course. After shifting to Strathclyde, they’ll take modules on Academic Literacy and Communication, Professionalism and Teacher Identity and Curricular Studies.
In their fourth year, the students will take training with students at the PGDE route and adopt 18 weeks of Professional Practice.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland has authorized the route.
