Our
Via Lingua TEFL course meets the requirements of the College
of Teachers Associateship of the College of Teachers TESOL
with Teaching Practice qualification (ACOT TESOL with
Teaching Practice).
The College of Teachers is a chartered body with the power
to award officially recognised UK qualifications from
introductory certificates through to professorships. It has
a very long and illustrious 158 year history as a pioneer in
education in the UK and overseas despite its diminutive size
(such as developing the original UK school exams and
investing the first professor of education).
The College was incorporated by Royal Charter as the College
of Preceptors in 1849, and changed its name to the College
of Teachers in 1998. The College has the same status to
award qualifications through its charter as any university
in the UK and as such it does not require validation from
any body other than the Privy Council Office.
The College awarding powers from the Royal Charter allows
the College to make awards that carry official UK academic
dress and post-nominal designations for those achieving
Associateship or Fellowship levels.
The College awards professional qualifications which run
alongside HE qualifications and can be benchmarked to them.
The College qualifications are professional awards which are
equivalent to UK academic qualifications (the Fellowship
qualification is recognised as being at Master's degree
level, for example).
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The Via Lingua CTEFL program meets the requirements of
the College of Teachers Associateship of the College of
Teachers TESOL with Teaching Practice qualification (ACOT
TESOL with Teaching Practice). This indicates that the Via
Lingua program is equivalent to a Level 5 course, as defined by the
National Qualifications Framework for England, Wales and
Northern Ireland. (Level 6 qualifications include B.A. and
B.Sc. degrees and Advanced Diplomas in TESOL). The College
of Teachers is a UK accredited qualifications awarding body.
The Associateship of The College of
Teachers (ACOT) with Teaching Practice
The
Associateship of The College of Teachers with Teaching
Practice (ACOT) in TESOL is designed to prepare
candidates for their first English teaching job. This
internationally accredited course provides the candidate
with a deeper understanding of the relationship between the
theories underpinning the practice of teaching English
together with guided, purposeful observations of qualified
and experienced tutors.
Who might undertake an ACOT with teaching
practice?
An Individual hoping to get their first TESOL teaching role
and able to undertake observed teaching practice.
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