Hi! Yeah, the rules are pretty strict these days about who can teach on state-funded provision, and a recognised teaching qualification is deffo needed.
What you probably need is a friendly (qualified) tutor with Ubuntu experience; sadly they're as common as hen's teeth. On 24/06/11 09:12, alan c wrote: > On 23/06/11 17:41, Bea Groves wrote: >> Can I say I'm teaching a full-length (i.e. 10 x 2 hours) unaccredited >> course for adults entitled 'Introduction to Linux' for North Tyneside >> Adult Learning Alliance next year. Date and time are still to be > > Well done you! > I have a local adult learning centre near me, and I would like to run > something here. However, the centre manager is clear and adamant that > this cannot happen because I do not hold a teaching qualification or > whatever. I suppose various degrees and diplomas do not count. > I would appreciate a comment or two about what can be done here. > > An alternative which is not viable yet would be for me to hire the room > outright but there would need to be a queue of prospective (adult) > students first before that could work. -- Beatrix E. Groves BA Hons (Educ) LCGI MAPTT MIITT MinstLM MIFL QTLS General Secretary, Association of Part-Time Tutors (APTT) ============================================ Email: beagro...@gmail.com Web: http://www.beagroves.net Blog: http://beagroves.tumblr.com ============================================ Random Quote of the Day (chosen by my computer) -------------> Is Rome worth the life of one good man? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/