Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Teaching Post-16 and Further Education)

Lincoln Bishop University

The Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Teaching Post-16 and Further Education) offers education, training and development to graduates who are practising or aspiring teachers who wish to teach courses such as BTECs/ CTECs, A Levels and Access to HE in further education colleges, Sixth form colleges, private sector training providers, and offender education. It provides a route into teaching in the training and skills sector for graduates, and leads to a robust teaching qualification, which is recognised in the sector. The programme develops participants’ knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of teaching, learning and assessment, and teachers’ wider, professional engagement in the sector. The programme offers a challenging, supportive and rewarding experience to promote informed, reflective and effective teaching and professional development. This pGDE offers three specialist routes, for students wishing to specialise either in Vocational, Academic or SEND delivery in the sector.About The CourseOur Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Teaching Post-16 and Further Education) is part of an integrated programme for teachers in the education, training and skills sector such as further education colleges, private sector training providers and offender education. It will develop your knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of teaching, learning and assessment, and teachers’ wider, professional engagement in the sector. It offers a challenging, supportive and rewarding experience to promote informed, reflective and effective teaching and professional development.The course features three specialist routes of Academic (for those wishing to teach A Levels), Vocational and Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). It combines teaching practice, academic learning, and personal, professional development. Teaching practice will be undertaken within an arranged placement in order to develop the teaching of your specialist subject. You may be required to travel to this placement using an appropriate mode of transport, which may incur an additional cost. You will be allocated a work-based mentor, who will typically be a professional practitioner with expertise in your subject or a closely allied area.Throughout the programme, modules are delivered concurrently to your teaching practice, allowing you to make robust connections between theory and practice and develop the habit of reflective evaluation. All modules re-enforce the concept of reflective practice as essential to effective teaching and learning, as well as the personal and professional development within your chosen specialist subject.