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English Language Teacher Qualifications: Initial and Preparatory ELT Qualification Awards: Initial ELT qualifications refer to any initial, generally pre-service, TEFL / TESOL / ELT (or other) qualification which awards the successful trainee with a certificate (or equivalent) enfranchising the trainee to engage in English language teaching. The Department of Education & Science regulations for organisations applying for recognition for the teaching of English language to foreign students (please see Regulations 2010, 4k) require all teacher trainees to undertake ACELS TEFL certificate courses* from 1st January 2005 in order to be enfranchised to work in the quality recognised sector in Ireland (see List of Recognised ELT Organisations, 2010). Please note that if you need to check the status of your academic qualifications, you should contact the Higher Education & Training Council (HETAC) at www.hetac.ie. * For other courses accepted for employment purposes, please refer to the final section on the ELT web page titled TEFL Certificate Requirement for Employment Since January 1st 2005, there have been two ACELS certificates for
initial ELT qualifications offered by recognised course providers in
Ireland.
IMPORTANT FOR TRAINEES (posted 06/07/07): CELT replaces the Initial TEFL Certificate of September 1st, 2009. This change constitutes an upgrading of the certificate course, the main difference being:
Please note that the CELT is accepted for employment in other jurisdictions, e.g., accredited schools in the UK and Australia. All holders of the ACELS Initial TEFL Certificate (gained between Jan 1st 2005 and Sept. 1st 2007 remain enfranchised for employment in the Department of Education & Science recognised English language teaching sector in Ireland as well as elsewhere. |
In order to gain recognition, course providers are required to comply with the minimum Key Standards and Guidelines (Initial TEFL Qualifications Awards: CELT Key Standards and Guidelines and Annex 1 (Common Assessment Framework) files here for downloading as a Word document). Please find below the 2009 list of course providers offering recognised Initial ELT Qualification Awards. You can find more information on the recognised courses by logging onto the websites as given below. Please note that this list should be checked regularly as there will be additional award bodies added to the list as they are conferred with recognition
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| Preparatory TEFL Qualification: Certificate
for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Secondary Level Students
(State Qualified Teachers)
In order to gain recognition course providers are required to comply with the minimum Key Standards and Guidelines (Certificate for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Secondary Level Students (State Qualified Teachers): Key Standards and Guidelines file click here to download as a Word document) One section of the recognised Preparatory Certificate requires the teacher to do her/his Supervised Teaching Component (STC) in their first post in an Irish Dept. of Education & Science recognised school or Irish state school. Please note that the STC is required before the teacher can be fully certified for working in the recognised Junior EFL sector in Ireland, and that it needs to be done within a maximum of 3 years of completing the first part of the course with the recognised course provider. The STC involves one observed lesson overseen by a supervisor (often the Director of Studies or school teacher trainer). Please find the STC Report Pro Forma and the Notes for the Supervisor of the STC here available for downloading. If a course participant or school requires more information on this component, please contact the course provider or ACELS directly. Please find below the 2009 list of course providers offering recognised Preparatory TEFL Qualification Awards. You can find more information on the recognised courses by logging onto the websites as given below. Please note that this list should be checked regularly as there will be additional award bodies added to the list as they are conferred with recognition
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recognition scheme is open to English language teacher training courses in Ireland and abroad. If you are interested in finding out more information:
- please
contact Sue Hackett at sue@acels.ie
or
-
click here to download, print and complete the application form (CELT, Sept. 2009 application form downloadable here in Word document format) return to:
Sue Hackett,
The Advisory Council for English Language Schools (ACELS),
Sandford Lodge, Sandford Close, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- click here to download, print and complete the application
form (Preparatory TEFL Qualification Award: Certificate for the Teaching
of English as a Foreign Language to Secondary Level Students (State
Qualified Teachers) downloadable in Word format ) and return to:
Sue Hackett,
The Advisory Council for English Language Schools (ACELS),
Sandford Lodge, Sandford Close , Sandford Road , Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- click here to download Form (CT1) for Issuance of Recognised TEFL Certificates
- click here to download Form (CTJ1) for Issuance of Junior TEFL Certificates (state qualified teachers)
TEACHING IN THE RECOGNISED SECTOR IN IRELAND
For the purposes of employment in the recognised ELT sector in Ireland, all academic staff need to hold
- a Level 7 qualification, normally an Ordinary Bachelor degree
- a ELT certificate from one of the following categories:
1.1
ELT programmes leading to an ACELS Initial Certificate for the Teaching
of English as a Foreign Language.
Notes:
a) the list of recognised Initial ELT certificate providers can
be found on the ACELS website at www.acels.ie/acelselt.html.
b) This requirement (see Regulation 4k) applies to applicants who have
done TEFL courses post January 1st 2005. Qualifications required by regulations
prior to January 1st 2005 continue to apply to those teachers qualified
at that time.
1.2
ELT programmes of a minimum 115 hours duration leading to awards which
are
validated by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), the
Dublin Institute of Technology, Institutes of Technology which have delegated
authority from HETAC to make their own awards, the National University
of Ireland
and universities recognised under the Universities Act 1997.
1.3
ELT programmes leading to awards which are validated or accredited
by national awarding bodies which have a status in law or are otherwise
recognised as having authority to make awards which have national recognition
in their host jurisdiction (e.g. recognised universities, the British
Council in the UK etc)
Notes:
c) the list of these awards can be found below.
Cambridge ESOL CELTA
Trinity College London CertTESOL
Holders of other awards that are demonstrated
to meet the Key Standards set out on www.acels.ie are required to present copies
of certificates
and transcripts to ACELS. Applicants will receive either a standard letter
signed by the Chief Executive confirming that their award meets requirements
and they are eligible to teach in the recognised sector in Ireland, or
informing them that their award is not acceptable and does not enfranchise
them for employment in the recognised sector in Ireland.
2.0 Teaching ELT in the junior sector (state-qualified
teachers)
2.1
Any of the above (Section 1).
2.2
ELT programmes leading to an ACELS Preparatory Certificate for the
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (awarded to state-qualified teachers).
Notes:
e) the list of recognised Preparatory TEFL certificate providers
can be found on the ACELS website at www.acels.ie/acelselt.html.
f) this requirement applies to teachers who have started working in this
sector post January 1st 2005. Qualifications required by regulations prior
to January 1st 2005 continue to apply to those teachers qualified at that
time.