Policy documents and forms
Below you will find useful documents and forms to support your successful application for Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) or Associate Teacher Learning and Skills (ATLS). Click the relevant headlines to access relevant documents and websites of interest.
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Professional Formation forms
Below you will find links to documents and information that you may find useful in relation to Professional Formation, the process for gaining Q/ATLS.
Please complete this form as part of the 'expression of intent' stage of application for QTLS or ATLS.
Use this form to inform the Professional Formation team of the reasons why you cannot use REfLECT and to gain access to alternative means of application.
Policy Documents and Information
Below you will find relevant policy documents in relation to gaining Q/ATLS and the professional formation process. Click the relevant headings to download the relevant documents or websites (please note that Adobe Reader is needed to read some documents, whilst external websites will open in a new window).
Professional Formation Statement
The Institute for Learning's policy statement on professional formation.
Professional Formation Statement - Annexe
Annexe to the IfL's statement on professional formation.
FE Teachers Qualifications Regulations 2007 (external website opens in new window)
FE TEachers CPD and Registration Regulations 2007 (external website opens in new window)
National standards for adult literacy, numeracy and ICT
An overview of the literacy, numeracy and ICT standards that teaching practitioners are required to meet to qualify for QTLS or ATLS.
Standards for adult literacy (including spoken communication)
The literacy standards that teaching practitioners are required to meet in order to qualify for QTLS or ATLS.
The numeracy standards that teaching practitioners are required to meet in order to qualify for QTLS or ATLS.
