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

COURSE OVERVIEW

Welcome to the Swansea University Schools’ Partnership (SUSP/PYPA), an innovative collaboration of school and university-based staff working together to ensure that ‘Tomorrow’s Teachers’ have the skills and experience to make a difference to pupils in Wales.

Well-qualified Modern Foreign Languages teachers are in high demand across the UK. SUSP has developed an innovative Secondary Modern Foreign Languages - French/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 - French/Spanish PGCE programme is underpinned by regional, national and international research. You will learn how to make French/Spanish 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 - French/Spanish programme aims to develop critical understanding of the nature of language acquisition, of how Modern Foreign Languages - French/Spanish 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 and/or 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.

PGCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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.

Our career support services include:

• Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
• Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
• Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
• Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
• Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.