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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).
Further Forward - The Guardian's special section on the new workforce reforms at http://education.guardian.co.uk/feworkforcereforms
The Road-Map for a Licence to Practice. from the CETT for Inclusive Learning is a visual tool to help teachers chart their way to becoming a qualified.
It starts:
Qualified Teacher Status in the Lifelong Learning Sector (QTLS)
Associate Teacher in the Lifelong Learning Sector (ATLS)
Post 1 September 2007
From September 2007;
you need to obtain a Licence to Practice from the Institute for Learning (IfL).
http://www.cettil.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=50
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.
Professional Formation Declaration of Suitability
This form should be used to demonstrate your suitability to undertake the Professional Formation process to gain licenced practitioner status.
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.
Evidencing personal skills in Literacy and Numeracy (LLUK)
Evidencing personal skills in literacy and numeracy is a mandatory element of the professional formation process of the Institute for Learning (IfL), enabling a teacher to gain licensed practitioner status. This document provides guidance for that process.
Guidelines on CPD (IfL) (PDF 4.6 mb)
Case studies on best practice in CPD (IfL) from West Nottinghamshire College; The City of Wolverhampton; Richmond upon Thames College; Thanet College; Oaklands College; EAGIT Trainin
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 DIUS.
Their website is at: http://www.dius.gov.uk/index.html
The other part of what used to be the Department for Education and Skills, and its purpose is to ‘to make this the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. We want to:
Department web site is at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/index.htm
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
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service is the new sector‑owned body, formed from the Centre for Excellence in Leadership and the Quality Improvement Agency to develop excellent and sustainable FE provision across the sector. LSIS works ‘in partnership with all parts of the sector to provide vision, leadership, clarity and high quality support; practising and enabling continuous self‑improvement and capacity building.’
The LSIS website is at http://www.lsis.org.uk/LSISHome.aspx
LLUK is the ‘independent employer-led sector skills council responsible for the professional development of staff working in the UK lifelong learning sector’ There is a page on the workforce reforms on their website with downloads of key documents, advice and FAQs at
http://www.lluk.org/ittreforms/3272.htm
LLUK offer Free Professional Advice on their Information and Advice Service on 020 7936 5798 or email advice@lluk.org
The LLUK website is at: www.lluk.org
KEY LLUK DOCUMENTS
Literacy and ESOL - shared and distinctive knowledge, understanding and professional practice (January 2009) - (pdf 680k)
Minimum Core - guidance on implementation (pdf 870k)
National Standards for Teachers, Tutors and Trainers (pdf 550k)
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
All mandatory units of assessment (including generic and Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL) (pdf 716k)
Mandatory units of assessment for generic programmes only (pdf 268k)
Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL units of assessment (fully integrated) (pdf 388k)
Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL units of assessment (partially integrated) (pdf 363k)
Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL units of assessment (additional) (pdf 264k)
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/
SVUK is responsible for endorsing generic initial teacher training (ITT) qualifications for the lifelong learning sector in England and Wales, and those for Skills for Life practitioners in ESOL, literacy and numeracy in England. They ‘work closely with higher education institutions, awarding bodies and training organisations offering these qualifications’ and support ‘the quality of initial training and continuing professional development through our work with such providers and stakeholders’.
SVUK administers the General Professional Recognition Learning and Skills scheme (GPRLS), which enables competent and experienced teachers in England to be recognised as qualified members of the workforce.
They also manage the Tariff of Initial Teacher Training Qualifications , which equates ITT qualifications available in England prior to September 2007 with the new teaching and training qualifications, which have since been introduced.
The SVUK website is at: http://www.svuk.eu/