Applying for teacher training

 Think about your reasons for wanting to become a teacher and to look at the skills and experience required, see the profiles on the Prospects website – Primary School Teacher: prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/primary-school-teacher and Secondary School Teacher: prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/secondary-school-teacher .  Talk to people who are currently teachers about what it is really like to do the job  Arrange work experience or add variety to the relevant experience that you already have  Draw up a ‘pros and cons’ list – a realistic understanding of teaching as a career and your motivation to train and do the job will be a key part of the selection process