Taking Teaching Further
Our colleges are populated by talented people who care deeply about improving the lives of others through education and training.
Ensuring that we can attract and retain talent with the right values and guiding behaviours is essential to be able to achieve our purpose and mission.
We are therefore proud to be a part of the Taking Teaching Further (TTF) programme, which is a national initiative to attract experienced industry professionals with expert technical knowledge and skills to work in Further Education.
If you'd like the chance to make a difference and pass on your skills and experience to young people who are eager to learn the trade from experts, then please contact us today.
The Taking Teaching Further programme is a national initiative to attract experienced industry professionals with expert technical knowledge and skills to work in Further Education (FE).
This Department for Education-funded initiative is managed on its behalf by the Education and Training Foundation who also played a key role in the programme’s development.
The TTF scheme helps to bring experienced industry professionals into our FE classrooms by helping providers to support those skilled professionals with the training that they require to become FE teachers. Would you like to inspire the next generation and provide our students with the skills they need to unleash their full potential, whilst receiving the support to train in something new and work towards your own career goals and aspirations?
We’re looking to recruit industry professionals* with expert technical knowledge and skills within the following areas:
Agriculture, Environmental and Animal Care
Business and Administrative
Catering & Hospitality
Construction and the built environment
Creative and Design
Digital
Education & Childcare
Engineering & Manufacturing
Hair & Beauty
Health and Science
Legal, Finance and Accounting
Protective Services
Sales, Marketing and Procurement
Transport & Logistics
For round 5, TTF has been expanded beyond the 15 technical routes to include a ‘core skills’ element, which aims to support the recruitment of business and industry experts to teach English and maths, to Technical subject students, or support learners with SEND into employment in one or more of the 15 technical areas
*You are required to have worked for a minimum of 3 years in your area of vocation and are, at the time of applying to become an FE teacher, still working in the same industry, or has been within the past 18 months in order to be eligible for the TTF scheme.
The first of our four Cornerstones of Success is ‘The Capacity, Recognition and Wellbeing of our People’. The collective talents and potential of our people is key to achieving our purpose and mission. We want our people to be healthy, well-rewarded, well-recognised and well-informed.
We want our people to be happy because they are genuinely cared about and supported to perform to the best of their ability. Find out more about our Extraordinary Workplace on the Perks of the Job page.
As a new teacher, you will be supported through the programme as follows:
New recruits will initially enrol onto the Level 3 Award in Education & Training (AET), enrolling onto the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (DET)
Intensive support will be provided through a range of mediums such as teaching and work shadowing arrangements (144 hours)
Following a period of intensive support, you will also receive a reduced teaching workload (up to 140 hours)
Dedicated Professional Standards and Learning Coach Mentor
* You are required to have worked for a minimum of 3 years in your area of vocation and are, at the time of applying to become an FE teacher, still working in the same industry, or has been within the past 18 months in order to be eligible for the TTF scheme.