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GETTING QUALIFIED IN THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR

We are in a major period of change in 'Teacher Education and Development', with a new set of national standards, a freshly validated and externally endorsed series of Initial Teacher Education awards, and new regulations for teaching qualifications and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT GETTING QUALIFIED AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

From the Institute for Learning (IfL)

Accessing the IfL Professional Formation Proforma

Instructions on how to access the Professional Formation proforma in REfLECT.

Code of Professional Practice (PDF 300k)

Professional Formation Overview (PDF 180k)

This leaflet provides an overview of the professional formation process for those thinking about aiming for Q/ATLS status
Professional Formation Briefing paper for stakeholders (PDF 80k)

This briefing document provides information on the professional formation process for gaining Q/ATLS for partner organisations and learning providers.

Professional Formation Support Pack (PDF 385k)

A resource designed to support members in successful completion of professional formation to achieve Q/ATLS status.

Professional Formation Annexe A (Mapping the evidence requirements) (PDF 80k)

Mapping the evidence requirements for professional formation to the overarching national occupational standards for initial

teacher training developed by Lifelong Learning UK and used by Standards Verification UK in the endorsement of teacher training

programmes. This map is provided as a guide for teachers when gathering evidence for their professional formation account.

From Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) and Standards Verification UK (SVUK) - now both defunct (summer 2011)

A Guide to The Further Education Teachers' Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007 (LLUK) (Word file 59Kb)

A Guide to The Further Education (Principals' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2007 (LLUK) (Word file 46Kb)

A Guide to The Further Education (Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2007 (LLUK) (Word file 67Kb)

Guidance for awarding institutions on teacher roles and initial teaching qualifications (LLUK) (pdf 408k)

Guidance for awarding institutions on learning support practitioner roles and initial training qualifications (January 2009) (LLUK) (pdf 311k)

The Tariff of Initial Teacher Training Qualifications (SVUK), equates ITT qualifications available in England prior to September 2007 with the new teaching and training qualifications which have since been introduced.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

Guidelines on CPD (IfL) (PDF 4.6 mb)

WHO ARE THE KEY ORGANISATIONS? (listed alphabetically)

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

This new Department brings together functions from two former departments. The Science and innovation responsibilities from the Department of Trade and Industry, and further and higher education from the Department for Education and Skills make up BIS.
Their website is at: http://www.bis.gov.uk/

Department for Education (DfE)

The other part of what used to be the Department for Education and Skills, which is responsible for education and children’s services.
Department web site is at http://www.education.gov.uk/

Institute for Learning (IfL)

The Institute for Learning (IfL) is the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors, student teachers and assessors in the learning and skills sector. They are the organisation which confers the new professional status through Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) and Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS). Under regulations which came into force in September 2007, all teaching practitioners in the Lifelong Learning sector are required to register as members of IfL, undertake CPD each year and abide by the IfL Code of Professional Practice (pdf). The regulations are supported by contractual requirements for LSC-funded provision, thus extending to cover teachers throughout the wider further education and skills sector. Teachers new to the sector from September 2007 are required to become licensed practitioners, which in simple terms means gaining Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) or Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS) status. Although not mandatory for them, existing teachers are also encouraged to become licensed practitioners, as this will become the benchmark for the sector.
The IfL website is at http://www.ifl.ac.uk/home

LLUK Units of Assessment
In order to design, and gain approval for awards in the new system, they are required to address Units of Assessment, which have been produced to provide a curriculum framework for programme designers and awarding bodies. The current units can be accessed below.

THE BATH SPA UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND APPROVED USING THE RELEVANT UNITS OF ASSESSMENT

Office for Standards in Education (OfSTED)

The OfSTED website starts with this statement. ‘We inspect and regulate to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.

The new Ofsted brings together the wide experience of four inspectorates to make a greater difference for every child, and for all young people and adult learners, in England. Their educational, economic and social well-being will promote our success as a country.’
The OfSTED website is at: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/