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Overview

From September 2007, all new entrants to teaching in the sector will be required to complete a new award which will prepare them to teach. This is a small introductory course which will give a threshold status to teach. It will be mandatory for any new teacher who teaches publicly funded provision. Those for whom teaching/tutoring/training is their major role, will be required to progress to a further qualification appropriate to role.

The OCR Awards in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector are made up of one unit. This unit is worth 6 credits on the Qualifications Credit Framework and is at either level 3 or level 4 to allow access to candidates with different abilities.

Progression

Candidates who successfully complete these awards can use the completed unit towards the OCR Certificates in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector at either level 3 or level 4. If a candidate completes the level 4 award, the unit can be used towards the OCR L5 Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

Target audience

The OCR awards in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector give a threshold licence to teach for all new teachers, trainers and tutors delivering publicly funded provision who are entering the profession from September 2007. The Award will be a requirement as laid out in the Dfes paper 'Equipping our Teachers for the Future: Reforming Initial Teacher Training for the Learning and Skills Sector'.

Please note: ‘Teacher’ is used as a generic term to represent teachers, tutors, trainers, facilitators, instructors, lecturers, practitioners.