Fake Qualification, Bought ones too Options

[SarahSax1986]

So, does anyone on here have any fake qualifications that mean they can put letters after their name, or qualifications they have bought?

I myself am able to put letters after my name....

Sarah ?????? Hkt.B

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Edit/ Also does anyone know of qualifications than one can simply buy?

[jacobvaneyck]

I put my grade 8 sax and grade 6 piano on my musicteachers entry. Anyone asking me for lessons in these could then decide if they were happy with that on top of my teaching diploma and degree, or if it had to be someone with a diploma in said instrument.

But as YAP rightly said, the board specifically say their exams do not qualify you to teach (including FRSM teaching (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) ).

[stevensfo]

GCSEs are qualifications, put those in if you want.

But I always thought that certain ABRSM grades were equivalent to GCSEs and A-levels. Surely, the grades count as qualifications, certainly in the music world. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

But as YAP rightly said, the board specifically say their exams do not qualify you to teach (including FRSM teaching).

But to put into perspective: a person may have taught maths in a private school for decades, have a BSc, MSc, PhD in Maths, have a 100% exam success rate etc. But without a recognised PGCE or other teaching qualification, they're officially not 'qualified' to teach.

But then I know parents who have no teaching qualifications whatsoever, yet seem to 'teach' their children an awful lot! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Steve

[AnotherPianist]

But as YAP rightly said, the board specifically say their exams do not qualify you to teach (including FRSM teaching).

It's only the grade exams and performance diplomas that don't, the teaching diplomas do offer certification of one's teaching abilities.

But to put into perspective: a person may have taught maths in a private school for decades, have a BSc, MSc, PhD in Maths, have a 100% exam success rate etc. But without a recognised PGCE or other teaching qualification, they're officially not 'qualified' to teach.

True but their academic qualification is part of the whole package of the qualification to teach, without the degree one couldn't get the PCGE and wouldn't be allowed to teach the subject anyway. So the two things together qualify one to teach, not just the teaching qualification alone.

The grade exams in the instruments one teaches are, therefore, relevant; but I agree grades in other instruments aren't relevant (may even look bad if it looks like one is planning to teach those instruments with only low grades oneself). Except perhaps in the case where one wants to encourage, say, adult learners and to show that one knows of the experience of learning as an adult by putting recently achieved qualifications on there. Those wouldn't be any help in that instance without some explanation to that effect though.