www.standardsverificationuk.org

New agenda for VET trainers in the UK

Professional Development of the VET workforce

Sandie Gay14.10.10

Scotland

EnglandWales

NI

Four nations – four government education departments responsible for VET trainers.

Scottish Government –Lifelong Learning Executive (LLD)

British Government –Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS)

Northern Ireland Executive –Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI)

Welsh Assembly Government –Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS)

UK Education - overview

Compulsory 5–16 years – general education

SCHOOLS

FURTHER EDUCATION

Second chance general education

Post compulsory sixth form 16 -18 –academic or pre-vocational education and training

Vocational education and training (VET)

Access to HE

HIGHER EDUCATION

Academic education

Personal and community development learning (PCDL)

HE in FE

First choice general education

Pre-vocational education and training

Research & Development

Post-compulsory 16 (18) years onwards …………………………

Compulsory 5-16 (18) years

Work place learning

UK professional standards for post compulsory teachers/trainers/tutors/lecturers:

New overarching professional standards for teachers, tutors and trainers in the lifelong learning sector (2007)

Northern Ireland overarching professional standards for teachers, tutors and trainers in the lifelong learning sector (2009)

New overarching professional standards for teachers, tutors and trainers in the lifelong learning sector in Wales (2007)

Professional Standards for lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges (2006)

Learning Delivery National Occupational Meta Standards

Learning and Development National Occupational Standards

UK Professional Standards Framework - for Higher Education Lecturers

England Wales Northern Ireland Scotland

Regulations & professional qualifications for post compulsory teachers/trainers/tutors/lecturers:

England Wales Northern Ireland Scotland

Further Education Teachers’ (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern

Ireland) 2007

PGCE/PGDE for Teaching and Learning in HE (recommended)

L3/4PTLLS

L3/4 CTLLS

L6 and above DTLLS

Teaching Qualification Further Education TQ(FE)recommended

Further Education Teachers’

Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007 plus the Further Education Teachers’

Continuing Professional

Development and Registration (England)

Regulations 2007

Cert Ed / PGCE

Further Education Teachers'

Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2002 (for those qualifying after

2008, the new professional standards

underpin the qualifications requirements)

PGC (FHE)

Teachers (Education, Training and

Recommendation for Registration)

(Scotland) Regulations 1993

new framework in development

new framework in development

Timeline

2002: Standards Unit and the Institute for Learning set up

Pre 2001:not mandatory but many FE teachers/trainers gained professional qualifications

2003:DfEs policy: qualification requirements for ESOL teachers

2003:Ofsted report stated quality of T&L not satisfactory

2005: LLUK/SVUK set up to support reforms

2007: new statutory qualification requirements for FE inc VET trainers

2007/9:LLUK – new professional standards for England, Wales and NI

2009 – Skills for Growth: National Skills Strategy

2002:Success for All – aim: fully to have a qualified workforce by 2010

1999:FENTO –Teaching and Supporting Learning Standards for England and Wales

2004:Equipping our Teachers for the Future: Reforming initial teacher training for FE

2006: Raising Skills: Improving life chances

2006: Professional Standards for Lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges

2010 – LLUK – overarching Learning Delivery meta Standards for the UK

2001:statutory regulations for teachers in government funded provision to hold qualifications developed from FENTO standards plus requirements for LLN (En)

Regulations

Government papers

Professional organisations

Professional standards

Narrative

Role of Lifelong Learning UK

• Sector Skills Council for the lifelong learning sector’s workforce– Sector skills councils are employer led bodies set up to look after the interests

of a specific sector and its workforce

– LLUK is one of 23 sector skills councils

• In consultation with employers and stakeholders, LLUK develops, maintains and updates national occupational standards including the professional standards for teachers, tutors and trainers in the lifelong learning sector which includes vocational education and training.

• Footprint –practitioners working in:– Higher education

– Further education (VET)

– Work based learning (VET)– Community Learning and Development

– Career guidance

– Libraries, archives and information services

Now….towards professionalisation of VET workforce• Overarching UK Learning Delivery Occupational Standards articulating

common areas of the national standards - enables the recognition and transferability of skills across nations.

• VET teacher/trainer qualifications framework and qualifications developed from a set of national standards in each nation - enable recognition of local requirements whilst enabling cross border transfer of skills for migrant workers

• Statutory Teachers’ Qualifications Regulations apply in all UK nations

For example, in England:• All new entrants required to gain a prescribed, role specific teaching qualification• Further qualification requirements for teachers of adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL• Register with the professional body, Institute for Learning (IfL)• Gain professional status (A/QTLS) by evidencing good, current practice• Carry out a minimum amount of continuing professional development (CPD)

Role of Standards Verification UK

• Wholly owned by LLUK but independent company• Providing arms length operation for transparency an d probity • A necessity because LLUK’s employers have workforces that need

standards based qualifications and CPD but also pro vide much of the initial training and CPD to the LLL sector work forces.

Standards Verification UK:• Endorses ITT qualifications; verifies delivery of ITT to

professional standards (in England and Wales with supporting role in NI)

• Provides additional services for existing workforce:– a scheme designed for experienced but unqualified

teachers to be professionally recognised: General Professional Recognition Learning and Skills

(England only) : http://www.standardsverificationuk.org/2927.htm

– resource for already qualified teachers/trainers: the Tariff of Qualifications (ITT) …..

Tariff of Qualifications (ITT)

• A free to use, interactive, online tool for the FE workforce in England

• Shows the relationship between existing teaching/training qualifications to the teaching qualifications in the new framework: PTLLS, CTLLS, DTLLS, and

• Helps with continuing professional development to ensure existing workforce can meet expectations of current practice.

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Tariff of Qualifications (ITT)

• Helps saves the workforce time, effort and cost of retraining/ requalifying

• Many types of users for many contexts

– the sector’s professional body, Institute for Learning, for grading members

– teachers/trainers in the VET sector to make sure they hold the required

qualification; to plan continuing professional development and career advancement

– employers/HR personnel determining professional standing of existing

and/or potential employees, supporting appraisal and development

– awarding organisations to accredit previous learning and achievements

• Available at: www.tariff.svuk.eu

EU/OS ITT Comparison Tool

• shows a broad comparison of key features of teacher training, main accepted teaching qualification and requirements for professional practice in England to that of other European and overseas countries.

• shows practitioners who have gained their teaching qualifications in other EU or overseas countries, what is expected for professional practice in England and how their qualification compares.

• Available at: www.tariff.svuk.eu/itt-comparison

Feedback from you

• Suggestions for uses of the Comparison Tool: who and how?

• Suggestions for further development, e.g:– Key features– Navigation

• Suggestions for how further development could be funded.

Finally…………scoping future developments• Research on ways to expand the tool with more qualifications and make

it fully flexible – comparison between any two countries– e.g. EU LLP funding under the Leonardo Transfer of Innovation

Action• Develop an ‘equivalence certificate’?

• Develop EU wide occupational standards/train the trainer qualifications for VET trainers, benchmarked to the EQF?

• Develop similar tools for other sectors e.g. healthcare; accountancy; security services: military services

• Develop similar tools for other nations

• Contact details please

• For later thoughts: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YSTJVPP

…….. thank you.