New Content: Taking the QTS and taking the PGCE interview.

Hi. It's been a long time since I worked on this site. Doing a PGCE in English has turned out to be everything people say it is - an awful lot of work! It hasn't left me with much spare time at all. However, it is half term now and I'm half way through the course. Actually, my half term is only 2 days - university sessions continued from Monday to Wednesday.

I've noticed a few brave souls have attempted to blog about their PGCE experience as it happens but gave up soon with the workload bearing down on them. I'm not even going to attempt it. But when I have time I would like to write something about the experience.

Today, I decided to continue where I left off and added two new sections:

• My experience of taking the QTS tests.
• Taking PGCE Interviews.

You can locate them at the bottom of the tabbed page, 'Applying for a PGCE'.

Daikichi

Hello people and greetings from Japan.

Here is some new content I have posted on the 'Applying for a PGCE' page. To view all the information I have written regarding the subject, click on the tab above.

The new content is regarding taking observations in British state schools which is a requirement that must be fulfilled prior to application.

These are the subheadings of the content that I have posted on the before-mentioned page:

OBSERVING LESSONS BEFORE APPLYING - WHERE, WHEN AND FOR HOW LONG?

MY EXPERIENCE OF OBSERVING LESSONS.

GETTING READY TO APPLY - REFEREES.

GETTING READY TO APPLY - YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT.

I hope that, if you are thinking about applying for a PGCE, this page will give you some tips and things to consider that you won't find anywhere else. Although it is useful to anyone thinking about applying for a PGCE, it also has some extra tips for those people who are thinking about applying from abroad, as I did. Click on the tab above!

New Information for PGCE Applicants.

Hello people, and greetings from wintry Japan.

If you are thinking about applying for a PGCE course and you'd like to know more about the process of applying, then my page entitled 'Applying for a PGCE' might give you some clarification, useful information and something to think about.

If you are a British expat, living abroad, and you are thinking about returning to the UK to take a PGCE, then this information will be particularly relevant to you.

Click on the tab above - 'Applying for a PGCE'.

I've just added new content regarding one of the basic requirements for PGCE applicants - undertaking a period of observations in a UK state school.

At the top of the page you'll also find out why I chose to take a PGCE course, rather than another form of initial teacher training.

All the best,

Daikichi