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Sociology > Education |
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07 Apr 2006 03:24:37 PM |
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Teaching computer topics in adult further education in London |
I was thinking of changing my line of career to teaching computer
topics to adults in part time further education, ie evening classes
etc. I am London based. Up to now I have been doing the 9 to 5 routine
in an office, mainly as a software developer. I feel I'm getting a
little middle-aged for this, and am finding it increasingly difficult
to keep up with the pace of change in the software development line.
Also, I think I'd like the increased involvement with people that
teaching brings.
Has anyone out there done this?
I don't know where to start.
Can anyone point me to some useful websites or discussion forums?
I don't know, for example, what qualifications one needs to teach
adults.
Does anyone have any general advice?
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| User: "Lawrence Milbourn" |
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| Title: Re: Teaching computer topics in adult further education in London |
08 Apr 2006 09:22:06 AM |
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<paul_a_n_jones@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1144441476.952707.231710@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I was thinking of changing my line of career to teaching computer
topics to adults in part time further education, ie evening classes
etc. I am London based. Up to now I have been doing the 9 to 5 routine
in an office, mainly as a software developer. I feel I'm getting a
little middle-aged for this, and am finding it increasingly difficult
to keep up with the pace of change in the software development line.
Also, I think I'd like the increased involvement with people that
teaching brings.
Has anyone out there done this?
I don't know where to start.
Can anyone point me to some useful websites or discussion forums?
I don't know, for example, what qualifications one needs to teach
adults.
Does anyone have any general advice?
You need a degree and a teaching certificate, usually PGCFE. You will have
to be prepared to work for <£20 per hour of contact (outside London). You
will have to prepare workschemes for all your classes, lesson plans for them
and have some of your lessons observed and graded. All that before Ofsted
come to visit. If you have to do any training/interviewing/open days
outside your normal contract hours (if you manage to get a contract!) you
will be paid <£10 per hour for the privilege. If you are happy with that,
fine, go for it.
BTW don't think that you will walk into a job. In my college, IT/Computing
was the only area to make staff redundant this year.
Lawrence
Nottingham
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| User: "Guess who" |
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| Title: Re: Teaching computer topics in adult further education in London |
08 Apr 2006 10:31:55 AM |
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 15:22:06 +0100, "Lawrence Milbourn"
<milbourng@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
BTW don't think that you will walk into a job. In my college, IT/Computing
was the only area to make staff redundant this year.
Good advice. Also, don't run from a job that must have suited you
into one you really don't know about. It's a different ball of wax,
so be dead sure before making a switch. Also, an underlying theme
seems to be that it whould be easy enough for someone later in life
to be abel to handle. Don't underestimate the challenges ahead if you
do take the plunge. It's not the easy game it appears to be from the
outside looking in.
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| User: "Guess who" |
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| Title: Re: Teaching computer topics in adult further education in London |
08 Apr 2006 01:25:20 PM |
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On 7 Apr 2006 13:24:37 -0700, wrote:
Does anyone have any general advice?
Another option ...try a techie job within the board, and outside of
the classroom, except perhaps to set up and advise ... assuming a
local board hires from outside for that instead of asking their 60 yr
old history teacher/librarian to do that as extra duty.
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