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Teacher Education

Prepearing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Level 2 Wisemore Campus 12 Weeks Part Time

To prepare you to teach/ support/ train in the Lifelong Learning Sector and to provide a threshold licence to teach.

This is a threshold/ initial qualification designed for those who wish to work in the Lifelong Learning Sector. It is a requirement [from September 07] for anyone in the profession who does not yet have a recognised teacher/ trainer qualification. It is for those who want to work or work as teachers in this sector [i.e. in further, adult and community education, work-based learning and the voluntary sector]; for technicians and support staff in further and adult education and for training personnel [i.e. in commerce and industry].

 

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements however for entry to the course at Walsall College [and to support you in moving on to a progression route], you will be expected to:

• hold a Level 2 in English/ Literacy
• and preferably a minimum Level 1 in Numeracy/ Maths.
• A Level 2 or 3 qualification in your main subject area.
• A commitment to improving your ICT skills.

Progression

For Associate Teachers*: the City and Guilds 7304 Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector
For full Teacher role: the City and Guilds 7305 Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector

* Associate teacher is a teacher role with fewer responsibilities i.e. you predominantly teach in at least one of the following ways: from packs/ pre-prepared materials, on a one to one basis, to a particular level/type of learner [not across a range] and deliver short courses. It also includes those whose main role isn’t teaching, but who delivers learning on a fairly regular basis i.e. through termly contracts.

 

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