Hi,

I am working as a teaching assistant in an University for accounting. I am an affliate of ACCA, but I dont know how I can become qualifed if I work as a teaching assistant in an University.

But what I am teaching in the U is similiar to some of the courses of ACCA.

Thanks

Hi
To become an acca member u need practical exprience try to get one in accouting firm rather than teaching profession.

I believe that you can use teaching experience of up to one year for your work experience so you would still need another 2 years in another job.

I suggest to contact ACCA and find out.

I dont think teaching does not qualify towards ACCA'S practical experience requirement.

Can it qualify towards ACCA's practical experience with an absence of a mentor?

Does a mentor needed only to sign the performance objectives or you can have few months or a year experience with no performance objective completed and with no mentor as well?

Anyone know anything about this?

Yes I was right - copied from the FAQ relating to work experience:

Can lecturing experience count towards my practical experience requirement?
Yes, up to 12 months’ lecturing experience can count towards the practical experience requirements for membership. The lecturing experience must be at a level equivalent to Part 1 of ACCA’s professional examinations and cover basic accounting, business studies and finance-related subjects.

For any doubters - here is the actual link:

http://www.accaglobal.com/students/training_careers/professional/faqs

I would imagine that you would still need a mentor and it is possible to do a years work experience and not achieve an objective but there are lots of generalised ones which you can complete whilst teaching.

If you are teaching accounts I presume someone is a qualified accountant who can sign you off

And what about of having no mentor at all - let's say for the first half of the period? Is is possible?

Was so curious to find out... phoned ACCA and unfortunately a mentor is needed in all cases. Even if you are not planning to have your performance objectives signed off from that mentor, someone will have to confirm your role within the company, and that person have to be member of an accountancy body or qualified by experience.