Level up your teaching with BTEC International training
Get a career boost with professional development made for ambitious teachers and leaders
We’ve worked closely with centres around the world to identify key continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for you and your colleagues. To make sure you can showcase your development and track your progress we’ve introduced digital badging, which you can use to evidence your CPD.
- Personalised, practical and peer-to-peer learning
- Internationally recognised Credly badging
- In-person, online and blended courses
Your choice of vocational training
Whether you're just getting started, want to develop your assignment writing skills or learn more about internal verification, or you're wondering how to use AI in your classroom, there are training opportunities available for you.
- Live online
- On-demand
- Self-paced modules
Teacher development in partnership with governments
Become one of our national government partners to launch or expand BTEC delivery across your country. Teachers in your schools and colleges will receive dedicated face-to-face training, tailored to their needs and designed to help meet your strategic educational goals.
Master Educator Programme
Purpose of training
The programme is designed for you now and to travel with you on your future journey to success. The coherence of the teacher also being the learner creates a synergy that gives you the emotional intelligence to be strong, confident, and determined to succeed. This programme will get to the heart of you, breaking down barriers by increasing your self-awareness and allowing you to build and become the best version of you.
We will improve your knowledge, practice, and confidence to build lifelong behaviours giving you the foundation to choose your future career paths and influence future generations though outstanding teaching practices.
Learning objectives
- Be able to understand self and your role as a vocational trainer
- Explore and understand the critical principles of an effective vocational trainer
- Understand the key barrier to learning and what influences these barriers and be able to build strategies for future success.
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate your commitment to your personal and professional development
- Gain key knowledge, skills, and behaviors to create a professional tool kit and be an outstanding vocational trainer
- Reflect on current and future practices to inform your personal and professional choices
- Understand self and increase self-awareness to identify your strengths, areas of development, the opportunities available for your future development and what is going to threaten your development path
- Reflect on all the learning and create an aspirational professional and personal growth plan.
Delivery mode of training: 5-day face-to-face programme
Assessment: Reflective personal and professional development presentation and discussion
Credly badge: Yes
Internal Verifier and Assessor Programme
Purpose of training
This hands-on 3-day workshop is built on the principles of Vocational Education and Teaching. It is suitable for those new to BTEC delivery and assessment, those looking for a refresher on Pearson’s expectations, or those who wish to support colleagues in the successful delivery of BTECs.
Each day has a specific focus:
Day 1: An overview of: the content and structure of the BTEC qualification; the assessment tools available and assessment best practices; and quality assurance process.
Day 2: A deep dive into designing and marking assessments and giving learner feedback.
Day 3: A detailed look at managing the internal and external quality assurance processes for the qualification.
Learning objectives
- Understand the content and structure of BTEC qualifications
- How to plan a successful BTEC programme
- Understand how to grade learner evidence, recognising the importance of command verbs used in assessment criteria
- Review how to develop assignment scenarios and prepare an assignment brief
- Understand Internal /external quality assurance
- Understand how to deal with Standards Verification action plans
Learning outcomes
Demonstrate:
- an understanding of own BTEC role in own centre and how they work with other BTEC colleagues, such as internal verifiers and the Quality Nominee
- an understanding of the distinct types of assessment evidence that can support the achievement of BTEC learning aims and assessment criteria
- an accurate understanding of BTEC internal assessment arrangements and requirements
- an understanding of what centres can do to help minimise the risk of plagiarism and malpractice
- an understanding of how to engage BTEC learners in an applied, work-related vocational learning programme, including the use of technology where relevant
Delivery mode of training: 3-day face-to-face programme
Assessment: 45-minute end point assessment (EPA)
Credly badge: Yes