Teaching in Scotland

Primary or secondary?

This should help:

http://www.gtcs.org.uk/

Sorry, should also have asked, does he have a degree (if so, in what?).

Sorry, forgot to put in that it would be at college rather than school. He doesn't have a degree but has been a chef for 21 years and has been always been interested in teaching catering but never been sure what would be involved in getting qualified.

I'm completely clueless, would he still need to get a degree?

I don't know about teaching in college- I wouldn't imagine he'd need a degree, although if he has any catering qualificatoins Id imagine they'd help. I would suggest you have a look at the colleges in your area which offer catering or hospitality courses and contact them directly to see how you apply for vacancies, and what credentials are required. Courses like that which are more 'hands on' tend to rely more on experience than anything else, and it sounds like he has lots of that.

Thanks for that. I'm going to have a search to see what jobs are available.

Where in scotland are you?

Ayrshire

Ah, so a course in Stirling probably wouldnt be much use to you!

As far as I'm aware just now, the law changed/is changing to mean that its necessary for lecturers in Higher Education to have a qualification. However this isnt the case for further education, colleges etc, at the moment. I *think* that this is due to be changed also but I really am not sure.

Useful websites for general advice are http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/aboutlts/ and http://www.teachinginscotland.com/

A lot of what they say won't be relevant but it will hopefully give you a good starting point. It may also be worth having a look at your local college's website etc to see if they have an HR dept who could help.

Thanks for that. Nearly home time for me, I'll check the websites out when I get home.

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