What Qualifications do I need for teaching A-Levels?
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| Hi,
I have graduated from the Greek university of Athens, department of Physics (4 years of studies, a total of 52 (modules + labs) scores).
Here in Greece I qualify to teach anyone in every school but(excluding) University.
This means that I can teach anybody from 12-18 (students 17-18 are especially preparing for university entry exams here in Grece the equivallent of A-Levels in the UK).
So the question is: What qualifications needed for me to teach A-Levels in the UK? No working experience so far!
Please advise.
Regards,
Thodoris. |
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| Theo, I'm not totally for sure, as I've just arrived two months ago, but I think as long as you are qualified to teach at all that you can be considered for teaching A levels. I teach one group of A level students and I don't have a specialized degree that allows that, it is just covered under my current teaching license (as it is in yours). I'm not sure how common it is for OTT to have 6th form posts. Maybe others can give more insight. |
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Hi again,
I teacher here is expected to be able to teach across at least two Key-stages. I think the most common pairings are KS 1 & 2 (grade school), KS 2-3 (a middle school...when they occur), KS 3 & 4 (high school...that's my band), and KS 4 and 6tah form (community college level). Some high schools have a 6th form and so the teacher may stretch teach across 3 key stages...but as my high school doesn't have this level, I can't tell you anything about that. I'll refer you back to Jess for that.
I am certainly not an expert on any of this though... I remember using the "English Education System" link in the green left-hand column of this page when I was trying to figure things out before coming. I am directing your attention to it now. There's some useful stuff there...
Cheers,
Meli |
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