Central Funding deadline GPRLS 6 October

The deadline for applications to the centrally funded Recognition scheme is 6th October 2010 The GPRLS scheme enables competent and experienced teachers who do not have an initial teacher training qualification to be recognised according to the requirements established by the FE Teachers' Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007. The scheme is designed for those for whom undertaking an initial teacher training qualification would be inappropriate. Applicants who submit either a SFL or All Areas of Learning application after this date will be charged a processing fee. More information - Standards verification UK http://www.svuk.eu/2927.htm GRPLS successful applicants are in a position to commence the process of professional formation prior to applying for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) or Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS), the new licences to practise that are conferred by the Institute for Learning (IfL). Gaining QTLS or ATLS: Professional Formation http://www.ifl.ac.uk/cpd/qtls-atls Summary poster http://www.ifl.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/16354/2010_05_professional_formation_guide.pdf Call for equal status of QTLS and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). At the Institute for Learning (IfL) awards ceremony on 16 September 2010 for members who had successfully completed Professional Formation to gain Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) or Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS), Baroness Margaret Sharp of Guildford called for equal status of QTLS and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), because young people need expert vocational teachers from further education, whether they learn in school or further education settings. Baroness Sharp said, “Education at all levels depends crucially upon the quality of its teachers. The further education sector is no exception, and I am amongst those who have welcomed the tightening of training requirements in the sector in recent years. Indeed, the sector requires that its teachers prove their competence both as good teachers and as good professionals within their own vocational or subject sphere. “Given this double professionalism, it really is extraordinary that there is still no alignment of qualifications between the school and FE sectors. The Skills Commission in which I participated earlier this year called for a unified approach for QTS and QTLS to be introduced as quickly as possible for all teachers of young people, and within the coalition I shall be doing my best to make sure that this advice is heeded." http://www.ifl.ac.uk/newsandevents/press-releases/baroness-sharp-calls-for-united-status-of-qtls-and-qts