Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE)

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VIDLEARN® is the UK's leading provider of Distance Learning Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses for those who are thinking of training to teach in one of the shortage subjects.

We work with a network of partners across the country and are also an accredited SKE provider in our own right.

The VIDLEARN® partnership provides Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses in all of the shortage subjects.

Candidates following a School Direct, SCITT, PGCE or Teach First training path can complete their SKE with VIDLEARN® 100% Online.

VIDLEARN® also provide a free advisory service for those who are thinking of training to teach but have not applied yet. Please give us a call on 0800 7317131 or use our Contact Us form online to discuss your application.

Our SKE partnership

National Online Teacher Training

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The National Online Teacher Training (NOTT) programme offers a new approach to teacher training, blending online study and school-based placements. Full-time and part-time courses are available leading to PGCE with QTS. Train to teach one of the priority subjects:

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• English
• Spanish
• French
• Computer Science
• Geography

Blending Online and School-Based Training

Stage 1: 100% Online

Stage 1 is designed to support trainees to be as well prepared for the training year as possible. There is a full programme of resources provided by NOTT and our team of tutors and advisors will guide you through each step of the process.

Stage 2: Online & School-Based

The NOTT programme is designed to maximise your school-based experience to make you the best teacher you can be. Starting in September 2020, you will be based in your placement school, gaining teaching excperience right from the start of your ITT year.

What you can expect from the programme

Our courses lead to PGCE with QTS with full-time and part-time courses available. We offer you support before and during your teacher training. Our advisors will discuss how this can work for you.

Initial Teacher Training Enhancement Programme

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The ITT Enhancement Programme is a flexible online course to support your Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme. Using the expertise developed as one of the UKs leading suppliers of Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses, VIDLEARN® offers a unique set of resources to support all ITT trainees with our modules in Professional Studies, Literacy and Numeracy, and Pedagogy. Additional support is provided for shortage subject trainees with our targeted Subject Studies modules.

Our resources can be used to supplement or replace aspects of your current ITT programme and offer the flexibility to be used before, during and after your planned input with trainees. The resources can also be used to provide targeted support to trainees to help them fulfil their potential. As trainees’ skills and depth of understanding of teaching develop, they can return to these resources time and time again.

Course structure

The recordings are delivered by educational specialists and engaging qualified teachers. This blend of expertise and academic rigour provides a great introduction to the challenges and rewards of modern teaching. The course is organised into five modules:

• Professional Studies 1
• Professional Studies 2
• Subject Studies
• Literacy and Numeracy
• Pedagogy

The ITT Enhancement Programme also features assessment and tracking tools that contribute to a dynamic portfolio of evidence that the trainee can capture as evidence to demonstrate their fulfilment of the Teachers’ Standards.

Teacher CPD for Subject Changers and Returners

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VIDLEARN are offering a unique opportunity for existing teachers who want to teach in one of the shortage subjects or refresh their subject knowledge prior to returning to teaching. We are offering an online programme that not only covers all of the key concept resources contained in our leading Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses, but also includes everything you need to teach every lesson in your chosen subject.

For schools, this is the most cost effective way to meet teacher shortages in difficult to recruit subjects and get a teacher confidently teaching a new subject almost immediately. Subjects covered at GCSE include:

Every GCSE Lesson Covered

Ground Breaking Online Resources

VIDLEARN are the UK's leading provider of Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses for those thinking of entering teaching. Our courses deliver online resources that closely follow DfE specifications and that are underpinned by regular assessment, tutor support and evidenced progress.

Virtual Lessons

We have developed Virtual Lessons that cover every aspect of every lesson contained in a GCSE subject. Variances from the main Examining Boards are also covered. Virtual Lessons include every aspect of a lesson, including content delivery from an experienced teacher, timed lesson activities and full documentation in the form of the presentation, pupil packs and teacher packs.

Teachers can literally start to teach the same week they enrol by selectively completing modules that suit the needs of the school curriculum. The courses can be completed over a duration that suits the candidate and include a comprehensive completion certificate to evidence experience and progress in each module.

Virtual Lessons

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Virtual Lessons are a new innovation for schools, giving them access to a bank of online GCSE resources that cover every aspect of every lesson contained in each GCSE curriculum. These lessons are self-delivering via streamed interactive video or can be used as an aid to teachers without the video. They include all Examination Board variances and are accompanied by comprehensive printed supporting materials for pupils and teachers.

Virtual Lessons are constructed from a Scheme of Work for each subject that is broken down into modules and a broad lesson plan is then created for each lesson. A full lesson is then produced that includes delivery from an experience subject specialist and teacher, interactive and timed activities, starters and plenaries. Each lesson includes a printed Pupil Pack and Teacher Pack that follow the lesson verbatim and that also provide a perfect reference for revision and progress history.

Every GCSE Lesson Covered

Virtual Lessons are available to schools by the subject and can be purchased for a single cohort with school-wide licences also available.

We currently support the following subjects:

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• English Language
• English Literature
• Spanish
• French
• Computer Science
• Geography
• History
• RE

VIDLEARN® Lesson Recording

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Lesson Recording is our latest innovation that uses video in the classroom to support reflective practice and that is designed to enhance online teacher training in the UK. VIDLEARN® is committed to pushing the boundaries of online learning in delivering real life examples of classroom practice to our trainees.

Lesson Recording is a fabulous opportunity for Schools and Teachers to benefit from personal and shared online video catalogues available on demand for individual or group reflective practice sessions.

The emphasis is on professional quality without upsetting the classroom dynamic. We therefore concentrate on professional specification video and audio without choreographing lighting or seating arrangements. The results are raw, dynamic, broadcast quality, professionally edited online videos.

Lesson Security, Sharing and GDPR

You have the opportunity at any point to request that the recording is not used, in which case it will be permanently deleted. You also get first look at the recording and decide if you would like to share with your school and/or the national VIDLEARN® community of contributing teachers. You can just decide to keep the recording in your own personal online portfolio for your own reflection.

In return, we ask that you allow us to use some of your lesson recordings to exemplify classroom practice and share exclusively with trainee teachers on our secure online courses. No one outside of the teacher training community has access to these videos.

If you would like further clarification of how we use the recordings, would like a demonstration or even temporary access to a relevant course, please get in touch.

Join our Partnership

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We invite you to become a VIDLEARN Partner in the delivery of Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses. Join our growing partnership and benefit from a bespoke, fully resourced suite of SKE courses that you can use to support your ITT programme.

You will have a unique website branded to your HEI, SCITT or School Direct provision, providing you with a ready-made SKE provision to enhance the courses that you offer.

Offering your own in-house SKE courses in partnership with VIDLEARN will widen your selection and recruitment to trainees with a variety of backgrounds. You can begin to develop a relationship with your trainees earlier and can track their progress throughout the SKE. Where trainees need additional support, this can be identified at an earlier stage. Our SKE provision can be seamlessly incorporated into your existing ITT programme, adding an important pre-ITT element to ensure that all your trainees are fully prepared for the ITT year.

Belong to a consortium of respected providers

Skills Test

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Skills Tests by VIDLEARN® is a flexible online course designed to help ITT providers adapt to the changes to the QTS Skills Tests announced by the DfE in October 2019. With these changes the responsibility for ensuring that ITT trainees meet the required standards of Literacy and Numeracy now rests with ITT providers. To help ITT providers manage this we have developed an online course that provides assessment and tracking tools to help you develop and evidence the Literacy and Numeracy skills of your ITT cohort.

These resources can be used to supplement or replace aspects of any ITT providers approach to ensuring high standards of Literacy and Numeracy across both secondary and primary ITT routes, including PGCE, School Direct and SCITT. The online nature of the courses allows flexibility in terms of delivery. This course can be offered now to your September 2020 cohort as a pre-ITT course to ensure readiness for the Literacy and Numeracy demands of the ITT year, or delivered in parallel with the ITT year to provide support wherever providers see fit.

Course structure

The recordings are delivered by educational specialists and qualified teachers, who bring expertise in the subjects and knowledge of the demands placed on ITT trainees in the classroom. The course is organised into two modules:

Literacy

• Spelling
• Punctuation
• Grammar
• Comprehension

Numeracy

• Mental Arithmetic
• Written Arithmetic and Data Handling

The course features assessment and tracking tools that contribute to a dynamic portfolio of evidence that the trainee can capture as evidence towards the Teachers’ Standards.