General Professional Studies
The GPS sessions aim to prepare you for your time on placement. The sessions link to the QTS standards and the five themes of Personalised Learning, Pedagogy and Practice, Professional Development, Every Child Matters and Vocational.
- Why Durham Secondary Applied SCITT?
- Training Day
- GPS Sessions
We recognise the importance of fully preparing trainees before going into school. The training is carefully structured to ensure that the SSP and GPS sessions link closely together and there is time built in for consolidation of theory into practice and reflection prior to going into a school.
The trainer for each session has been identified by the SCITT as being an outstanding practitioner and a specialist in this area. As well as a range of teachers, assistant headteachers and headteachers we also book external speakers.
One of our external speakers is John Bayley (Teaching with Bayley, Teachers' TV). John runs the sessions on Behaviour Management and Assertive Discipline.
Centrally based training days are from 9am until 4pm. The sessions are as follows:
09:00 – 09.30 |
Review and administration |
09.30 - 11.00 |
Session 1 |
11:00 – 11.15 |
Break |
11:15 – 12:40 |
Session 2 |
12:40 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 – 15.30 |
Session 3 |
15:30 – 16:00 |
Tutorial session |
Understanding Today's Education System
Meeting the Standards
Every Child Matters
14 - 19 Curriculum
Lesson Planning
Introduction to Assessment for Learning
Structuring Learning
School and Pupil Level Data
Teaching Strategies
Classroom Organisation
Observation Feedback
The SEN Code of Practice
Community Cohesion
Using ICT in the Classroom
Promoting Positive Behaviour
Child Protection
Behaviour Management
Working within the Law
Working with other professionals
Functional Skills
The Role of the Form Tutor
English as an Additional Language
Applying for your First Post
Learning Styles
