NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning

This NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning qualification is ideal for those looking to pursue a career as a teaching assistant. On successful completion of your course, you will become a qualified teaching assistant. The course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to support pupils in primary, secondary, or SEN schools with their learning. You'll learn more about how your role can ensure the safety and protection of children and young people in the learning environment; how to provide maths, English, and ICT support for learners; and how to provide support for the speech, language, and communication development of children and young people in a learning environment. You'll gain exceptional personal development skills to benefit your teaching assistant career as well as vital experience carrying out reflective practice which is essential to the role.

The Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning nested qualification

OSC's range of Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning qualifications sit within NCFE CACHE’s nested suite of courses. Students can top up their studies to achieve the full nested qualification if they desire, or study one qualification type alone. The nested qualification starts with the award, then the certificate, and finally the diploma.

Each of the courses in this nested qualification will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to work with children and young people in primary, secondary, or SEN schools, allowing you to become a fully qualified teaching assistant on completion of the course.

Course Content

 

 

STL3C1 Schools and colleges as organisations (T/616/5878)

• Understand the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
• Understand how schools and colleges are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities
• Understand teamwork in schools and colleges
• Understand educational ethos, mission, aims and values
• Understand the purpose of policies and procedures in education

STL3C2 Support health and safety in a learning environment (A/616/5879)

• Understand how to plan and provide environments that support children and young people’s health and safety
• Understand how to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a learning environment or during off-site visits
• Understand how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves
• Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents, emergencies and illness in the learning environment and during off-site visits
• Understand own role in assisting in the administration of medication

STL3C3 Understand how to safeguard children and young people (M/616/5880)

• Understand legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
• Understand how to work in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
• Understand the need to ensure children and young people’s safety and protection in the learning environment
• Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
• Understand how to work with children and young people to support their wellbeing

STL3C4 Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults (T/616/5881)

• Understand the principles of developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults
• Understand legislation, policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information, including data protection
• Be able to develop professional relationships with children and young people
• Be able to communicate with children and young people
• Be able to develop professional relationships with adults
• Be able to support children and young people in developing relationships
• Be able to support inclusion and inclusive practices in work with children and young people

STL3C5 Understand how children and young people develop (A/616/5882)

• Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years
• Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice
• Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern

STL3C6 Support positive behaviour in children and young people (F/616/5883)

• Understand policies and procedures for promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour in a learning environment
• Be able to promote positive behaviour
• Be able to manage behaviour that challenges in a learning environment

STL3C7 Support children and young people during learning activities (J/616/5884)

• Be able to contribute to planning learning activities
• Be able to prepare for learning activities
• Be able to support learning activities
• Be able to observe and report on learner participation and progress
• Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning activities

STL3C8 Support English and maths skills* (L/616/5885)

• Be able to identify learner needs for English and maths support
• Be able to provide English support to help learners access teaching and learning
• Be able to provide maths support to help learners access teaching and learning

STL3C9 Support the use of ICT in the learning environment (M/616/5958)

• Understand the policy and procedures for the use of ICT for teaching and learning
• Understand how to prepare ICT resources for use in teaching and learning
• Be able to support the use of ICT for teaching and learning

STL3C10 Support assessment for learning (J/616/5965)

• Understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning
• Be able to use assessment strategies to promote learning
• Be able to support learners in reviewing their learning strategies and achievements
• Be able to contribute to reviewing assessment for learning
• Be able to maintain learner records

STL3C11 Engage in personal and professional development (L/616/5966)

• Understand what is required for competence in own work role
• Be able to reflect on organisational practice
• Be able to evaluate own performance
• Be able to agree a personal development plan
• Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development

STL3D12 Support children and young people’s speech, language and communication (D/616/5969)

• Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children and young people’s overall development
• Understand the role of support staff when supporting speech, language and communication development in the learning environment
• Be able to provide support for the speech, language and communication development of children and young people in the learning environment
• Be able to contribute to maintaining a positive environment that supports speech, language and communication

STL3D13 Understand how to support bilingual learners (Y/616/5971)

• Understand how to contribute to the assessment of bilingual learners
• Understand how to support bilingual learners to access the curriculum

STL3D14 Understand how to support learning of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (A/616/5977)

• Understand the principles of inclusive practice and the rights of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
• Understand how to obtain information about individual needs, capabilities and interests of disabled children and young people, and those with special educational needs
• Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with cognition and learning needs
• Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with emotional, behavioural and social development needs
• Understand the special educational needs of learners with sensory and/or physical needs
• Understand the kinds of strategies needed to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities

STL3D15 Support children and young people during transitions (F/616/5978)

• Understand the range and impact of transitions that children and young people may experience
• Be able to recognise and respond to transitions in children and young people’s lives
• Be able to support children and young people to manage transitions in their lives

STL3D16 Support the role of play, leisure and extra-curricular activities for children and young people (J/616/5979)

• Understand the nature and importance of play and leisure
• Understand own role in relation to the requirements of play and leisure activities
• Understand how to balance risk and challenge with the benefits of the play and leisure opportunity