Lincoln Award Teacher Training
The Lincoln Award Teaching pathway is coordinated by Careers & Employability in partnership with Lincolnshire SCITT.
This is a unique opportunity for students interested in pursuing a career in teaching to undertake a 1-week internship in a school. The scheme includes bespoke training from Lincolnshire SCITT and support from Careers & Employability to complete this bespoke pathway through the Lincoln Award.
This will be an exciting opportunity to:
- Engage with teachers and pupils to find out what teaching is really like!
- Learn more about the classroom and how schools support children with a variety of learning needs
- Observe lessons and perhaps, for those who are keen, plan and deliver part of a lesson
- Receive support and advice related to the Teacher Training application process
Here is some information about the criteria:
- This scheme is designed to support students considering Teaching in the UK when they complete their studies. There are limited spaces, and the partner providers will shortlist based on their criteria for recruitment in the local area.
- Primary and Secondary school are available and locations in central Lincoln, across Lincolnshire and neighbouring regions- more details will be available when applications open.
- For Secondary teaching it is highly desirable for candidates to have an A-Level in the subject they would like to teach.
The timescales for the summer cohort:
- Applications close: 27th March
- Interviews: 18th April (Online)
- Introduction & Safeguarding Training: 7th May 2-4pm (on campus)
- 2x online recorded training sessions:
- Online Behaviour Management
- Online Classroom Pedagogy
- Internship Induction: 22nd May 3-4pm (online)
- 1 week Internship: Monday 3rd – Friday 7th June 2024
Apply by the 27th March by clicking the button below:
Award Structure
See the Lincoln Award Teacher Training structure below. Click the button below to see an accessible, printable pdf version of the structure.
Activity Information
At the Introduction you will be shown your digital pathway on CareerLinc, this is where you provide evidence of your activities and can monitor your progress throughout the award.
You can see more about each section of the Lincoln Award via the drop downs below.
Explore
This first section of the Lincoln Award is all about exploring your skills, strengths, motivations, and career options.
Step 1: Complete Skills Assessment
Your first step is to complete our Skills Assessment which should take around 20-30 minutes. You can access the skills assessment on CareerLinc.
- Simply log-in to CareerLinc using your University username and password.
- Click on “Skills” on the menu bar and you can get started.
- There are 30 definitions, and you simply choose the statement most relevant to each.
- Once you have completed the Skills Assessment, please take a screen shot of your summary- you will upload this on your pathway on CareerLinc.
Step 2: Submit Skills Assessment evidence
At this stage you will become familiar with your Lincoln Award pathway and submit your progress.
Visit your Lincoln Award pathway on CareerLinc by clicking on the ‘Pathways’ icon on the menu bar or via Search. You should see your Lincoln Award pathway listed (if not please get in touch), simply click ‘Get Started’ or ‘Continue’ and you can see your pathway. This is where you can monitor your Lincoln Award progress and submit activities.
After completing your Skills Assessment, please upload a screenshot of your results summary and click ‘Submit’- we will verify this for you.
Step 3: Reflect on your results
Reflect on your results by answering our 2 Explore Reflection questions. You can find these on the pathway and submit your thoughts straight into the text boxes provided.
Recommended Activity
Following this activity, we recommend you add some Skill Statements (within the ‘Skills’ section on CareerLinc). This will be really useful for your personal development and to reflect on in the future when you prepare for any recruitment process. If you feel somewhat confident in a particular skill, you add a skill statement with some information about where you have developed it…
An example might be teamwork skills you have developed from a part time job or leadership skills from a position on a committee or sports team.
In order to complete the Lincoln Award Develop section, you will need to have completed your 1 week internship in school (along with the induction provided by the provider) and achieved 30 points in total from the Employability Activity options. 20 points will be made up of the Teacher training sessions and the other 10 points can be made up of activities of your choice. You will attend all 3 Teacher training sessions at the start of the scheme, these will be delivered by our partner providers on the following topics; For your remaining 10 points required for Develop Employability Activities you can choose from a wide variety of activities- you can see some options below. The final day of your internship will be delivered back on campus and will involve reflection and assessment, as well as a celebration of your experience too! You will have the opportunity to reflect individually before working in groups to prepare a presentation on your experiences. You will be assessed on this activity and receive feedback too. You will also be supported to complete an action plan to begin the next steps of your career journey. Develop
20 points Teacher Training sessions
Remaining activities
5 point activities
10 point activities
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