I could not have gone through the process of applying for my teacher training without the website ‘getintoteaching.education.gov.uk

They have a step by step guide and when you register you have your own check list, they provide all the links and some webinars to help you along the way.

So I decided to pop along to the local get into teaching event and find out more. At this point I thought I wanted to try primary teaching and so made a beeline for one of the primary school stands for a chat. As I walked towards them an older lady introduced herself to me.

That was the best part of the conversation!!!!

It kind of went down hill from there…….. Why on earth would you put someone who quite obviously didn’t want to be there or didn’t like teaching anymore, as a contact for people who were going to use this experience to make the leap into teaching.

She asked me a few questions, and we talked about my work in the NHS and the qualifications I had but she tried to make me feel inferior, saying that although i may have ‘this and that’ it didn’t mean I would pass the QTS skills test!!! And asked what i knew about ‘Box and whiskers’. At this point my moral support who had gone with me made a joke about cats (which didn’t go down well) and walked away. After that she seemed to use me as a kinda sound board/career adviser for her son who was about to apply for medical school. I made my excuses and walked away.

At this point I was feeling very deflated and wanted to walk out and give up. But on the way out 2 very nice guys approached me and asked if i would like to have a look at what they had to offer. These guys were part of the Teacheast SCITT and unbeknown to me were to be my lifeline.

OMG!!! it was fate, they were enthusiastic, they listened to me and helped me see the different routes I could take and even better made me feel like I had something to offer. It was a no brainer I took there contact details and left feeling excited.