Early Years – Tiny Human Teaching :)

Nell

A lecturer came into the Enquiry Unit to explain the BA Early Years courses and the new ones, PGCert and PGCE. I thought I would share with you the information given to me, to further enlighten you if you’re interested in this area.

As the title suggests, it is the teaching of the tiny, tiny humans; so ages 0 – 5. You will be working in nurseries both during your course (work placements) and hopefully afterwards. Below are the courses and the details about them:

Via CLEARING: UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

Early Years BA Hons – This is your normal 3 year undergraduate degree. In your 3^rd year you can do an Early Years Teacher Status which means you can go straight into teaching when you graduate. To get in you need: GCSE Maths and English (also science if you want to do the teacher status in your 3^rd year) plus 240 UCAS points from A Levels/BTEC/IB etc.

Early Years BA (Top-up) – This is for people who have completed a 2 year foundation degree course looking to top up with a final year to complete their degree, (to make it a BA Hons). You can do the teacher status alongside if you have Maths, English, Science GCSEs and passed the Professional Skills Test.

Via UTT: POSTGRADUATE COURSES:

Yes there is Clearing but have you heard of UCAS Teacher Training? This is for postgraduate teaching degrees and you can apply up until the 15^th September as long as it’s before your start date. YEY.

Early Years PGCE – This is a postgraduate degree that you do after doing your degree. Your degree can be in ANY subject as this full time 1 year course will teach you what you need to know and you will also gain a Teacher Status which means you can go straight into teaching after completion. To get on to the programme you need a degree 2:2 and above, (You’ll get a bursary for a 1^st and 2:1 degree), English, Maths and Science GCSEs plus a pass in your Professional Skills Test. You also need to provide evidence of 2 weeks work experience with 0 – 5 years.

Early Years PGCert – This course is for people who already hold a childhood related degree who are ALREADY working in an early years environment. You need to provide evidence of working with the 0 – 5 age group. This is a part time masters, so you work at the same time. As well as the university paying your £7000 tuition fees, we also pay your EMPLOYER the same amount to let you leave your place of work for study, work placements etc.