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Teach First is a UK-based scheme started in 2002 and modelled on Teach for America. It aims to recruit exceptional graduate students from across all subject areas and place them in challenging teaching positions across London. A third of all participants come from Oxbridge. For a school to qualify for the scheme, at least 30% of its pupils must be eligible for free school meals programme. The first school placements took place in 2003.
Recruitment Process
There are two ways to apply to join the Teach First Programme. Applications can only be made online in both cases. Both routes have slightly different entry requirements and are aimed at graduates only.
Teach First
The //www.teachfirst.org.uk/how_to_apply/starting_your_application application process for Teach First can only be made online. Before completing the application form, one must ensure they meet the //www.teachfirst.org.uk/how_to_apply/starting_your_application/whowewant entry requirements.Deloitte Teach First Deferred Entry Scheme
The Deloitte Teach First Deferred Entry Scheme came about due to a partnership between Teach First and Deloitte. Anyone successful in their application via this route is promised a job at Deloitte having successfully completed the Teach First programme. Additionally, during the summer holidays applicants are required to work at Deloitte. In order to apply via this route, one must apply directly to Deloitte who then process your application and pass the details on to Teach First. One must ensure they meet the entry requirements for both //www.teachfirst.org.uk/how_to_apply/starting_your_application/whowewant Teach First and //graduates.deloitte.co.uk/index.cfm?p_id=15 Deloitte.Structure of course
A Teach First participant is expected to work at his or her placement school for two years, with a third year supported by the scheme being optional.
First year
Starting in June, a summer training scheme is run for graduate students at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU). The course lasts for six weeks and includes a mixture of theory, practical skills and school observations. From the September of the same year, the Teach First participant is expected to teach a reduced school timetable with training and mentoring sessions provided, receiving a salary in line with spine point 3 of the unqualified teachers' pay scale. During the first year of the scheme each participant is aiming to reach Qualified Teacher Status through support and assessment provided by CCCU.Second year
Over the school summer holidays, between the first and second years, the participants are assisted in gaining internships with business and government organisations. With the participants having gained Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), support from CCCU is dropped and the participant moves to a full teaching timetable. As a Newly Qualified Teacher, participants receive payment through the main pay scale, it is not uncommon for participants to begin above the base point (M1) or to receive management points for compensation. Successful completion of the second year, or induction year, means participants are awarded 'QTS for life'. Outside of school, the scheme offers participants the opportunity to gain a management and business qualification, through the form of a 'mini' MBA at Tanaka Business School. Gaining this qualification requires work in the second year of the course.Expansion
From September 2006 Teach First will expand its British presence by placing students into Greater Manchester schools. This is the first expansion of those announced by Gordon Brown in his 2005 budget speech:
The success of the Teach First scheme has led to an organisation in Israel to consider adapting the Teach First structure for introduction, where it will be called Marom.
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