Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Primary Modern Languages

The PGCE Primary Programme is a one year course that prepares students to teach in primary schools. The Modern Languages route is a development of the successful PGCE Primary Education course which prepares students who wish to become a subject specialist, but who will also be able to work as a classroom teacher with the 5-11 age range. The course is offered at Masters level and successful students will be awarded 60 Masters level credits as well as recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

This route addresses the national entitlement of primary children in Key Stage 2 to learn a modern language from 2010 and will be ideal for those graduates who wish to teach primary age children while developing their skills in language teaching.

The course is 39 weeks long with 18 of these weeks spent in schools. Students who train for the 5-11 age range will undertake a school placement in two age ranges. The course is taught in partnership with local schools and students will be taught and supported by a team of experienced tutors from the University and teachers in partnership schools. The course has been designed with teachers and students working together to meet the demands that primary teachers face today.

Indicative Course Content

• Professional Studies
• Core Curriculum Studies (English, Mathematics, Science)
• Foundation Curriculum Studies (e.g. History, PE, ICT, MFL etc.)
• Specialist Module: Teaching and Learning in Modern Languages.
• School Experience.

In the Professional Studies module students will address the wider aspects of teaching, such as issues of inclusion, as well as practical concerns such as planning and behaviour management.

School Experience

For MFL students, four weeks of the overall school experience will be spent in a placement abroad teaching in their chosen language.

We currently offer placements for speakers of French (teaching in French-speaking Belgium) and Spanish (teaching in Tenerife).

A typical pattern of school experience would be:

• Autumn term - Six weeks school experience in school A
• Spring term - Four weeks school experience abroad
• Summer term - Eight weeks placement in school B.

Students will teach their foreign language for a minimum of one hour per week in school B.

Assessment

To gain a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) students need to complete three assignments at Level M (Postgraduate), two blocks of School Experience and TDA Skills Tests in Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.

Attendance

Duration of the course is one year full time.

Home/EU Fees for 2012 academic year

Full time £8500.00.

Overseas Fees for 2012 academic year

Full time only £10,500.00

There is an Alumni Discount of 10% for students applying within five years of completion of an undergraduate course at Chichester.

Entry Requirements

First Degree – 2:2 or above
AND
A2 or above in a modern language at grade A – C and the ability to be sufficiently proficient in French or Spanish to carry out training requirements and teaching within a primary placement. (Evidence of proficiency will be sought at interview)
AND
GCSE/‘O’ Levels – including English, Maths and Science (A – C).
Recent classroom experience in a UK state primary school (a minimum of two weeks’ experience in the last two years).
All successful applicants will have to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau and complete a satisfactory Medical Declaration before commencement of the course; they will also be required to provisionally register with the GTC(E).