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 to have, or be prepared to work towards, a recognised teaching qualification like:
Most people following this route have:
To find out if you're suited to this type of teaching, you could do some voluntary work, although this is not essential.
You may be eligible for a training bursary if you're looking to specialise in teaching English or maths. Get Into Teaching has more details.
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.
We can't find any apprenticeship vacancies in England for a Skills for life teacher right now.
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