Skills for life teachers work with adults and sometimes 16 to 18-year-olds to improve their English and maths.
£19,000 Starter
to£27,000 Experienced
35 to 37 variable
evenings
You can get into this job through:
If you have a degree in a relevant subject, without qualified teacher status, you can apply for a postgraduate teacher training course like:
GOV UK has further details on postgraduate courses.
You'll usually need:
You'll need a recognised teaching qualification or be willing to work towards one. Examples include:
You'll usually need:
You can complete a learning and skills teacher higher apprenticeship.
You'll need a qualification in the subject you want to teach. Employers will be looking for relevant up-to-date industry experience.
You'll also need to show ability in English, maths and IT.
To find out if you're suited to this type of teaching, you could do some voluntary work, although this is not essential.
You can find out more about becoming a skills for life teacher from:
You'll need:
You'll need to:
You'll need a minimum of a level 3 qualification in the subject you wish to teach, like an A level in maths to teach numeracy.
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work in the community, at a training centre or at an adult education centre.
There may be opportunities to move into more senior roles like head of department, or to train other teachers.
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