(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations come into force on 1 September 2007 and apply to teachers at further education institutions, except where they only teach on higher education courses.
They require teachers to complete a minimum number of hours of continuing professional development (CPD) every year, maintain a record of the CPD they have undertaken every year, make that record available to their employers and provide the Institute for Learning (IfL) with a record of the CPD undertaken, for monitoring purposes (regulation 4).
They also require teachers to be registered with the IfL, except where they are—
(a)employed solely in sixth form colleges and registered with the GTC(E); or
(b)employed both in schools and in further education institutions and registered with the GTC(E), provided they commenced such dual employment and registered with the GTC(E) before 1st September 2007 (regulation 5).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.