Training to Teach in the Learning and Skills Sector
From Threshold Award to QTLS

Table of Contents

1. The context for change: new professional standards for teachers in the learning and skills sector
2. Professional values: a focus on entitlement, equality and inclusiveness
3. Professional practice: creating effective and stimulating opportunities for learning
4. Professional skills: planning learning programmes to meet the needs and expectations of learners
5. Theory and  practice: secure knowledge and understanding of what it means to teach
6. The new technologies for teaching: using ILT as an enhancement to learning
7. The curriculum contextualised: secure knowledge and understanding of the subject and curriculum
8. Skills for the twenty-first century: using the learner’s experience as a foundation for their learning
9. Assessment: using feedback as a tool for learning and progression
10. Helping learners to achieve their full potential: providing effective support to learners
11. Enhancing learner behaviour: establishing and maintaining an effective learning environment
12. Continuing professional development: developing by participating in formal and information professional activities