 | Meeting
the Entry Requirements for TQ (FE) - Guidance for Colleges
The Professional
Development Forum (PDF) discussed the fact that a minority of college lecturers
would not automatically fulfil the entry requirements in respect of Core Skills
in particular. This guidance
(Word,
54Kb) makes
some practical suggestions to colleges on the methods that they could use for
assessing candidates to the level required in each of the three stated areas of
competence. | |
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| PDAs
- Standards for PDA Diagram
The professional standards consist of initial
standards for underpinning Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and Initial Teacher
Education (ITE) programmes plus a suite of standards for the continuing professional
development (CPD) of lecturers. The development of the standards into qualifications
is shown in this document
(Word,
66Kb). | |
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| In
June 2006, ETLLD published the new 'Professional Standards for Lecturers in Scotland's
Colleges'. This replaced the National Guidelines document (see below), published
in 1997. To access a .pdf version of this document, please click on the image
to the right. |  |
| Between
September and December 2004, a consultation was held on the question of 'The Need
for a Professional Body for Staff in Scotland’s Colleges'. The Analysis of
Responses to this consultation is available here
(pdf, 720Kb). | |
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Each
year the PDF undertakes a review of the delivery of PDAs and PDUs by approved
college providers. To help these colleges benchmark their performance, a slightly
abridged version of the latest review report is available
here (Word, 224Kb).
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| A
.pdf version of the 'National Guidelines on Provision Leading to the Teaching
Qualification (Further Education) and Related Professional Development' is available
to read by clicking on the image to the right. This document was superseded by
the 'Professional Standards for Lecturers in Scotland's Colleges' (see above). | 
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In
2003 the Enterprise, Transport, and Lifelong Learning Department of the Scottish
Executive undertook a survey of satisfaction levels amongst lecturers studying
for a teaching qualification in further education - TQ(FE) - during academic year
2001/02. The following report is the outcome of this survey. NB: For more general
information on TQ(FE) provision, visit the TQ(FE) section of this website. | |
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In
March of 2003, the Department launched 'A Review of Occupational Standards and
National Guidelines on Provision Leading to the Teaching Qualification in Further
Education [TQ(FE)] and Related Professional Development'. After the consultation
period ended, an 'Analysis
of Responses' to the Review was produced. | |
