Skill: Into Teaching

last updated:15 Jan 2010

This new project from Skill, the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, is designed to encourage and support more disabled people to become teachers. The project offers:

Web resources
The website will be a central source of information for disabled people interested in teaching. It will also be useful to trainees, ITT providers and schools.

Helpline
A dedicated helpline to answer individual enquiries about becoming a teacher. Also to support education and training providers, school staff and governors with any disability-related questions which arise during teacher training. The helpline is open:

• Mondays: 10.00am -1.00pm
• Wednesdays: 1.00pm - 4.00pm
   

You can also contact the helpline by email.

• phone: 0800 158 5508
• email: teaching@skill.org.uk
   

Ambassador Scheme
The Ambassador Scheme (using serving teachers) is for disabled people to hear first-hand what it is like to train and work in a school.

The Into Teaching project is being funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools.