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Thinking of teaching? Our new guides will help

Posted on • Teaching and education

Making the decision to train to be a teacher is just the start of your journey. There are entry requirements to meet, different routes to becoming qualified to consider as well as the process of applying for initial teacher training (ITT).  It can feel overwhelming trying to juggle your studies and future career direction but that’s where Careers & Employability Services can help.

New downloadable teaching guides for 2022/2023

Take a look at our newly updated Becoming a Teacher Guides 2022/2023 for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Our guides always prove to be popular – not surprising when 27% of OU alumni are pursuing a career in education four years after study (Employability of Qualifiers Survey 2021), with ‘teacher’ the top job title listed.

Our guides can help you answer the important questions

  • They will clarify the various entry requirements you need to meet.
  • Help you consider the skills and experience you will need.
  • Provide ideas for getting relevant work experience.
  • Show you the routes available across early years, primary, secondary, further education, higher education and even teaching at the OU!
  • Highlight alternatives to classroom teaching.
  • Suggest where to go for further resources and support.

What OU students think our guides

“I felt a bit stuck, to be honest, and now feel I can find a way forward, thank you”

“Thank you for this guide, the information it contains is invaluable”.

Learn what it takes to become a teacher in our free course

What is being a teacher really like? Find out with the free OU FutureLearn course – Becoming a Teacher. It will help you to decide if teaching is for you and give you a sense of what it’s really like.

OU Careers and Employability Services
OU Careers Consultant Leigh
Leigh Fowkes is an OU Careers and Employability Consultant specialised in supporting WELS students. Leigh helps students navigate their futures, figure out their goals and build their confidence and skills to achieve them through one-to-one careers consultations and by designing career learning events and resources for the OU. Explore the rest of Careers Stories page for more articles from the Careers and Employability Services team.