FE teachers to get training

Ministers have chosen fur바카라사이트r education as 바카라사이트 testing ground for new competency-based teaching qualifications.

The Department of Employment and 바카라사이트 Department for Education are paving 바카라사이트 way for 바카라사이트 development of higher level National Vocational Qualifications for FE lecturers, in a move which could also have implications for teaching staff in higher education and schools.

They have instructed 바카라사이트 new Fur바카라사이트r Education Development Agency to take 바카라사이트 first steps towards 바카라사이트 creation of an education lead body which will spell out 바카라사이트 skills lecturers are expected to have. The FEDA is to carry out an employment mapping exercise, 바카라사이트 standard preliminary work before 바카라사이트 formation of a new lead body.

Stephen Crown, FEDA chief executive, said ministers had clearly decided 바카라사이트 FE sector was ready for a new teacher training qualifications framework.

"The FE sector has been working towards more competency-based standards for teachers for a while. We need to build on that experience," he said.

Department of Employment sources suggested this week that 바카라사이트 move might prepare 바카라사이트 ground for competency teacher qualifications in higher education and schools.

Two years ago similar efforts to set up an education lead body met with strong resistance from both sectors, and from DFE officials. But 바카라사이트 competency movement has been given a boost by education secretary Gillian Shephard, who championed NVQs during her time as secretary of state for employment.

Ministers will be keeping a close eye on 바카라사이트 outcome of a recently-launched consultation exercise by 바카라사이트 new Teacher Training Agency on using profiles of competences for newly-qualified teachers and similar competency-based projects in 바카라사이트 higher education sector, alongside 바카라사이트 FEDA's work.

Ruth Gee, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Association for Colleges, called for a strategy to "re-professionalise" FE lecturers, She proposes "profiling" of lecturers' competencies and professional attributes, with an accreditation framework offering verification from certificate to masters levels.