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PGCESpain Cohort 3
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Programme Information
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Courses 2009/10
During 2009 PGCESpain organised five seminars around Spain, training over 70 new teachers and 20 new teacher ´mentors´in schools throughout the Iberian peninsula.
One such seminar took place in the British Council School in Madrid. Experienced teachers already working in the school took part in a mentor training weekend run by professional trainers from a British university, who travelled out from the U.K to run the weekend course.
The teachers all enjoyed the seminar, which was PGCESpain´s third such training weekend. The course was free and PGCESpain provided lunch for the delegates. Two previous training seminars took place in the International School of Madrid and Cambridge House Community College of Valencia, also providing mentor training for a further 50 teachers.
PGCESpain is committed to developing Continuous Professional Development and increased career opportunities to teachers throughout Spain, working in British and bilingual schools. They offer advice to trainees regarding correct contractual arrangements and aim to support professional teachers throughout their careers.
The 2009/10 cohort of 40 trainee teachers has enjoyed two face to face weekend seminars in August and October. Three professional trainers travelled out from the University of Nottingham to run the two weekend courses and trainees greatly appreciated the preparation they received, prior to commencing their teaching practice and written assignments.
Students were impressed with the quality of the tutorial support and the tuition and the amount of published materials provided by Nottingham University both as handouts and afterwards, on-line.
Each student met his/her tutor during the first of the two preparatory week-ends and then continued to receive support throughout the 34 week course. PGCESpain also has a full time dedicated support service.
In order to keep expenses to a minimum for the students attending the seminars, PGCESpain provides free accommodation and food throughout the course. Students enjoyed two 24 hour ´university style´residential weekends at the beginning of the course; the 40 students registered on the 2009 PGCE course now enjoy constant contact with each other and are able to communicate freely on a dedicated forum, sharing their doubts, worries and success in class with the friends they made during the two workshops.
Post Graduate Certificate of Education for PGCESpain
PGCESpain offers you the chance to study for a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (International) while undertaking the practical teaching element in British training schools in Spain. The course is suitable for graduates who are interested in embarking on a career in teaching in Spain, and also for graduates who may already be involved in education but who have not previously obtained a teaching qualification.
From September 2009, PGCESpain is delighted to be able to offer a teacher education programme in partnership with The University of Nottingham, the "Times Higher University of the Year 2006-7". The PGCEi course comprises four study modules taught mostly online through a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment with a university tutor assigned to each student. PGCESpain is responsible for the practical teaching element of the programme and organises placements in English-speaking/British schools all around mainland Spain and the Balearic and Canary Islands. Student teachers are helped through the practical element of the course by a local support network comprising a local area coordinator and trained mentors who provide regular school based training, support and advice. The course caters for all specialist subject areas and both primary and secondary age ranges.
PGCESpain has been offering a PGCE course since 2007. 2008 saw 30 graduate teachers successfully complete their PGCE while working in schools all around Spain, including the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Alicante, Barcelona, Malaga, Madrid and Valencia. All graduates are now in full-time employment in British schools.