Level 5 Diploma in Education & Training (Leading to QTLS)

• The Level 5 Diploma programme typically last one year.
• You can apply for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status once you’ve successfully completed your training.
• The QTLS is equivalent to QTS (Qualified Teacher Status in England, allowing you to work as a qualified teacher in state schools.
• QTLS provides 2 licenses in 1. Enables to teach in primary, secondary, and further education.

QTLS is a Professional Status recognised in the Education sector, which is gained after successfully completing a six-month period of Professional Formation and maintained through membership to the Society for Education and Training. The Professional Formation programme enables you to show your progression and commitment to excellence within the Further Education and Skills sector. Once you achieve QTLS, you’ll be added to the professional register where future employers can check your status. Achieving QTLS will also allow you to teach in schools on the same terms as QTS. Education and Training (DET) which means you can achieve it without giving up work and going to University. An option most of us don’t have when we get older and have jobs and families to tend to.

We offer a blended training that will typically consist of active learning in a classroom environment as well as remote learning with online webinars. You will also have access to guest speakers who will share their expertise around safeguarding, using technology in the classroom and managing classroom behavior. You will also learn on the job through your teaching practice and reflecting on your practice.

You will complete a variety of assessments including group presentations, written tasks and recorded discussions. At the end of the year you will present a portfolio of evidence which demonstrates that you have met the assessment criteria of the taught units. You will also undergo 8 one hour observations of your teaching practice.