8th October 2024 – Tags: Teaching Internships
By Nathalie Gotting - Early Careers and Initial Teaching Education Lead
Have you ever thought about teaching? The chance to make a difference, give something back? No, I mean what teaching is really like? Standing up in front of thirty teenagers each lesson, rushing off to break duty, deciding how to teach quadratic equations in an engaging manner to year 9, carrying a set of books, set squares and tripods to a lesson, all whilst answering a year 8’s question about last week’s homework?
The Windsor Academy Trust Teaching Internship programme is your chance to find out what teaching is really like.
Maybe you have always wanted to be a teacher, maybe you are thinking about it and want to find out more, or maybe you haven’t considered teacher training at all before now.
If you're an undergraduate studying science (physics, chemistry), computing, engineering, maths or MFL (French, German, Spanish) and interested in teaching any of these subjects in a secondary school we would love to hear from you.
If you are not sure you meet criteria then please do contact us as we are happy to advise on eligibility!
You would spend three weeks in June and July 2025 in one of our secondary schools in Dudley or Walsall. A specialised and personalised timetable of activities has been prepared for you to give a behind the scenes look at teaching.
During the three weeks, you would:
On the final day of the internship, you will receive guidance about the next steps into teaching.
Following on from the internship programme, you will be invited to join our Internship Alumni. This means that you would:
In addition to these benefits, you’ll be paid from £425 per week.
If you would like more information please contact us at teachertraining@windsoracademytrust.org.uk - we are happy to discuss this programme in greater detail with you.
Ready to apply? Apply online here