Events

Get into Teaching Information Events, these are free events which are mostly held online via Zoom.  Come and meet members of the SCITT Team to find out details about our teacher training courses.  We’ll tell you more about who we are, what we offer, and how to apply for our courses. If you are thinking about applying to our courses we would strongly recommend that you attend one of our events!

Autumn 2023 dates: 

• Thursday 7 December, 1-2pm
• Wednesday 10 January, 6-7pm
• Thursday 1 February, 10-11am
• Thursday 29 February, 6-7pm (In person event – venue tbc)

To book your place on an information event please click the button below to complete our booking form. You should receive a copy of your submission to the email address you provide, we will share the Zoom link for the event and send a reminder to you a few days before the event (or directions for an in person event).

Application Support Workshops, these free events are designed to support if you are considering applying to our courses.  A member of our SCITT Team will give you advice with the application process, how to best prepare for interview, brief you on what to expect following your application and give in depth course details for your particular training route.

Autumn 2023 dates: 

• Tuesday 19th December, 1-2pm

Teaching is more than just a job; it is a vocation but it is not for everyone. The best way to decide whether or not teaching might be the right career for you is to get some classroom experience. OTT SCITT operates a School Experience Programme in partnership schools, to offer interested applicants a chance to get into state schools and see what life in the classroom is really like.  We run this programme because we want to make getting experience in schools as easy as possible. If you would like us to, we’ll guide you on every step of the journey from these early observation experiences, through preparing you for interview, onto a training course and throughout your career.

Placements are typically one or two days long with the majority of the time being spent in the classroom in lessons. On the first day, there will be some time to think about how to observe lessons effectively as well as some information on the different training routes.  After that you will be able to watch a range of subject lessons taught to different age groups, observe tutor time (part of the pastoral programme) and talk to teachers about their experiences of day-to-day life in school. As well as giving you invaluable insight into whether or not teaching might be right for you these placements also provide you with relevant school experience to support an application for teacher training.

The School Experience Programme (SEP) is designed to give potential applicants a sense of what it is like to train to teach and to be a qualified teacher, this is a great first step if you are unsure about whether this is the career path for you.

Visiting a school prior to application can help you:

• strengthen your ITT application;
• check your understanding of what it means to teach in the state school system currently;
• provide you with live examples to reflect upon when asked about your motivations to teach at interview;
• decide if teaching is the career for you, and identify further the relevant age-range and subject areas of interest.

A SEP visit will provide you with the opportunity to:

• meet current Associate Teachers, qualified teachers and Senior Leaders;
• visit lessons and observe experienced teachers;
• find out more about the curriculum and subject content;
• find out more about effective classroom management;
• understand the significance of safeguarding in an educational setting.

Primary – to book click on individual school date:

• New Marston Primary School, Headington, Oxford OX3 0AY
  • Monday 5 February, 2024  (online booking from early December via this link)

More schools and dates coming soon!

Secondary – to book click on individual school date:

• Gillotts School, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 1PS
  • Tuesday 5 December, 2023

More schools and dates coming soon!

If you are interested in gaining school experience but cannot see any available dates, you may find it best to contact a few schools directly.  Liaising with the school, over what you would like from the visit, can be very helpful and leads to a fulfilling experience for all.  Schools are usually very welcoming to these requests, so do make contact via the reception/school office of the school of your choice, in the first instance.