New CPD requirements for FE tutors

In order to deliver a qualified workforce by 2010 as outlined in the DCSF ‘Success for All’ targets, a series of reforms began on 1 September 2007 which impact upon all teachers, tutors and trainers who deliver Learning and Skills’ (LSC) funded courses within the Further Education sector. There are two strands to the reforms, defined through two separate but complementary sets of Regulations:

1. Revised teaching qualifications for new teachers, including the introduction of licensed practitioner status and differentiating between Full and Associate teaching roles

2. Remaining in good standing as a teaching professional, including a mandatory CPD requirement for all teachers

For full information on the new requirements, visit the Institute for Learning’s (IfL) website .  (The Institute for Learning is the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors and student teachers in the Learning and Skills sector.)

Under the 2007 Regulations all teachers are required to demonstrate evidence of their CPD in order to maintain licensed status.  All forms of professional development, accredited or non-accredited, will be valued and recognised within a minimum annual tariff of 30 hours for full-time staff, reduced pro-rata for hourly paid staff up to a minium of 6 hours per annum.  CPD should not be limited to attendance on structured courses, rather it should include a range of professional development activities to balance all of a teacher's commitments.