Merge pull request #4481 from DFE-Digital/create-teaching-assistant-m…

…aterial-for-seo

add in teaching assistant information for seo

app/views/content/life-as-a-teacher/change-careers/benefits-of-changing-careers/_article.html.erb

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     <p>The skills and experiences you bring from previous careers are invaluable in the classroom. From communication and public speaking, to problem solving and people management, your pupils will learn more from you than you might think.</p>
     <p>As a teacher, you can watch pupils progress as they learn, making an impact from your very first lesson.</p>
     <p><%= render 'content/shared/quotes/quote_career_change_jodie' %></p>
+    <p>You may already have valuable experience working with pupils in the classroom, for example as a teaching assistant. Your expertise working with pupils might make you a desirable candidate for teacher training and may help you to make a smooth transition into teaching.</p>
+    <%= render 'content/shared/quotes/quote_teaching_assistant_emma' %>
     <p><a href="/life-as-a-teacher/teaching-as-a-career/why-teach">Find out more about why other people choose to become teachers</a>.</p>
     <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Practical benefits of teaching</h2>
     <p><%= render 'content/shared/teaching/benefits_generic' %></p>

app/views/content/life-as-a-teacher/change-careers/how-to-change-careers-to-become-a-teacher/_article.html.erb

@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@
       <li>do undergraduate teacher training to get a degree alongside qualified teacher status (QTS)</li>
       <li>check if you're eligible to do a teacher degree apprenticeship</li>
     </ul>
-    <h4>Funding undergraduate teacher training </h4>
+    <h4>Funding undergraduate teacher training</h4>
     <p>Undergraduate teacher training courses can be funded through tuition fee and maintenance loans. You may also be eligible for a bursary of <%= v :bursaries_undergraduate %>.</p>
     <p>Teacher degree apprenticeships allow you work in a school and earn a salary while getting a bachelor’s degree, so you do not have to pay tuition fees.</p>
     <p><a href="/train-to-be-a-teacher/if-you-dont-have-a-degree">Find out more about training to teach if you do not have a degree</a>.</p>
     <h3>If you do not want to get a degree</h3>
     <p>You do not need a degree and QTS to <a href="/life-as-a-teacher/age-groups-and-specialisms/further-education-teachers">teach in further education</a> or to <a href="/life-as-a-teacher/age-groups-and-specialisms/early-years-teachers">teach in early years</a>. So if you want to become a teacher, but are not able to get a degree, you can explore these options.</p>
+    <h3>If you're a teaching assistant</h3>
+    <p>If you're a teaching assistant, your valuable classroom experience might make you a desirable candidate for teacher training. You'll still need a degree and QTS to teach in most schools, which you can achieve through the same routes as other career changers.</p>
+    <p>If you've been a teaching assistant for 2 years and have taught classes independently, you may be eligible for the <a href="/train-to-be-a-teacher/assessment-only-route-to-qts">assessment only route to QTS</a>.</p>
   <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Find out more about how to change careers to teaching</h2>
-  <p>To find out more, you can:</p>
+  <p>To find out more, you can: </p>
     <ul>
       <li>attend a <a href="/events/about-get-into-teaching-events">Get Into Teaching event</a>, where you can speak to advisers, local training providers, and experienced teachers</li>
       <li>explore <a href="/life-as-a-teacher/change-careers/support-with-changing-careers">support for career changers</a></li>

app/views/content/life-as-a-teacher/teaching-as-a-career/why-teach/_article.html.erb

@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
 
     <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Use skills from your degree or previous career</h2>
 
-    <p>Teaching provides you with a great environment to use the skills and knowledge you’ve developed during a degree or a previous career. You’ll share your passion with your pupils and continue to learn as you teach. Find out more about <a href="/life-as-a-teacher/change-careers">changing careers to become a teacher</a>.</p>
+    <p>Teaching provides you with a great environment to use the skills and knowledge you’ve developed during a degree or a previous career. You’ll share your passion with your pupils and continue to learn as you teach.</p>
 
     <p><%= render 'content/shared/quotes/quote_why_teach_jack' %></p>
+    <p>You may already have valuable experience working with pupils in the classroom, for example as a teaching assistant. Your expertise working with pupils might make you a desirable candidate for teacher training and may help you to make a smooth transition into teaching.</p>
+    <%= render 'content/shared/quotes/quote_teaching_assistant_emma' %>
+    <p>Find out more about <a href="/life-as-a-teacher/change-careers">changing careers to become a teacher</a>.</p>
 
     <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Career progression</h2>
 

app/views/content/shared/quotes/_quote_teaching_assistant_emma.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<%= render Content::QuoteComponent.new(
+  text: "I’d been in quite a few lessons in more of a teaching assistant capacity. Some of the kids said, ‘Why doesn’t Miss become a teacher?’, and I thought, ‘Why not? I can do this’.",
+  name: "Emma, trainee teacher",
+) %>