Education seeks graduates to train to be teachers
WITH an ageing teaching profession, Education is having to go off-island every year to get secondary teachers, the director of education has said.
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And with 'just about enough' local candidates for primary school vacancies, the department is encouraging local graduates interested in training on-island to be a teacher to get in touch.
In partnership with the University of Brighton, the initial teacher training programme offers an employment-based route into teaching with the opportunity to 'earn while you learn' and leads to Guernsey-qualified teacher status.
Alan Brown said that about five or six embark on the 12-month programme each year, with 'virtually all' becoming teachers and who still remain in post now.
