Teaching special education in United Kingdom?
(I have put the link to the correct gov department) Most students are taught in main stream classes so there are not special education teachers per se. The best route would be to apply for a job in another subject (English, maths etc) and then look to take on the role of a SENCO (Spacial Education Needs co-ordinator) when you know the system better Most jobs are advertised at the link below. You can check out the reputation of a school at the Ofsted website. Usually no issues on teachers getting visas but you might want to operate through a teaching agency to smooth your passage Any more questions leave as comments under this answer and I will do my best
Home schooling special needs child. I need information. Can you help?
Special ed's exact obligations applies only to the public school systems. If you decide to home school, because you are providing your child with the structural equivalent of a private school education, these same exact rules therefore do not apply to your child's education. The local public school system legally has more discretion about how special ed services are provided/what services are provided to a home schooled child with disabilties. It could be quite possible that your child would have less legal protections than a public school student---who would have to be allowed access to the full spectrum of special education services and procedural protections for which they were elgible for.
Is there public school in the United Kingdom?
Yes. Types of schools Maintained schools: They are publicly funded and run by a head teacher with a board of governors. Most schools in UK are maintained schools. Foundation schools: Similar to maintained schools, but their premises are usually owned by a religious or charitable foundation. The foundation may have influence over the appointment of teachers, governors and other staff, and determine the right of students to attend. Comprehensive schools: State-funded secondary schools that take all children, living locally regardless of talent or ability, and educate them together. Specialist schools and City Technology Colleges: are also state-funded. They teach the National Curriculum but emphasize a particular subject, such as Technology or the Arts. Special schools: are different to specialist schools, and teach children with physical, educational or behavioral difficulties. Teaching groups are small, but working in this kind of school can be very challenging. Independent schools: charge fees and are privately owned by individuals, companies or trusts Age ranges in schools School attendance is compulsory from 5 to 16.
What is the demand for Special Education teachers & science & math in the United Kingdom like in England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland?
There is no shortage of special needs teachers but maths, chemistry and physics teachers are currently on the shortage occupation list. As a non EEA national, the only way you can work in the UK is on a Tier 2 visa. This requires you to have a UK employer who is registered and licensed by the Home Office to employ non EEA nationals. Only certain occupations qualify for a work visa and all require at least a degree level qualficaiton. See tables 1 and 2 for the only jobs that qualify. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy... Your prospective employer must carry out a resident market test to prove that not one single, suitably qualified resident worker is available to fill the post unless the job pays over £153,500 or it's on the shortage occupation list. If you applied for jobs as a maths or science teacher your employer would be exempt from having to carry out the resident market test before employing you. The shortage occupation list is a list of occupations which suffer from an agreed shortage of skilled personnel in the UK to satisfy demand. Most of these occupations are very highly specialised jobs in the arts, technology, engineering science and medicine. https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio... The resident market test involves four weeks of extensive advertising across the jobcentre network and in trade and national press so it's a lengthy and expensive process. Most employers will not go to the time and expense unless they particularly want a specific candidate or they are having trouble recruiting from the resident market.
Should special children be allowed to attend mainstream school?
I would say it depends on the situation. I have seen that sometimes it can be very beneficial to the special needs child, and at the same time educational to the mainstream children. It is good for them to get used to people with disabilities. On the other hand, if the special needs child is disruptive or violent - and this can happen - it is better not. I cannot judge the case of your son, because I only have your second-hand report. What kinds of noises? Is this child merely breathing funny or clumsy? These are things that mainstream people can learn to get used to. My daughter went to a school that shared a campus with a special education school, and so there was significant interaction between the two. Sometimes special ed students were placed in mainstream classes for part of the day; usually not for the whole day. Most of them stayed in their special ed classes, but they might mix during recess or lunch. And some of the disabled children had physical rather than mental disabilities, and these might stay in the mainstream class all day, but get special help with some of their needs. I also saw more than one case in which the special ed student was truly disruptive and violent - I don't mean dangerously violent, but still, it should not be tolerated. This was not always handled well. One mother ended up calling in the police, after many bullying attacks on her son; and this made a difference. I don't think the troublemaker improved, but at least the school's response did.
Does the UK (specifically England) have year round school?
No we don't. ALL children even at private school have holidays during the year. Once your off for the summer time you can go to summer school if you wish to but that's an extra you will have to pay for. Are you talking about needing to be away from your parents and needing a boarding school? There are boarding schools that take pupils all year round BUT what happens, is at holiday time you leave the school and either go back to parents OR if you live too far away, they will make arrangements for a local family or guardian to look after you until you can return to school. THIS however needs to be paid for along with the school fees and boarding. State school do not offer this.
Is officer candidate school and basic training the same thing?
If you have a college degree DO NOT ENLIST!!!!! Don't listen to any recruiter who says you can just change over later because it is a lie. You want to contact a recruiter about Officer training program, OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAMS ONLY and go to OCS. Basic Training is for enlisted personnel only. OCS is basically a boot camp, a few weeks longer than enlisted that focuses more on leadership than following and conformity. The difference in pay/benefits is like $60,000 in a four year period for a JR enlisted and Jr officer. Here are some benefits I know you receive from day 1 as an officer over enlisted: * Off Base housing option up to $1200 monthly for 01-03 *BAS like $200 per month for private mess *2/3rds of the Army is Enlisted so from the get go you as a green LT out ranked 66% of the people in the Army. *Responsibility..KP and work details are real and Officers don't do it. I was in the Navy for six year enlisted. I know what I am talking about that SSG I read does to, these other clowns giving you information would let you waste your college degree doing KP, humping rooks, and work details here is a link to explore and remember if the Army Recruiter will not help you get into OCS see the Air Force, Navy, and Marine recruiters...more than one service. Don't enlist with a college degree you will be kicking yourself in the *** for it if you do, if you join be an Officer. http://www.goarmy.com/ocs/how_to_join.js...
Is "Political Correctness" changing how things are taught in our children's schools?
I don’t have kids in school, nor do I teach K-12 levels, so I am going on some of what I hear second-hand. It appears that yes that is true. I believe courses such as history are definitely affected in a major way.The politically correct textbooks of our modern age - The College FixNot sure how much reading kids are assigned, but this is an interesting criticism:Is YA fiction too politically correct?That’s all understandable, but this is where there HAS to be an agenda driving things: Math being tinkered with to “teach social justice”?“Those were the days of innocent dumbing-down. Now mathematics is being nudged into a specifically political direction by educators who call themselves “critical theorists.” They advocate using mathematics as a tool to advance social justice. Social justice math relies on political and cultural relevance to guide math instruction. One of its precepts is “ethnomathematics,” that is, the belief that different cultures have evolved different ways of using mathematics, and that students will learn best if taught in the ways that relate to their ancestral culture. From this perspective, traditional mathematics–the mathematics taught in universities around the world–is the property of Western civilization and is inexorably linked with the values of the oppressors and conquerors. The culturally attuned teacher will learn about the counting system of the ancient Mayans, ancient Africans, Papua New Guineans and other “nonmainstream” cultures.”Math Now in a Politically Correct ModeI have no idea if THAT has caught on big time or not but given the poor level of mathematical literacy and the IMPORTANCE of math, that is something that is disturbing. Kids need to learn real math. The “commentary” can be kept to “social studies” or the like, but math IS math, and it’s past time it were taught in a way to make kids UNDERSTAND it and like it and not also be denied careers in science and technology because so many can’t do the necessary math.