Secondary PGCE with QTS: Modern Foreign Languages (French, Spanish), PGCert

Well-qualified Modern Foreign Languages teachers are in high demand across the UK. SUSP has developed an innovative Secondary Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) PGCE programme that is designed to provide new entrants to the teaching profession with confidence in their subject knowledge and in their understanding of how to teach it. This programme will prepare you to make a positive contribution to the learning communities you will be joining. SUSP’s Secondary Modern Foreign Languages PGCE programme is underpinned by regional, national and international research. You will learn how to make FrenchSpanish meaningful and engaging by providing rich and vibrant contexts for learning. SUSP’s integrated and rigorous PGCE programme will challenge you academically and professionally. The PGCE Modern Foreign Languages programme aims to develop critical understanding of the nature of language acquisition, of how Modern Foreign Languages can be most effectively taught and of how meaningful links can be made between languages. You will be encouraged to research and test your own approaches to French andor Spanish pedagogy to find those techniques that work best for you and for the pupils you teach. SUSP is committed to developing research-informed reflective practitioners who can demonstrate creativity and flexibility in their teaching so that learners develop their subject competence in an environment that cultivates enjoyment.Successful completion of the SUSP PGCE will lead to recommendation to the Education Workforce Council for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and provides opportunities for employment as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in schools.UCAS Code - 3FV8

Applicants for the Secondary PGCE are required to have achieved the following prior to admission to the programme: An honours degree at a minimum of 2:2 in a relevant subject, or a related subject with at least 50% relevant subject content; Grade C GCSE in English/Welsh (students applying for the Welsh medium programme will be required to have a GCSE in Welsh); Grade C GCSE in Maths; The GCSE Grade C in English/Welsh and Mathematics are a requirement set by the Welsh Government.