Thematic report |
The quality and relevance of staff training to deliver ABE and ESOL - March 2010
There is no recognised national framework for practitioners delivering provision for adult basic education and English for speakers of other languages. This makes it difficult for practitioners to become appropriately qualified.
Recommendations
Welsh Assembly Government should:
- establish national qualification standards for teaching, delivering and supporting ABE and ESOL in Wales which clearly define the various roles and the relevant qualifications required for each one;
- ensure that routes to qualifications are clear and unambiguous for all staff teaching, delivering, supporting or assessing ABE and ESOL; and
- establish a robust system for the accreditation of prior learning (APL) which acknowledges existing qualifications and experience.
Providers should:
- identify and promote opportunities for delivering joint training in partnership with other providers to ensure a wider range of opportunities for all practitioners to develop their skills; and
- continue to offer relevant and specific continuing professional development opportunities for ABE and ESOL practitioners.