Friend wants to train to become a teacher: advice please

[esme]

I have a lovely friend who wants to train to become a teacher. Issue is she doesn't have a degree (now in her 40s and works as a TA).

Does anyone have any advice they could offer in terms of a reasonably priced part-time degree course? Could be full-time if it worked out cheaper but my initial thinking is PT best as she can then continue working and that will help towards funding her further education.

She has many years experience as a Teaching Assistant so hopefully that will count for something somewhere along the training route.

I am also thinking a Crowdfunder could be in order!

Thanks forumites :)

[joom]

Have a look here https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options for routes. Her school might be a good place to ask as well, some schools do in-school training.

[Jules-and-Boo]

this site goes through some of the funding options available.

https://www.gov.uk/teacher-training-funding

[rendelharris]

If she doesn't have ideological objections (it wouldn't be my bag though some of my best friends are private school teachers!) then private schools do not have a mandatory level of education required and certainly don't require teacher training - a mate of mine went into the city after his degree, realised he hated it after six months and walked straight into a job at a prestigious public school without ever having taught a lesson. Depending on the age group they might be very interested in her experience, couldn't do any harm to ask.

[marlinhwright]

She can be a freelance writer. There are many online writing websites in the UK where she can get hired as a writer. She can also become a professor at learning institutions. Age is a number when you want to achieve anything you just have to do it by any means.