Qualifications to teach?

Now I know that in general terms, "Guitar teacher" and "qualified" is an oxymoron.

However.....

Having played for 20 years, and taught unofficially for 5 years or so, I am now looking to teach guitar full time.

Not being classically trained, or minded, qualifications seem hard to come by.

Are there any recommended teaching qualifications (in the UK) that I can obtain to help me stand out from the crowd, and instill a level of confidence in prospective students?

Better to be a good teacher than a good player, IMO. I have a friend who teaches and has about 50 students a month. He's a good player, not great, but he is an excellent teacher. He has basic theory down, and knows a lot of chords, but that's way beyond most beginning to intermediate students anyway. He told me that when he got started, he would stay one lesson ahead of the students, and if he didn't know something, he'd have it for them the next week, thereby larning a great deal himself.

As far as musicianship goes, I'd say I'm a lot more advanced than he is (and he would too), but I am a lousy teacher. I just don't know how to tell other people how I do what I do. So, yeah, I'd say some knowledge is important, but the ability to impart what you know to someone else if far more critical.

Agree with the post above. I think good communication skills and the ability to take what you know and get somebody else to understand it are the most important skills you can have.

Don't worry about stuff like theory. Unless somebody is looking for that, you'll be a fine teacher.

You can't be everything to everyone, so if you don't do something that want/need, you can always send them somewhere else.