Applications for the 2012 programme have now closed. We will reopen applications for the 2013 Leadership Development Programme in early June 2012. Please continue to visit our website for the latest information.
IT doesn’t have to be about systems and processes
Could you make IT cool again? We’re looking for inspirational
graduates to tackle the decline in A-level ICT and help to transform
the futures of young people around the UK.
Through a unique Leadership Development Programme, Teach First will provide you with unparalleled opportunities to develop your potential through skills training, leadership development and exposure to leading organisations across the spectrum of education, business and the third sector.
ICT is one of the subject areas where we are facing the greatest challenge. The increasing use of technology in our daily lives means that over the next ten years, careers in the IT sector will outstrip the national average by 4 to 1. At the same time the number of graduates studying ICT is plummeting, with the potential for the UK to fall behind the global economy if it cannot produce the next generation of highly skilled IT professionals.
Teach First is a prestigious graduate employer, recently named 7th in the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, that places top graduates into a two year programme of teaching and leadership development. Our programme will give you the skills and strategies to impact directly on the young people you work with.
The charity is enthusiastically backed by a wide range of high-profile supporters in all sectors and by the government e.g. HSBC, Institute of Engineering & Technology, BT, because they recognise the skills you develop in the classroom are directly transferable to management careers. They know that if you can engage, manage and stimulate a class of teenagers, you can handle pretty well any situation in any organisation.
‘We are proud to support Teach First. The skill-set that participants develop through the programme – improved communication skills, resilience, the ability to problem solve and motivate people- are all abilities we look for in the individuals we recruit” BT plc
Whatever your long term ambitions, Teach First will help you stand out from the crowd. As well as gaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) you’ll have the opportunity to pursue a fully-funded Masters qualification and gain access to a network of extensive supporters. This is a full-time paid position for a minimum of two years.
More information can be found at www.teachfirst.org.uk
(You don’t have to be a registered Milkround user to apply)