No qualifications and want to be teacher?? help please???

Question

I am 22 years old and sfter several years of working for crappy companies i now want a career and a profession. I want to become a primary shcool teacher, the only problem is, i dont have any A levels nor degrees, i have only GCSE's and unfortunately they dont included english and maths as i missed the exams due to being ill, but all the rest i got A*- C.

What route do i go down?

How do i get into teaching?

I cannot afford to leave full time work either. Any help or info would be great, thanks x

Answer 1

Firstly, you have to be very sure that teaching is a career that you feel absolutely sure about. Conditions are very varied and there are terrible problems with discipline in some schools. You will have to work like a dog and be as imaginative as you can. Your experience in industry and commerce should be a help. I feel that I had to give you that warning but I loved it and found it very rewarding.

  You have to enrol at a local school for evening classes in English and Maths. This will take a year of evening study.

You need to do this to prove to anyone that you have the stuff to succeed and the qualifications. Talk to the teachers on the courses and they will be able to give you first-hand advice on colleges and methods of application. The internet will come in very useful; but be careful, if you choose somewhere at a distance you will have extra living expenses to cope with.

After you have got these two subjects, you need to apply to your local authority for a grant or some assistance in the years of your full-time study. You will have 3 years to cover the course so you will need some kind of support for that period. They will be able to advise you as to what help there is locally.

  When you are in college, try to develope a specialism. That is a subject or a skill that will mark you out as being valuable on a team. It could be music, drama, science, testing, maths.,

or any of your talents or hobbies that you think will interest the age-group of children.

   When you get a job ( and I am sure that you will) collect as much information on your locality and area as you can. The children will need to know something about where they live. It is surprising how few of them know anything about it at all.

  If you have to do a special project when you in your final year at college, you can always attempt to describe your locality in the terms of the educational opportunities it will afford. When you start school, you will find that this is very valuable.

Keep in touch and let me know how you get on.

Regards.

Answer 2

Get a teaching english as a foreign language degree(TEFL), it's doable with weekend and night-time studying.

Then go teach abroad, in a poor country or an oil state where you'll earn lots of money.

Answer 3

can u ready to join now, in mantasoori primary training programme.

because there is no age limit for joining this training course.

only 6 months training was given by them.

lot of vacouncies is there.

join immedietly

Answer 4

In the U.S. (if moving here is an option), there are options called "lateral certifications" or "provisional certification" in which you are hired to teach in a certain area and then you pedge to go back to school and get your teaching credentials within five years.  Certain universities are more helpful than others in scheduling classes though.  I eventually finished all my coursework at a school that held classes on Saturday afternoon and did not require student teaching saince we were already in a teaching job and getting satisfactory job evaluations from our peers, heads of department, and administrators.

Answer 5

go to Uni.com or that thing where you can study uni online while doing your full-time job hope it works

Answer 6

get qualifications.

its the only way

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Answer 7

night school or online college

Answer 8

Go to your local college and enquire about adult literacy and numeracy courses. Once you have passed these they stay with you for life. You can also ask about doing a PGCE. This is a teaching qualification and you can also get real hand experience as a sort of apprentichip role.

Check your local college or government training centres to see what courses are available. They often hold evening classes. If you hurry you may be able to enrol for the new academic year in September.

Answer 9

There is no other way except go back to learning. you will need the A levels as you will then be required to do a full 3 year degree in Education. A way into teaching would be to get the a levels and then apply for Teaching Assistant posts. You will not be considered as a teacher though so the pay will not be that good and you will be under a teacher during your working day.

Answer 10

Your gonna have to make up those courses and get the qualifications.  Most places wont bend on this.  You can however look into night courses or once a week courses to finalize your studies.

Answer 11

please  note that you can still  keep your job and still go for part time course to make up your papers because such programmes were designed for people like you who works and with this you can be your dream teacher,the rest is your decision thanks.

Answer 12

get in contact with your local college and they will beable 2 advise u best it may be that u need 2 do alevels first but like i said they will beable to help you best

Answer 13

Hi - youre in the same boat as me (almost, i am a full time mum).

This is what i am doing:

At the moment, i am redoing my English and Science GCSEs via ICS distance learning. Im half way through, and am due to sit the exams in June 09.

Courses cost around £220, or you could enquire at your local college about evening classes.

You NEED to have English, Maths and Science GCSEs at grade C or above - you CANNOT be a primary school teacher without them!

After that, i am going to do a full time Access to HE course at my local college - a full time course is roughly 25 hrs per week at college. They are flexible and work around people who work, or who have kids. Enquire at your local college about flexibility.

This access course will then enable me to start a degree - the degree that ive found is best for me is called BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS (QTS = Qualified teacher status, enabling you to work as a teacher in schools).

This course lasts 3 years, and is full time.

Its a long process, but im 28 and have wasted enough time in my life - i cant wait to finish these GCSEs and start some real learning!

Good luck - any more questions, just ask me x

EDITED: just wanted to add, after reading other replies: you cant do a PGCE if you dont have a degree (PGCE = post graduate certificate in education.) And you cant just go straight onto A Levels as you NEED the GCSEs to be a teacher - no one will employ you, thats if you even get on the degree without them!

I have researched, and researched the best way to do this, and this works for me.

Other than the degree i mentioned (you need to check your local universities websites) you could instead join a grad scheme... not too cure what its called, but you work in a school and earn as you learn. You have to find a school willing to sponser you though.

Google TDA - its a teching website, you will find plenty of info there, but you do need to do lots of research (other than yahoo answers ;-) ) as theres so many routes out there.

Answer 14

Do a Foundation Degree in Early Years. You do not need formal qualifications... if you have them cool... but if not, you just need some experience of working with children (it could be a job or some voluntary work you did). Anyway this Foundation Degree is the equivalent of an undergraduate level and lasts for two years (full time) or three years (part time). Once you complete it, you can go on to do your PGCE. Ask at your local college/uni.

As for your English and Maths, alot of colleges allow you to take these alongside the degree. My friend is studying the Foundation Degree, she didn't have English or Maths and she still got a place on the course.... she took her GCSE classes in the evening but you can also do these via Learn Direct courses at home. Email me if you need any more info.

Answer 15

I suggest that you go to evening college. You will not be accepted on any teacher training course without maths and English.

You sound a very intelligent person with A-C results, but be patient and in time you will succeed.

we could do with some decent teachers.

Are you sure you want to teach? There is such a lot of stress these days.

It may take you a while, but good luck and hope you achieve your aims, you are still young and still able to study.

Maybe you would be better contacting the local University and ask for the Teacher Training Department and find out for definite what qualifications you actually need then you could concentrate on those area.

Best wishes

UK based Mum.

Answer 16

i am doing a leadership course and a lot of the students are working toward teaching you can gain experience that way as you teach some of the other students, its great

Answer 17

Talent does what it can, genius what it must.

I do what I get paid to do.