If lockdown has taught us anything, it is that belonging to something bigger than yourself, something you believe in and are valued by, is what sustains us. Lockdown has proved that our partners truly believe in the value of the partnership. They have acted as a local, community driven alliance with a vision to develop ... Read more »
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All our courses have now closed. Please check back in the Autumn term 2020 for information about coffee and chats. Are you interested in new career in teaching? If so, this is the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training with our partnership and how to apply. Who ... Read more »
These early career teachers are responsible for the high quality teaching and learning of English, Drama, Physics, Computing and History What else do they have in common? They all trained to teach with the Wildern Partnership SCITT. The programme includes two placements in contrasting schools, one of which for some of these trainees was Hounsdown ... Read more »
CURRENTLY POSTPONED – Please check back periodically for updates. Wildern School are offering a School Taster Day on Wednesday 18 March 2020. Are you interested in new career in teaching? If so, this is the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training with our partnership and how to ... Read more »
If you are interested in applying for one of our places, or have already accepted an offer to train with us then why not come along to one of our General Professional Studies or Subject Knowledge for Teaching days. You will gain an insight into how our training is facilitated and have the opportunity to ... Read more »
STEM Paid Internships are currently unavailable. Check back in Spring 2020 for an update. Have you considered teaching and not sure that it’s the right career choice for you? A question that Economics and Finance Undergraduate (and part of the Uni Quidditch team) at the University of Southampton Sam Spencer had asked himself frequently. Sam ... Read more »
First day Inset – meet the rest of the team and get a general sense of our aims for the year. Get nervous about teaching after all the summer off (maybe I have forgotten how to teach). Meet teachers from other departments and other NQTs/ITTs. Get my schedule and start visualising calling on people to ... Read more »
This month starts a New Year, the year I become a teacher (hopefully), and with a New Year comes New Year resolutions. So, with our Programme Leader banging on about making sure we have time out to maintain our work-life balance and our wonderful wellbeing afternoon before the Christmas break, the message finally sunk in ... Read more »
Throughout your training year and then your teaching career, you will be continually assessed against these Teachers’ Standards. Teachers’ Standards 2012 This document gives you the rationale behind them, the changes in 2012 and lists the standards in full. Think about evidence you could collect now which will support your progress. Please email me with ... Read more »
I am definitely relaxing right now, laying in bed, writing this blog and quite enjoying the next 30 minutes before the day actually has to start. We are eleven weeks into the course, and I think it’s going pretty well. Trainees all across the course have started to fall into natural patterns of rhythm, identifying ... Read more »
It hardly feels like two months ago that my alarm went off at 6:30 for my first day as a trainee teacher. Suit? Check. Tie? Check. Name badge? Check. Readiness for whatever the day would throw at me? Hmm, maybe not quite. But now, with two months’ experience under my belt, things are taking shape ... Read more »
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Friday's training sees us getting to grips with British Values and implications for us as teachers on 'Teaching in Modern Britain' Read more »
