Education &
Teacher Training
Courses
Our Education & Teacher Training courses combine both academic study and professional practice placements to help you gain confidence alongside learning key teaching principles and theories from supportive mentors that can be applied to practice, enabling you to pass on your technical, vocational, and academic passion onto the next generation.
understanding teaching principles
Learn the skills, knowledge and professional values necessary for a teaching career within the further education sector with our Education & Teacher Training courses. Our courses cover the teaching of both academic and vocational subjects though encouraging practice across a range of levels which endorse opportunities for future employment.
Each course provides a thorough understanding of teaching principles and you will be able to apply them to your chosen subject area in practice, supported by theoretical contexts. You will be supported and encouraged during training which is delivered by experienced and knowledgeable professionals.
Staff who teach on our Education & Teacher Training courses thrive on developing students who are going into the educational landscape both in Cornwall, nationally and internationally. The Staff range of expertise from early years through all age phases of education, enable our students to make a difference to learners within their educational setting.
Jess Cowen - Programme Team Leader
practical learning
For full time students, placements are provided at Truro and Penwith College. Our centre within the partnership is fortunate in having levels from pre-GCSE to University Degree programmes available for practice according to the suitability of the trainee.
employability
The programme encourages practice across a range of levels which endorse opportunities for future employment. Graduates are recognised as being trained at a grade 1 college and therefore face a better range of employment opportunities. Teaching opportunities are gained both in county and out of county.
student support
You will be studying and practicing in a supportive teaching environment with excellent mentors who are passionate about teaching and want to share that with you. Recently Ofsted inspected Callywith College, where graduates from the programme have been employed, reported that teachers have a passion for the subjects they teach.
Cornwall SCITT
Cornwall School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) offers exemplary training to teach with a partnership of local early years, primary and secondary schools, a special needs academy, an alternative provision academy and Truro and Penwith College. With an exceptional training and employment record, Cornwall SCITT provides bespoke subject and school support for trainee teachers with an established strong reputation within Cornwall and further afield.
On successful completion of this course, you will have developed your specific subject knowledge and learnt the skills needed to teach your chosen age range effectively, from the basics of structuring and planning lessons through to developing personal skills and confidence in front of a class.
Select a pathway
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FdA Early Years Practice
FdA Early Years Practice
T Level Education and Childcare
T Level Education and Childcare (Assisting Teaching Pathway)
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Full-Time
Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Part-Time
School Leaver
T Level Education and Childcare
T Level Education and Childcare (Assisting Teaching Pathway)
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
T Level Education and Childcare (Early Years Pathway)
University Centre
FdA Early Years Practice
FdA Early Years Practice
Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Full-Time
Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Part-Time
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Full-Time
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (inc. Diploma in Teaching) Part-Time
BA (Hons) Education and Training
FdA Childhood Education
Adult & Professional
Get into Teaching Taster
NCFE Level 3 Award in Education and Training
NCFE / CACHE Level 3 Diploma for Working in the Early Years Sector (EYE)
our stories
Simon – BA (Hons) Education and Training
Natasha – BA (Hons) Human Behavioural Studies
Amber – BA (Hons) Education and Training
Bo’s Story
The course was incredibly flexible and being able to study part time alongside working full time as a lecturer helped me achieve my career ambitions.
Dean - Certificate in Education (Part-time)
