When I started my course, my son, who teaches, said to me ‘are you planning a career change dad?’ I’m not. I’m doing it because I do a lot of training in public health and I wanted to do it better, and have formal qualifications. I have put myself through the wringer as a result!
You’re never too old to learn. I’ve quite enjoyed it. It is going to change my life because I am much more focussed on what I want to do. I have a passion for teaching adults. I have always thought ‘what about adults who’s experience of school is not good, how do you support them? If I can do it, anybody can do it.
Change is good. I feel I am achieving something with teaching and making a difference to other people’s lives. With this qualification I hope to do more to help others realise they can do it too.
The personal and professional challenge it has given me is I discovered I am more critically aware of why things happen and don’t happen, I have enjoyed the peer learning, being with other people and listening to their journeys and experiences with them. My tutor Jacqui is a mature individual like me and she has influenced my thinking, making me aware of my maturity, my unconscious biases and their effect on me.
I’ve found the College to be very supportive, very professional. I had studied at MidKent College before and they offered the course, so I didn’t look for anywhere else to study, it was my go-to place.
