How to Become a Teacher in the UK

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Apply for a Bachelors of Education if seeking a primary school job.. Apply for a Bachelors in your preferred subject field for a secondary education job.. Earn a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).

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Apply for a Bachelors of Education if seeking a primary school job.

Step 1

Apply for a Bachelors of Education if seeking a primary school job.

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Apply for a Bachelors in your preferred subject field for a secondary education

Step 2

Apply for a Bachelors in your preferred subject field for a secondary education job.

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Earn a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).

Step 3

Earn a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE).

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Pass all QTS (TQ in Scotland) exams.

Step 4

Pass all QTS (TQ in Scotland) exams.

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Sign up for the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) program.

Step 5

Sign up for the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) program.

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Register with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) if planning to te

Step 6

Register with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) if planning to teach in Scotland.

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Prepare the necessary documents for a background check.

Step 7

Prepare the necessary documents for a background check.

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Pass a professional skills test for numeracy and literacy (England only).

Step 8

Pass a professional skills test for numeracy and literacy (England only).

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Take a Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) course, if necessary.

Step 9

Take a Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) course, if necessary.

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Get through your one-year induction period as a Newly-Qualified Teacher (NQT).

Step 10

Get through your one-year induction period as a Newly-Qualified Teacher (NQT).

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Lend a sympathetic ear to your pupils in order to relate to them.

Step 11

Lend a sympathetic ear to your pupils in order to relate to them.

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Remain enthusiastic and confident at all times.

Step 12

Remain enthusiastic and confident at all times.

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Develop organizational skills.

Step 13

Develop organizational skills.

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Learn how to teach subject matter in different ways.

Step 14

Learn how to teach subject matter in different ways.

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