ABSTRACT

Your initial teacher training programme will help make secure your confidence and competence as far as science subject knowledge and subject application are concerned. Your next challenge is ahead. You will begin to apply for teaching posts around the January or February of your final year. This means that you have to think about your future before you have finished the training programme. Although applying for teaching posts is not an element of Circular 4/98, everything that you do in terms of meeting the standards can be seen as part of your preparation for this next stage in your professional development, and Section D of Annex A does refer to it obliquely. In this chapter, we will consider what you should think about and expect when you apply for your first teaching post.