Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Community First is working to support  Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) tutors, teachers and trainers to develop their professional skills.
We also want to help them meet their obligations under the Further Education Workforce reforms where necessary. These reforms were approved in July 2007 and have been effective since 1st September 2007. They impact on teachers, trainers and tutors working across the whole learning and skills sector including the VCS. In fact all providers that receive funding from the LSC now have a contractual obligation to comply with the regulations.  This includes franchise arrangements as well as directly contracted work.

Community First has carried out a range of initiatives since the regulations were introduced:

  • Delivery of five PTTLS course aimed at people in the VCS.  A total of 58 people have successfully gained their PTTLS award
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)workshops and training events for Tutors/Trainers.
  • Establishment of a  Support Network for VCS tutors/trainers offering a regular newsletter that provides advice and up to date information on developments in Lifelong Learning
  • Research into a variety of issues affecting people working as teachers in the VCS including, mentoring, network development, progression routes through the qualification framework and support to volunteer tutors
Community First is committed to support the VCS in developing the quality of its training provision.

We are developing an exciting new project with Fircroft College aimed at enabling people in the 3rd sector to progress more easily through the Qualification Framework. Further details can be found in the documnet below.


To find out more about the Qualifications Framework  and the workforce reforms visit
www.lluk.org

For further details about the VCS lifelong learning network  and details of forthcoming PTTLS courses contact 
markh@comfirst.org.uk

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