Advice on teaching in colleges or adult learning centre?

[geek84]

Hi Folks

I am thinking of going into the teaching profession, and teaching adults or young people in their late teens at my local college or adult learning centre. I don’t really want to teach primary/secondary school children because I know I won’t be able to control the children!! By the way, I want to teach numeracy/maths or AAT (accounting qualification).

I know you need qualifications such as PTLLS and DTLLS (as specified by the life-long learning sector?). I already have a PTLLS qualification.

Would I need further qualifications such as DTLLS in order to teach adults?
Are there any teaching/lecturing jobs where further qualifications aren’t needed or you can train or the job?

What other work avenues could I go into in the event that I can't find a job in a college or adult learning centre?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

PTLLS (or equivalent) is what you need to teach on government funded courses for adults. For numeracy/maths they may well ask for a Level 4 in that subject for accredited courses or Cert Ed/PGCE. There are other providers of adult courses in the community, as opposed to FE or college based, especially since dedicated Adult Education Centres are closing due to funding cuts WEA is a national charity for example and there may be more local organisations , try googling lifelong learning in your area or ask at children's and community centres who runs courses there.