PGCE
In addition to providing QTS certification, The Tommy Flowers SCITT MK offers a PGCE Masters level qualification:
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The PGCE/MA route is taught and assessed at honours graduate level through the submission of written assignments - two assignments, the first being 3000 words and submitted in January and the second of 5000 words and due in April. Therefore this route leads to the award of the PGCE certificate in addition to the Qualified Teacher Status award.
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The route is taught and assessed at Masters Level.Successful students gain 60 credits at Masters level which can be used towards the 180 credits needed for a full Masters degree award.
This is a PGCE Level 7 programme and is academically demanding and rigorous and students can expect to take on approximately 20% of extra work load and time compared to that required for a course with QTS only. This course is equivalent to a traditional PGCE programme undertaken with an HEI provider. Students on this programme would need to feel confident about their previous performance with academic work.
PGCE programmes help students to become more critically aware of the underlying issues and theories in secondary school education and set these in a broader educational context than that of students’ immediate concerns in their training year. The PGCE-Level 7 programme develops the criticality skill further through lectures, readings and peer work and the submission of a set of written assignments and presentations. Students will be expected to engage with academic study in addition to the pressing concerns of the classroom; a challenge that requires resilience and commitment but having a full PGCE qualification is important for employment opportunities and career development.