Qualifications for teachers of English Literacy and ESOL and Mathematics Numeracy Skills for Life LL

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Qualifications for teachers of English (Literacy
and ESOL) and Mathematics (Numeracy) Skills for
Life LLUK research and development activities

• Brenda Clayton
• Teacher Qualifications Framework

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Further Education Teacher Qualifications
Regulations (England) 2007
full teaching role means a teaching role that
carries the full range of teaching
responsibilitiesand requires the teacher to
demonstrate an extensive range of knowledge,
understanding and application of curriculum
development, curriculum innovation or curriculum
delivery strategies. associate teaching role
means a teaching role that carries significantly
less than the full range of teaching
responsibilities ordinarily carried out in a
full teaching role. NB Currently no associate
role in Skills for Life
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ATLS/QTLS new entrants

• All new entrants to the profession from Sept 2007
  in England required to register with IfL and gain
  a new qualification appropriate to role
• Applies to all those who have teaching
  responsibilities and are in receipt of LSC
  funding
• Up to 5 years to complete from enrolment on PTLLS
• Period of professional formation
• Ongoing CPD 30 hrs with sliding scale down to 6
  hours for p/t staff
• Please refer to DIUS and IfL websites for up to
  date information

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Qualifications for teachers of English (Literacy
and ESOL) and Mathematics (Numeracy) Skills for
Life Integrated Diploma Qualifications
Diploma in Teaching English (Literacy) in the
Lifelong Learning Sector
120 credits
Diploma in Teaching Mathematics (Numeracy) in the
Lifelong Learning Sector
120 credits
Diploma in Teaching English (ESOL) in the
Lifelong Learning Sector
120 credits
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Qualifications for teachers of English (Literacy
and ESOL) and Mathematics (Numeracy) Skills for
Life Additional Diploma Qualifications
Level 5 Additional Diploma in Teaching English
(Literacy) in the Lifelong Learning Sector
Level 5 Additional Diploma in Teaching
Mathematics (Numeracy) in the Lifelong Learning
Sector
Level 5 Additional Diploma in Teaching English
(ESOL) in the Lifelong Learning Sector
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Level 5 Diploma in Teaching English (Literacy) in
the Lifelong Learning Sector
Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning
Sector (Literacy)
Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning
Sector
Curriculum Development for Inclusive Practice
(Literacy)
M
M
Planning and Enabling Learning (Literacy)
M
Continuing Personal and Professional Development
Enabling Learning and Assessment (Literacy)
M
M
Level 5
Theories and Principles for Planning and Enabling
Learning (Literacy)
Level 4
Wider Professional Practice
M
M
Literacy and the Learners or Literacy, ESOL and
the Learners
Literacy Theories and Frameworks
O
O
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Level 5 Additional Diploma in Teaching English
(Literacy) in the Lifelong Learning Sector
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Entry requirement for Skills for Life
Qualifications

• Personal skills in English or Mathematics
• Level 3 (QCF)
• Requirement made of all teacher trainees
• Ensures trainees can benefit from the course
• Evidenced in variety of ways

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Alternative routes to ATLS/QTLS for existing staff

• SVUK General Professional Recognition Scheme
  (GPRLS)
• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
• may be informed by SVUK tariff for legacy
  qualifications
• in line with policy of Awarding Institution
• Please refer to SVUK website for up to date
  information
• NB Existing staff also need to register with IfL
  (CPD and Registration Regulations)

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Other teachers, tutors and trainers

• Specialist teachers of learning for living and
  work
• Application of the professional standards for
  teachers of learning for living and work
• Three 15 credit units (Level 4 and level 5)
• Vocational and other subject teachers specialist
  teachers of literacy/numeracy/ESOL
• Embedding literacy, language and numeracy in
  programmes of learning
• Four units 12 credits in total (Level 4)

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Research and development activities (1)

• Include
• Exploring the needs of teacher educators for
  effective implementation of the new
  qualifications
• Further research into equitable provision of CPD
  opportunities across the sector
• Development of accredited provision for those
  implementing the 14-19 diplomas

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Research and development activities (2)

• Include
• Recommendations for a TQF in Wales
• Development of a user guide for use of the MSC
  generic standards for Management and Leadership
  across FE, ACL and WBL

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Learning and Development Qualifications

• Have been extended and are still available
• Exit point Summer 2009
• Trainers in LSC funded providers in England in
  scope for PTLLS CTLLLS or DTLLS
• SVUK tariff for L and D qualifications
• Currently no requirement for those in assessor
  and verifier roles only to take PTLLS
• Review and consultation to take place

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Organisational responsibilities

• LLUK
• Develops standards and facilitates development
  of qualifications
• Works with partner organisations to ensure
  effective implementation
• Provides information and advice through the
  website and I A Service
• QCA
• Accredits teacher qualifications submitted by
  awarding bodies
• SVUK
• Endorses teacher qualifications submitted by
  awarding institutions
• Responsible for the tariff of legacy
  qualifications

• IfL
• Registers teachers in the sector
• Confers ATLS QTLS and awards Licence to
  Practise
• Monitors professional formation CPD activities
  
• QIA
• Responsible for CETTS
• Holds support materials on the Excellence
  Gateway
• LSC
• Responsible for funding of AB qualifications
• Brokering agency for the
• 30m (for those with LSC
• contracts)

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Contacts

• Teacher Qualifications Framework - Angela Joyce
• Teacher Trainer Framework - Angela Joyce
• angelajoyce_at_lluk.org
• Skills for Life/ Supporting Learning Paul
  Hambley
• paulhambley_at_lluk.org
• Information and Advice Service
• 020 7936 5798
• www.lluk.org