PGCE panic
Darn.
Here was I fully intending not to write any entries over the Summer (not least to annoy Lizzie who persists in encouraging me) but I have been driven to it. Put briefly, I'm panicking.
Having spent two weeks in a primary school at the start of the holiday I have confirmed once and for all that there is no better way to spend my working life than as a teacher. I can't remember ever wanting something as much as I want to do this. Unfortunately this means that it is really really important to me that I get accepted onto a PGCE for September 2006, preferably at Warwick.
I have been madly trawling the internet for tips on making my application as perfect as a perfect thing, but maybe I'm not looking in the right places. To be honest, I haven't even found exactly what's on the flipping thing which makes it somewhat harder to pre-plan.
So anyway, I thought I'd take a break and have a bit of a moan. At best, perhaps anyone with any knowledge of the application process will give me some tips on the alchemy of turning random facts about me into a golden personal statement, and at worst, I have at least vented some of my frustrations.
Ah blogs, where would we be without them?
24 Aug 2005 17:46
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i really want to do a pgce at warwick in 2006 too but i don't know where to begin. in fact i dont even know where to get the application form from or when it has to be completed by. i've been thinking quite hard about my personal statement though and i think the key to getting onto the course is showing lots of enthusiasm. having a bit of experience like you have had can't do any harm either. i'm going to have a word with my course tutor and try and show him how much i want to do the pgce here so that hopefully he can write me a decent and relevant reference too. apart from that, it's probably in the lap of the gods like most applications are.
24 Aug 2005, 18:37
Go to the staffroom on the TES website. (there's a link in my faves list) In there is a forum for prospective student teachers which is well worth having a look through – lots of helpful advice. Also I've found the book 'The Insider's Guide for New Teachers' by Sara Bubb really usefull. I think you can but it off the TES website and also amazon.
24 Aug 2005, 19:04
oh and applications info and forms are on www.gttr.ac.uk you can sign up for the 2005 one giving false referees and then use it as a practice!
24 Aug 2005, 19:06
Thanks both of you. I'm going to look at that site now Helen and good luck James! Maybe I'll see you at an interview!
24 Aug 2005, 20:00
:-)
That was a smile of encouragement, in the absence of actually having anything helpful to say, apart from a big don't panic.
:-)
And there's another one.
Lxxx
24 Aug 2005, 20:23
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