What is a lay teacher?

A lay teacher is a nonprofessional instructor who is not certified or fully trained according to the standards of the area or country.

Lay teachers may be just as capable or even more capable than professional teachers (someone trained, certified, and paid to work as a teacher).

• Concept module: lay teacher
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): L
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 12 February 1996

© 1999 SIL International