Teaching Assistant Career Focused Program - OFQUAL Regulated, Awarded By Focus Awards, QLS Endorsed, IPHM & CPD QS Accredited

Description

Overview

Every student deserves a mentor, an individual who will never give up on them, understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can be. School is the place where young, brilliant minds develop and flourish. Children need your attention and care, a character they can trust and rely on.

Apex Learning firmly believes that today’s children will shape and define the world. The future of this world relies unanimously on children. But who is responsible for taking them to that destination? Who will guide them? The answer is Teacher.

Teaching differs from other professions, where you just go, do your work, rectify your mishaps and return home in the evening. Teaching is a responsibility; teaching is an art. That being said, we have brought you a unique career-focused teaching program, introducing the “Teaching Assistant Career Focused Program - OFQUAL Regulated, Awarded By Focus Awards, QLS Endorsed, IPHM & CPD QS Accredited”.

This career-focused teaching program will assist you in becoming a teacher who is not just a teacher but a guide to the students and a friend to the parents, with whom both the parents and students come without any hesitation, share their feelings and beliefs and feel comfortable to talk with and safe.

Enrol today in our “Teaching Assistant Career Focused Program - OFQUAL Regulated, Awarded By Focus Awards, QLS Endorsed, IPHM & CPD QS Accredited” only if you want to become the teacher that we have been talking about and only if you believe in us and this program. If you believe so, we can promise that this career-focused teaching program will certainly help you grow in your teaching career.

Let’s turn our attention now to what we have for you in this program. We have made this program after a rigorous analysis and discussion. The courses are the following:

OFQUAL Regulated Courses

• Focus Awards Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF)
• Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate for Level 4 Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF)

QLS Endorsed Course

• Certificate in ADHD Awareness at QLS Level 3
• Diploma in Leadership in Teaching at QLS Level 4
• Diploma in Autism and Dyslexia Awareness at QLS Level 5
• Advanced Diploma in Counselling Skills Training at QLS Level 6
• Advanced Diploma in SEN Teaching at QLS Level 7

IPHM Accredited Course

• Montessori and Waldorf Approaches for Early Childhood - IPHM Accredited
• How to Handle Tantrums in Children - IPHM Accredited
• Nutrition Training - Diet Planning and Meal Preparation for Everyone - IPHM Accredited
• Arts Therapy Training - IPHM Accredited

CPD QS Accredited Course

• Functional Skills - Maths Level 2
• Functional Skills - English Level 2
• Functional Skills - IT
• Functional Skills - Fitness

Description

• Qualification Purpose of Focus Awards Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF)

This Focus Awards Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF) is a knowledge-based qualification suitable for support staff roles in schools that directly support the teaching and learning of pupils. The qualification seeks to develop the knowledge and understanding of workers in a school setting and covers areas such as safeguarding, communication, child development, and understanding the school context. As it is a knowledge-based qualification, it can be taken by learners not yet employed in a school or those in school who are seeking a higher-level role.

• Qualification Overview of Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate for Level 4 Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF)

The Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF) is aimed at those learners currently working as teaching assistants who wish to progress to higher-level teaching assistant status. The Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF) will provide learners with the knowledge and understanding to analyse and address the different challenges that classroom assistants are likely to encounter. Learners will also understand working with individuals and small groups and gaining essential insight into supporting pupils with special educational needs (SEN).

• Learner Entry Requirements

Learners must work within a school as a teaching assistant. Focus Awards does not set any other entry requirements.

• Age Ranges

Entry is at the centre's discretion; however, learners should be 16 to undertake this Qualification.

• Assessment Methods

Each learner must create a portfolio of evidence demonstrating achievement of all the learning outcomes and the assessment criteria associated with each unit. The main pieces of evidence for the portfolio could include:

1. Assessor observation – completed observational checklists on related action plans
2. Witness testimony
3. Learner product
4. Worksheets
5. Assignments/projects/reports
6. Record of oral and written questioning
7. Learner and peer report
8. Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Evidence may be drawn from actual or simulated situations where appropriate and permitted by the relevant Sector Skills Council or Sector Skills Body.

NB: At least 50 hours of work placement within a school is required to accomplish the HLTA assessment. The work setting can be a primary, secondary, or special school with pupils aged 5+ studying Key Stage 1 or above.

• Progression Routes

Learners wishing to progress from this qualification can undertake the following qualifications:

1. Level 3 Award in Education and Training
2. Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training
3. Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training

Qualification

• Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF)
• Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF)
• Awarded by Focus Awards Limited
• Regulated by Ofqual

CPD

• 400 CPD hours/points
• Accredited by CPD Quality Standards

Who is this course for?

Our Teaching Assistant Career Focused Program - OFQUAL Regulated, Awarded By Focus Awards, QLS Endorsed, IPHM & CPD QS Accredited is suitable for:

• Aspiring or current teaching assistants who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in supporting teaching and learning
• Individuals interested in pursuing a career in education, particularly in roles related to supporting children and young people
• Professionals working in schools, colleges, or other educational settings who aim to gain a formal qualification in supporting teaching and learning
• Those who prefer a flexible online learning approach that allows them to study at their own pace and convenience

Requirements

To enter in this program, the minimum requirements are:

1. Age requirement: At least 16 years old
2. Recommended: Proficient in both reading and writing in English

Career path

After receiving the Focus Awards certification and other certificates, you would be eligible to function as a competent professional as:

• Senior Teaching Assistant
• Senior Learning Support Assistant
• Senior Special Educational Needs Assistant

Certificates

Focus Awards Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF)

• Hard Copy Certificate - Included

Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate for Level 4 Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF)

• Hard Copy Certificate - Included

QLS Endorsed Certificate

• Hard Copy Certificate - Included

IPHM Accredited Certificate

• Hard Copy Certificate - Included

CPD QS Accredited Certificate

• Hard Copy Certificate - Included

CPD QS Accredited Certificate

• Digital Certificate - Included

Student ID Card

• Digital Certificate - Included

Transcript

• Digital Certificate - Included