Course description
This short course is a comprehensive qualification that will support you with the essential knowledge and skills required to work effectively in the teaching and learning sector, specifically as a teaching assistant. The course covers building communication and professional relationships, understanding children and young person’s development, support assessment for learning, understand how to safeguard, promoting children & young people’s positive behaviour and supporting children & young people’s health and safety.
The course is designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge to be able to complete competencies for each unit and to develop your own skills in development of learning.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon completion, you will have developed a comprehensive understanding of how to support in a teaching and learning environment.
You will have gained the knowledge and understanding to support assessment and learning activities, promote health and safety, equality, diversity and inclusion and safeguarding. You will also gain knowledge in how to develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults.
This qualification opens the door to numerous career opportunities in teaching and learning and provides a pathway for further education and professional development in the field.
Training Course Content
What will I learn?
The course is divided into the following units:
Unit 1Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults
Unit 2Schools as organisations
Unit 3Understand child and young person development
Unit 4Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people
Unit 5Support assessment for learning
Unit 6Support learning activities
Unit 7Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people’s setting
Unit 8Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour
Unit 9Support children and young people’s health and safety
Unit 10Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults
Unit 11Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people
Unit 12Competency assessments (built up via observations of your skills during the course)
Course delivery details
By completing this course, you will gain a nationally recognised qualification, which can significantly enhance your employment prospects in the education and learning sectors.
The course provides a solid foundation in education and learning, preparing you for further study or progression into higher-level qualifications and roles.
It also offers the flexibility to study at a pace that suits your lifestyle and commitments, supported by expert tutors.
Additionally, the course will provide you with the knowledge & confidence to work effectively within the agreed scope of your job role, adhere to organisational policies & procedures and collaborate with colleagues to provide the required support to enable the best teaching and learning methods.
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