Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (L3)

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Call our clearing hotline 01756 693 381 or visit our clearing page for more information.

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The purpose of this qualification is to confirm your competence in a Level 3 Teaching Assistant role, which supports learning in a school environment. The qualification enable you to develop and demonstrate the skills and knowledge to work in an unsupervised role or in a team leading position within the school workforce, directly supporting teaching in primary, secondary or special school.

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The primary purpose of this qualification is to confirm your competence in a supporting teaching and learning role in a school environment. This qualification builds on the skills and knowledge developed on the Level 2 Certificate and you’ll be expected to demonstrate autonomy and higher levels of responsibility, including:

• providing effective support for teachers and pupils
• assisting with and delivering learning programmes
• developing professional relationships with other members of the school workforce
• promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people
• directly supporting children and young people’s development
• safeguarding the wellbeing of children and young people
• communicating with children, young people and adults

You’ll also develop a wide range of personal, transferable skills, such as teamwork, communication skills, self-assessment, planning and development, which will benefit you as you progress through your career.

The NCFE Level 3 Certificate contains 11 mandatory units to help you gain skills and knowledge in the areas relevant to your job role.

• Unit 01 Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults (2 credits)
• Unit 02 Schools as organisations (3 credits)
• Unit 03 Supporting learning activities (4 credits)
• Unit 04 Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour (3 credits)
• Unit 05 Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults (2 credits)
• Unit 06 Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people (2 credits)
• Unit 07 Support assessment for learning (4 credits)
• Unit 08 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (3 credits)
• Unit 09 Support children and young people’s health and safety (2 credits)
• Unit 10 Understand child and young person development (4 credits)
• Unit 11 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people (3 credits)

How is the course taught? {if "<p>If you&rsquo;re interested in progressing to further study at the next level of vocatio"} Where will it take me?

If you’re interested in progressing to further study at the next level of vocational learning the following qualifications are also available:

• Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training
• Level 4 Diploma in Learning and Development

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