ProfCE Post Compulsory Education and Training (PcET)

It is a full, nationally recognised teaching qualification, specifically designed for those aiming to teach a vocational subject in areas such as Hair and Beauty, Construction and Motor Vehicle Maintenance. 
 
The University of South Wales at Newport has led the field in vocational teacher education in Wales for many years, on our campus in Caerleon, in our partner FE colleges and more recently in our riverside campus in the center of Newport. 
 
You would need a level 3 vocational qualification and relevant industry/sector experience to join the course. Once with us, you will develop skills, confidence, and understanding of learning, teaching and assessment in your subject.

What you will study?

This course prepares you for a career as a teacher within the Post Compulsory sector and also provides an introduction to university study in a friendly and supportive environment. 
 
The Professional Certificate in Education consists of six 20 credit modules:  

Planning for Learning  

This module provides an introduction to teaching in theory and practice, with an opportunity to try things out and a practical assessment. 

Assessing for Learning 

This module enables you to get to know your learners better, and to plan to meet their needs. You’ll also be supported in the creative use of learning technology for assessment. 

Developing Professional Practice  

This module runs throughout the year and includes planning and managing 50 hours of taught sessions, being observed teaching, evaluating and reflecting on your own practice, and action planning for your own professional development.

Practice-based Research  

This module provides a research project ‘taster’. You will undertake a case study of a learner and develop research skills such as interviewing and other data collection, to help you find out more about your learner and about effective teaching.  

Literacies for Learning  

This is a chance to explore ideas about all kinds of communication and literacy (digital, visual, graphic, written, etc.) in your everyday life and your teaching. The module is assessed via a fun and interactive exhibition to which you contribute to. 

Extending Professional Practice  

This builds on your professional learning in Developing Professional Practice, as you continue to plan, teach, reflect and be observed. You will also look beyond the classroom towards the post-compulsory education landscape and learn new technology/animation skills for an assessed presentation. 

Teaching practice 

Teaching practice in the full teaching role is at the heart of the qualification (100 hours for full-time students, 50 hours per year for part-time students). It provides the foundation for all your learning in every module throughout the course. Whilst on a teaching practice placement, you also need to undertake observation of other practitioners, and to take part in the life of the placement institution more broadly.