The Institute for Learning
The Institute for Learning (IfL) is the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors and student teachers in the learning and skills sector.
The Institute supports adult and community learning, emergency and public services, further education colleges, Ministry of Defence and armed services, the voluntary sector, offender education and work-based learning.
Visit the IfL website to find out more about registration, training and events offered by the Institute.

Qualifications for teachers in the Learning and Skills Sector
The Government expects that all new staff employed as teachers, tutors, trainers, lecturers and instructors must be professionally registered and licensed to practise by the IfL.To be licensed all teachers must be trained to a standard that allows them to achieve either Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status or Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS) status. All teachers should undertake at least 30 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) per year, with reduced amounts for those on sessional, fractional or part-time contracts, and maintain a record of CPD activities undertaken.
Please see the Training to teach section on our website for further information.

Lifelong Learning UK is the sector skills council responsible for the professional development of those working in the UK lifelong learning sector. On its website is a useful summary sheet that maps routes to qualifications. On the CILT website you will find more details about CPD requirements.

Ofsted 2009 report on  English and modern foreign languages good practice in colleges
This report results from a survey of factors which enable post-16 learners to make good progress in sector subject area 12: languages, literature and culture, specifically, in English and modern foreign languages. Inspectors visited 18 colleges where provision in English and/or modern foreign languages had been judged to be good or outstanding at their most recent inspection. The report contains examples of good practice and recommendations for further improvement.

Download the full publication:
Identifying good practice: a survey of college provision in English language and literature, and modern foreign languages (PDF, 117.99KB)

Ofsted welcome your views on this report, to fill out their short questionnaire please visit their site.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
There are opportunities for CPD nationally and regionally, make sure you keep in touch via the Ezine

Visit the CILT events page to find out about the latest events offered by CILT and other national, local and regional organisations who work with adult teachers and learners.

Routes into Languages
Visit their web page for a list of upcoming events in your area.

Links into Languages
Visit their web pages for a range of continuing professinal development courses