ACCREDITATION STANDARDS FOR TEFL COURSES
Established TEFL Quality Standards
Professional Behaviour
Firstly, ITEFLAC emphasizes the importance of promoting professional behaviour and collaboration among all accredited members to ensure quality assurance. Secondly, becoming an accredited member of ITEFLAC requires a commitment to adhere to our Code of Professional Practice.This commitment includes following a set of standards designed to deliver the best possible outcomes for learners.
TEFL CERTIFICATE COURSES
Accreditation Standards for TEFL Courses
Our accreditation process consists of a set of key performance indicators - Standards & Evidence split into eight main areas.
A. Premises & Health and Safety
The TEFL certificate course provider has documented tenure on its premises and appropriate planning approval. Lease agreement or evidence of ownership (as applicable).
B. Government, Management & Staff Resources
The governance arrangements, staff numbers and structure, and vision for the provider are appropriate for the scale and nature of the operation...
C. Learning, Instruction & Resources
The general approach to students’ learning is that they should be guided and encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning...
D. Quality Assurance & Enhancement
Course/programme review is an important procedure whereby the provider reviews the delivery of its TEFL certificate courses and the success of its students...
E. Student Welfare
TEFL certificate providers in many countries now seek to recruit international students from other countries. Such students often need support in addition to that provided for home students...
F. Awards and Qualifications
An internal course/programme is one which has been totally devised by the TEFL certificate provider and may be validated by a university or another approved awarding body...
G. Marketing & Recruitment of Trainees
All staff and education representatives/agents adopt an honest, ethical approach in the marketing of the school and its courses/programmes and in the recruitment of students...
H. Systems Management & Immigration
ITEFLAC expects all of its accredited TEFL certificate providers to have written procedures for all of their policies and actions, and that the person with responsibility for these is able to explain it...
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