Course description
Early Years Lead Practitioner
The broad purpose of the occupation is to be a proactive influential practitioner, working directly with children, skilfully leading day to day practice at an operational level. Practitioners are effective role models of play-based learning, supporting others to develop their own practice. They are highly skilled professionals who take an operational lead of the learning and development of all young children within their care. They lead on the operational aspects of this provision and are typically responsible for leading other practitioners.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours
- Promote the health and well-being of all children, self regulation and resilience through learning rich environments
- Provide playful, sensitive interaction opportunities that reflect children's needs, interests and motivations
- Participate in and lead daily routines and practice
- Be an effective key person and advocate for the child
- Take the lead and provide support in disseminating best practice in the use of observation, assessments and planning
- Promote, demonstrate, and facilitate a clear understanding of diversity and equality to support all children
- Ensure full compliance with all safeguarding legislation, policies and strategies at a national, local and setting based level
- Demonstrate leaderful practice through the effective deployment of resources and practitioners
- Reflect and build on practice through ongoing professional enquiry and action research
- To be accountable for day-to-day practice, longer term planning, management and training
- Establish engaging, inclusive, and collaborative relationships and participate in multiagency meetings
- Enable and facilitate practitioners to develop professional relationships with parents, carers and agencies
- Commit to becoming a reflective practitioner
- Guide and support the development of others
- Initiate continuing professional development opportunities
- Provide constructive feedback
- Ensure compliance with all Health and Safety legislation, policies and strategies
- Maintain effective administrative systems including development records, assessment, report writing and record keeping
- Work in collaborative partnership with parents and carers Lead and manage across the area, aspect, or environment for which they are responsible for
Training Course Content
- Portfolio - developed on-programme
- Project Brief
- Level 2 Functional Skills Maths - if required
- Level 2 Functional Skills English - if required
Course delivery details
Observation With Questions
Involves an independent assessor carrying out a workplace observation, supported by supplementary questioning
The work undertaken must ensure that demonstration of the KSBs through naturally occurring evidence can be observed
Simulated activities are not permitted
The total time for the assessment on the day is 90 minutes
The assessment will include:
- Observation of the opportunities and experiences outlined in the session plan - 60 minutes
- Questioning, to allow the independent assessor to understand the reasons behind actions taken, and to provide opportunity to draw out further detail regarding the KSBs mapped to the assessment method - 30 minutes
Professional discussion with a portfolio of evidence
Portfolio submission must include:
- 20 pieces of discrete evidence
- Evidence must be mapped against the ksbs being assessed by the professional discussion; it is anticipated that individual pieces of Evidence will be mapped to multiple ksbs
- Evidence must relate to ‘real’ work completed; evidence from simulated activities is not allowed
- The portfolio of evidence will not be formally assessed, it will be used by the independent assessor to inform the professional Discussion
The professional discussion will be a structured two-way conversation between the independent assessor and apprentice, Underpinned by the portfolio which will be available during the discussion
The professional discussion will last for a minimum of 60 minutes
A minimum of six questions will be asked during the assessment to evaluate the student's ksbs
Case study with report, presentation and questioning
Consists of two components: 1) case study report 2) presentation and questioning
- Case study starts after gateway once project brief has been approved and typical duration is 12 weeks
- Involves observations of a child or group of children over a period of 6 weeks followed by the production of the case study report
- Report must be formally structured and 4,000 words, excluding references and annexes
- All references to children must be anonymised within the report
- The case study and report should be completed unaided
- The presentation must be based on the case study carried out in component 1 and will summarise and refer to the case study report
- The presentation must be completed and submitted to the independent assessor 12 weeks after gateway
- Can be delivered face-to-face or via online video conferencing
- The presentation must be formal in tone and be well-balanced in its use of visuals, text, and other supporting elements e.G., audio, documents, and small scale demonstrations
- Duration will be 40 minutes – 20 minutes for delivery of the presentation and 20 minutes questioning
- A minimum of four questions will be asked to seek clarification and to assess the depth and breadth of understanding
Why choose CT Skills
The average completion rate throughout other training providers sat at 51%. However, we achieved over 10% higher sitting at 61.8%!
94% of our learners would recommend CT Skills.
We are graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted and were also graded 4 stars out of 4 (Excellent) by our employer partners on the government’s Find Apprenticeship Training website in 2022!
Continuing Studies
- Early Years Teacher
- Education Consultant
- Education Mental Health Practitioner
- Family Support Worker
- Health Play Specialist
- Learning Mentor
- Play Therapist
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