Teacher Training - Part-time Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

This programme is for people who support teachers in schools, and who work largely unsupervised, contributing toward assessments and familiar with planning. It will enable you to obtain a nationally recognised qualification while you work.

You will need to achieve 11 mandatory units: -

• Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults

• Schools as organisations

• Support learning activities

• Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour

• Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults

• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people

• Support assessment for learning

• Engage in personal development in health, social care or children and young people’s settings

• Support children and young people's health and safety

• Understand child and young person development

• Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people

You will be allocated a workplace assessor who will develop an individual learning plan and will guide you to develop a portfolio of evidence to meet the learning outcomes.

There are no formal entry requirements, but you will need to have sufficient language and literacy skills to be able to achieve the qualification. Since this qualification is assessed in the workplace, you need a job or voluntary position within a school setting that offers you suitable experience and the chance to demonstrate the necessary skills.

Further Study: The level 3 Diploma Specialist Support is appropriate if you are supporting individuals with learning or disability difficulties.

Career Opportunities: This qualification will help you to develop your skills as a teaching assistant and recognise the skills you have already acquired in the workplace. It may assist you to progress to senior assistant roles, or eventually to gain Higher Level Teaching Assistant status. Although formal qualifications are not generally mandatory for teaching assistants, there is increasing competition for these posts and possession of City & Guilds certificates or diplomas will give you an advantage when applying for jobs.