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Annex D: Estimated costs of teacher training
Teacher Training for New Lecturers | No. of staff recommendation might apply to: | | Estimated costs | Estimated costs | Estimated average annual costs - with phased implementation |
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| | | per staff member | Total | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years |
The Department's recommendations are that: | existing | new staff | | | | | |
| | (assumes 8% turnover pa) | £ 000 | £ 000 | £ 000 | £ 000 | £ 000 |
a) permanent full-time lecturers should be required to gain a teaching qualification in further education ( TQ( FE)) within three years of taking up appointment; | 445 | 374 | 12.7 | 4,750 | 4,750 | 3,167 | 2,850 |
b) permanent part-time lecturers should be required to gain a TQ( FE) within five years of taking up post; | 809 | 134 | 12.7 | 1,701 | 1,701 | 1,134 | 1,020 |
c) temporary lecturers whose contract lasts for at least an academic year and includes nine or more hours of class contact each week should be required to complete the Introduction to Teaching in Further Education; and | 4,865 | 545 | 3.0 | 1,634 | 1,634 | 1,089 | 980 |
where colleges use contracts which last for less than an academic year or where a lecturer is contracted to more than one college, a temporary lecturer whose contracts include a total of 360 or more hours of class contact time should also be required to complete the
Introduction to Teaching in Further Education. | | | | | | | |
TOTAL | | | | | 8,085 | 5,390 | 4,850 |
Sources of data:
1. Staff numbers: SFC 2004-05 Staffing Return, Table 2
2. Turnover rate: Indications from four colleges
3. Costs per staff member: Scottish Executive survey, Spring 2005 (information received from 30 colleges re TQ( FE), and 12 re the then advanced certificate)
Notes:
1. Existing staff numbers have been reduced to take account of those currently studying for TQ( FE)
(based on estimated total of TQ( FE) students at Scottish colleges provided by TEIs, October 2006).
2. Learners per year under each timescale are estimated to be as follows:
- 1 Year: TQ( FE) = 635; PDA = 681; total = 1,316
- 3 Years: TQ( FE) = 212; PDA = 227; total = 439
- 5 Years: TQ( FE) = 127; PDA = 136; total = 263
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