Welcome to South West Teacher Training
Introduction
South West Teacher Training is a School Centred Teacher Training Provider based in Exeter and established in 1993. We are a high quality Secondary Provider (11-16) with 40 training places across four subjects: - Design & Technology - 10 places
- Information & Communication Technology - 10 places
- Modern Foreign Languages - 8 places
- Science - 12 places
SWTT Consortium
The SWTT Partnership involves 20 successful secondary schools based in the South West across four counties. The lead school is West Exe Technology College in Exeter, where much of the central training is based. The scheme is managed by the five headteachers that make up the Consortium Management Group. The consortium has been successfully operating School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) Courses since 1993 and have subject routes in Design & Technology, Information Communication Technology, Modern Foreign Languages and Science. Course Overview
The SWTT Consortium's PGCE programme with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is validated by Roehampton University ( Surrey ) and designed for teaching the secondary age range (11-16 years), with 16+ enhancement.
West Exe Technology College is the Lead School and training base. It has brand new training and teaching facilities where trainees will have access to 'state-of-the-art' equipment to ensure maximum opportunities to develop their subject skills. (Visit the college website on www.westexetc.devon.sch.uk)
The SWTT Consortium is linked to a further fifteen excellent South West schools who are all committed to developing high quality teachers.
The SWTT Consortium has forty trainees across the four subjects and the close-knit structure ensures students receive excellent support throughout the programme.
During the 40 week programme students spend 24 weeks based in two partner schools. Student's teaching skills are carefully developed and monitored by Professional Tutors in each school and supported by the Subject Course Tutors and other staff based at West Exe Technology College.
Students in Design & Technology and Information Technology have an innovative Industrial Placement to explore educational opportunities between current business and industrial practices with National Curriculum subject demands. In some cases this involves the production of a teaching resource that is used in School B.
The training programme is designed to help develop subject and subject teaching skills. Trainees have excellent opportunities for using Information Communication Technology to support their studies and teaching and are issued with a loaner laptop.
Assessment of the programme includes the completion of a Qualifying to Teach Evidence Log, to meet the Secretary of State's Standards for the Award of Qualified Teacher Status, along with three 4,000 word written assignments.
All trainee teachers have to pass the Teacher Training Agency Skills Tests in Numeracy, Literacy and Information Communication Technology.