Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Popular Genres

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Passing the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers and Getting Into ITT

Passing the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers and Getting Into ITT

Mark Patmore
3.3/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Lecturers, why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Request your e-inspection copy today!
If you are applying to teacher training in England, you must pass your Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers before you can start your training.




This is your guide to how to prepare for, approach and succeed in the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers. It takes you through how the tests work and includes hints and tips on what to expect and how to respond. It offers clear and concise guidance on revision and examples of questions so you can prepare for the tests and pass.

Also included is essential information on teaching and schools, knowledge of which may help you pass the tests, and information on how to successfully apply to Initial Teacher Training in England.

Written by authors who have written questions for the test themselves, and published by Learning Matters, this is your essential guide to the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers.

Bruce Bond has been involved in writing, editing, observing, reviewing and trialling the QTS Literacy Skills Tests for over 10 years. He has also been closely associated with the national development and evaluation of the Initial Teacher Training pilots in invidividual learning plans, mentoring, and teaching observation and practice. Bruce has over 30 years of experience teaching English and literacy in SEN, primary, secondary and further education sectors and is now an educational consultant and author of literacy assessments.

Jim Johnson is an Honorary Fellow of Nottingham Trent University where, until his retirement, he led the English team in the Department of Primary Education.

Mark Patmore was until recently a senior lecturer in mathematical education in the Department of Education at Nottingham Trent University. He is an Associate of the AlphaPlus Consultancy and has written for the QTS Numaracy Skills Test.

Nina Weiss has worked in education for over 30 years. Since 2008, she has been authoring and editing the QTS Literacy Skills Tests. Nina currently teaches English and adult literacy at City and Islington College and is an external examiner for teacher training courses at the University of Greenwich and the Institue of Education, London.


Acknowledgements


We would like to thank the following contributors who responded to questions on applications and interviews to ITT, and shared their thoughts and comments, for the final chapter.
Doreen Challen, Primary PGCE Tutor, Southampton Education School
Jean Conteh, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, University of Leeds
Richard English, Programme Director for the Primary PGCE Course, University of Hull
Suzanne Horton, Senior Lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Education, University of Worcester
Angela Major, Principal Lecturer in Education, University of Roehampton
Ceri Roscoe, Assistant Head of Primary Programmes with particular responsibility for the BA Primary Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
Debbie Simpson, Interim PGCE Primary Programme Leader, University of Cumbria

The numeracy glossary is reproduced courtesy of the TA - Teaching Agency for Schools.
Permission to reproduce TA copyright material does not extend to any material which is indentified as being the copyright of a third party or any photographs. Authorisation to
reproduce such material would need to be obtained from the copyright holders.
The publishers would like to thank the TA for permission to use the audio icon. This has been taken from the practice Literacy Skills Test on the TA website www.education.gov.uk and is the copyright of the Teaching Agency.
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Learning Matters
Release
January 11, 2013
ISBN
1446267555
ISBN 13
9781446267554

Passing the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers and Getting Into ITT

Mark Patmore
3.3/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Lecturers, why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Request your e-inspection copy today!
If you are applying to teacher training in England, you must pass your Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers before you can start your training.




This is your guide to how to prepare for, approach and succeed in the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers. It takes you through how the tests work and includes hints and tips on what to expect and how to respond. It offers clear and concise guidance on revision and examples of questions so you can prepare for the tests and pass.

Also included is essential information on teaching and schools, knowledge of which may help you pass the tests, and information on how to successfully apply to Initial Teacher Training in England.

Written by authors who have written questions for the test themselves, and published by Learning Matters, this is your essential guide to the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers.

Bruce Bond has been involved in writing, editing, observing, reviewing and trialling the QTS Literacy Skills Tests for over 10 years. He has also been closely associated with the national development and evaluation of the Initial Teacher Training pilots in invidividual learning plans, mentoring, and teaching observation and practice. Bruce has over 30 years of experience teaching English and literacy in SEN, primary, secondary and further education sectors and is now an educational consultant and author of literacy assessments.

Jim Johnson is an Honorary Fellow of Nottingham Trent University where, until his retirement, he led the English team in the Department of Primary Education.

Mark Patmore was until recently a senior lecturer in mathematical education in the Department of Education at Nottingham Trent University. He is an Associate of the AlphaPlus Consultancy and has written for the QTS Numaracy Skills Test.

Nina Weiss has worked in education for over 30 years. Since 2008, she has been authoring and editing the QTS Literacy Skills Tests. Nina currently teaches English and adult literacy at City and Islington College and is an external examiner for teacher training courses at the University of Greenwich and the Institue of Education, London.


Acknowledgements


We would like to thank the following contributors who responded to questions on applications and interviews to ITT, and shared their thoughts and comments, for the final chapter.
Doreen Challen, Primary PGCE Tutor, Southampton Education School
Jean Conteh, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, University of Leeds
Richard English, Programme Director for the Primary PGCE Course, University of Hull
Suzanne Horton, Senior Lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Education, University of Worcester
Angela Major, Principal Lecturer in Education, University of Roehampton
Ceri Roscoe, Assistant Head of Primary Programmes with particular responsibility for the BA Primary Education, Manchester Metropolitan University
Debbie Simpson, Interim PGCE Primary Programme Leader, University of Cumbria

The numeracy glossary is reproduced courtesy of the TA - Teaching Agency for Schools.
Permission to reproduce TA copyright material does not extend to any material which is indentified as being the copyright of a third party or any photographs. Authorisation to
reproduce such material would need to be obtained from the copyright holders.
The publishers would like to thank the TA for permission to use the audio icon. This has been taken from the practice Literacy Skills Test on the TA website www.education.gov.uk and is the copyright of the Teaching Agency.
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Learning Matters
Release
January 11, 2013
ISBN
1446267555
ISBN 13
9781446267554

More books from Mark Patmore

Passing the Numeracy Skills Test: Revised Fifth Edition (Achieving QTS Series)

4.2/5 ( ratings)

**OP**GCSE Questions and Answers: Mathematics: Key stage 4 (GCSE Questions and Answers Series)

3/5 ( ratings)

Passing the Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers and Getting Into ITT

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Ocr Gcse Mathematics: Higher Student's Book Bk. A (Oamt)

3/5 ( ratings)

GCSE Mathematics for OCR (Graduated Assessment) Stages 5 and 6 Teacher's Resource: Teacher's Resource Stages 5 & 6

3/5 ( ratings)

OCR Mathematics for GCSE Specification B - Teacher and Assessment Pack 3 Higher Silver & Gold (OBMT)

3/5 ( ratings)

Graduated Assessment OCR GCSE Mathematics: Stages 3 & 4

3/5 ( ratings)

GCSE Exam Revision: Mathematics for OCR Foundation Tier (OCR Mathematics (GCSE))

3/5 ( ratings)

Mathematics to A* (GCSE Exam Success File)

3/5 ( ratings)

Graduated Assessment for Two Tier Gcse Mathematics for OCR: Homework Bk. 9 and 10

3/5 ( ratings)

Graduated Assessment for OCR Gcse Mathematics: Stages 1 and 2

3/5 ( ratings)

Gcse Mathematics For Ocr Modular Two Tier Gcse M7 (Gcse Mathematics For Ocr Modular Two Tier Gcse)

3/5 ( ratings)

Graduated Assessment for OCR Gcse Mathematics

3/5 ( ratings)

Ks3 Maths (National Tests Practice Paper Folders)

3/5 ( ratings)

Formula One Maths (Formual One Maths S.)

3/5 ( ratings)

OCR Mathematics for Gcse Specification a: Higher Teacher and Assessment Pack. by Howard Baxter ... [Et Al.]

3/5 ( ratings)

Graduated Assessment for OCR GCSE Mathematics: Stages 9 and 10: Teacher's Resource (Graduated Assessment for Two Tier GCSE Mathematics for OCR)

3/5 ( ratings)

Ks3 Maths: Level 3 6 (National Tests Practice Paper Folders)

3/5 ( ratings)

Key Stage 2 Maths: Assessment File - Years 5-6 (Ks2 Assessment & Test Prep)

3/5 ( ratings)

Revise Gcse Maths (Revise Gcse)

3/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?

loader