Course description
Become a qualified teaching assistant with this NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning online course. Gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to work in primary or secondary school settings.
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Training Course Content
Qualification Number: 603/2495/8
Unit 1: Schools and Colleges as Organisations (T/616/5878, Unit Level: 3; GLH: 15 hours; Credits: 2)
- Learn the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
- Understand how schools and colleges are organised regarding roles and responsibilities
- Know the importance of teamwork in schools and colleges
- Understand the ethos, mission, aims and values of education
- Learn the importance of policies and procedures in education
Unit 2: Support Health and Safety in a Learning Environment (A/616/5879, Unit Level: 3; GLH: 20 Hours, Creditfs: 3)
- Understand how to provide environments that support children and young people’s health and safety
- Learn how to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a learning environment or during off-site visits
- Know 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
- Know the responsibilities of your own role is assisting the administration of medication
Unit 3: Understand how to Safeguard Children and Young People (M/616/5880, Unit Level: 3, GLH: 25 Hours; Credits: 4)
- Know the 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
- Learn the importance of ensuring the safety and protection of children and young people in the learning environment
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
- Learn how to support wellbeing when working with children and young people
Unit 4: Understand how Children and Young People Develop (A/616/5882, Unit Level: 3; GLH: 25 Hours; Credits: 3)
- 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
Course delivery details
- This course is a great option for individuals who are new to the teaching assistant profession and are currently employed or volunteering in a support capacity at a school or college.
- Study a nationally recognised qualification from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace.
- When you enrol on your course, you will have the opportunity to access the NCFE CACHE Alumni membership for two years at no cost.
All unit submissions will be assessed by your personal tutor. There is no placement-based assessment required to complete this Award.
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