Qualifications for Geography Teachers
Chartered Geographer (Teacher)
Led by the Royal Geographical Society (with IGB), Chartered Geographer (Teacher) is the only ongoing professional accreditation linked to CPD in Geography and is relevant to the TDA framework of professional and occupational standards for teachers. CGeog (Teacher) can support your application for a leadership or Advanced Teacher role and enhances your career portfolio and employability.
If you have a geography degree or equivalent, have been teaching geography for at least six years, have an ongoing commitment to CPD and embed your professional development in your teaching, you are an ideal candidate for Chartered Geographer (Teacher). For further information visit the Geography Teaching Today website or contact Claire Wheeler at cgeogteacher@rgs.org.
MA in Geography Education
Run by the Institute of Education, University of London, this is the only dedicated Masters degree for geography educators. It is available to anyone with an interest in geography education and many students are practicing teachers or involved in geography education. The course can be taken entirely online, or in combination with face-to-face sessions, and takes one year full-time or two years part-time.
For further information including course content, eligibility and fees, visit the IOE website.
Master of Arts in Applied Professional Studies in Education (MA APSE)
The Sheffield University MA in Applied Professional Studies in Education is an exciting new programme which is run in partnership with nine subject associations (including the GA) and local authorities. It is supported by the Training and Development Agency for Schools as part of its Postgraduate Professional Development (PPD) programme.
All students on the APSE course are entitled to free GA membership. Find out more about the MA on the University of Sheffield website.
Masters in Teaching and Learning
The Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) is a Government-funded, classroom-based qualification developed to help teachers extend their teaching skills and abilities. This will benefit the children and young people they teach.
The qualification is being introduced in recognition of the high quality of education currently offered to children and young people in England, and the fact that the demands on teachers' knowledge and skills are increasing as the learning needs of pupils become more challenging, complex and diverse.
By developing an ethos of shared learning, the impact of the MTL will be felt beyond the classroom and should benefit the school community as a whole.
Initially, the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) is being offered to eligible newly qualified teachers. In time, ministers expect all teachers will have an opportunity to take the MTL. The MTL will be available to the first cohort of eligible NQTs in the 2009/10 academic year.
The MTL is expected to take approximately three years to complete.
Find out more on the TDA website.
Taken from the TDA website 12.08.09
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M. Bosworth
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15:31 - 07/04/11
Dear Sirs,
Would a geography teacher who has qualified and taught geography in India be accepted as a geography teacher in the U.K.?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
M. P. Bosworth.
John Lyon
GA Staff
15:49 - 07/04/11
Dear M.P. Bosworth
In England, it could be appropriate for you to join an Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP). As you have qualified as a teacher overseas, and outside the European Economic Area (EEA), you may be eligible to work in England as a temporary, unqualified teacher for up to four years while you achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). Currently, this programme is only available in England. When you have found a teaching position in a school, the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP) will provide you with an individual training and assessment programme. This will ultimately lead to your qualification to teach in England permanently. A link to find out more is to be found at the following link;
http://www.tda.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/faqs/~/link.aspx?_id=8F4D65A6BA1042298AD8ED7A6520C608&_z=z
This TDA website is a good place to start for advice. It's certainly worth checking out their website if you haven't been there already. It is general advice rather than geography specific but gives lots of detail, especially about the various routes you can take into teaching. You could try this link where you can call someone for specific advice
http://www.tda.gov.uk/Home/get-into-teaching/faqs/teaching-information-line.aspx
Or there is also this one which is more general
http://www.tda.gov.uk/get-into-teaching.aspx
So, that's a bit of a quick start guide -have a look see what you think and get back to me if you need more info.
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