निजी स्कूलों को भी अपने शिक्षकों की आवश्यकता कॉलेज लोगों के हो सकता है।

The functions of the teacher's colleges may include setting out clear standards of practice, providing for the ongoing education of teachers, investigating complaints involving members, conducting hearings into allegations of professional misconduct and taking appropriate disciplinary action and accrediting teacher education programs.

In many situations teachers in publicly funded schools must be members in good standing with the college, and private schools may also require their teachers to be college peoples.

In education, teachers facilitate student learning, often in a school or academy or perhaps in another environment such as outdoors.

A teacher who teaches on an individual basis may be described as a tutor.