Professional development - tutor skills
For General Continuing Professional Development
For general CPD info, go to 'Tutors -DACL Continuing Professional Development' or click here (login required).Skills-set for Tutors using Moodle
The following 4-page document shows how Moodle can help tutors - and also what skills they will need to make best use of Moodle. Moodle should help tutors fulfil some of the key 'technology' requirements of the LLUK Professional Standards, and of course help their learners too.
- Skills-set for Tutors using Moodle - Word version (115KB)
- Skills-set for Tutors using Moodle - RTF version (207KB)
Qualifications Tariff - are you (still) qualified to teach?
If your teacher/trainer qualification is from before Sept 2007, or is from another country, you will need to check that you are still qualified to teach under the new government regulations. Click below to find out more:
- Are you still qualified to teach? (separate section in this Moodle site)
PTLLS and CTLLS Courses
Devon ACL runs a small number of courses for tutors to gain qualifications in teaching. The main qualifications are known as PTLLS and CTLLS. For more details of PTLLS courses, go to the main DACL Course Finder by clicking here then click 'Course Finder', type 'preparing' into the search box and click 'Search'. For details about CTLLS please contact your team leader or Buckland House.
Plymouth University also run courses including a BA(Hons) in Education and Training. The documents below are now a little out of date but show the main topics covered on the courses:
- Plymouth University BA(Hons) in Education and Training (Word format - 87KB)
- Plymouth University BA(Hons) in Education and Training (RTF format - 833KB)
IfL (Institute for Learning) and other CPD resources
The IfL require tutors to carry out Continuous Professional Development in order to maintain their professional status. For more information, click DACL at top left of screen and then click the 'IfL' item on the main DACL Moodle page - or click here.