The TEFL course that we offer is not ACELS/QQI approved. Ireland is one of only three countries worldwide that TEFL qualifications are not accepted, the other two being Malta and Canada. The regulations in Ireland have been quite strict for a number of years, due to issues within the industry. You can find out more on the ACELS website.
Our Level 3 and Level 5 TEFL Courses will qualify you to teach English as a foreign language in most countries around the world. We were the first TEFL course provider to receive official recognition from government regulated awarding bodies both in the US and the UK.
Our courses have been approved by the DEAC, a U.S. Department of Education National Accreditor.
Our courses are internationally recognised, regulated by Ofqual, a UK government department and awarded by Qualifi, a UK government recognized awarding body. You can find more information on our website.
Potential TEFL course students should remember that their prospective employers are likely to be based outside of your home country. This means that accreditation bodies based solely in your home country may not be recognised by employers abroad. This is why The TEFL Academy has chosen Qualifi, as they offer international accreditation for training course providers.
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission was founded in 1926 and is a U.S. Department of Education National Accreditor. DEAC’s goal is to ensure a high standard of educational quality in the distance education institutions it approves by requiring compliance with its published standards, policies and procedures. Our Level 5 TEFL Course is DEAC-approved as meeting the criteria for Approved Quality Curriculum (AQC) status.
A regulated qualification means that it is officially recognised by government and sits on the Ofqual Register of Regulated Qualifications. You can view our qualification on the Ofqual register here.
Choosing to study a regulated qualification is your guarantee of quality. Course providers offering regulated qualifications must comply with very tough quality assurance rules and procedures. This ensures that:
- The staff delivering and assisting students are suitably qualified
- The course provider has the resources to effectively deliver the qualification
- The course itself effectively teaches and assesses the qualifications aims
- The contents of the course have been written and designed by industry professionals and peer reviewed
- The feedback and grades given to learners is fair, moderated and meets modern academic standards
- The course is officially regulated by the UK government, therefore the qualification will be internationally recognised by schools, employers, foreign embassies and governments of most other countries.
You may see cheap TEFL courses advertised online that claim to be a “level”, such as “Level 5 140-Hour TEFL Course” (often advertised on daily deal websites). Unfortunately these courses are not the level they claim to be and are highly misleading.
The level of a course tells learners where the qualification sits on the UK’s Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). If a course is not listed on the Register of Regulated Qualifications, then it is not really a level at all.
Make sure you ask any TEFL training provider that claims to be offering a “level” of TEFL course to provide a link to the Register of Regulated Qualifications. If they cannot provide this, then the qualification is not the level they claim it to be and will not be accepted by foreign embassies and employers.
Read more: TEFL Accreditation Explained