****Qualification Curriculum****
**Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF)**
- Awareness of special educational needs
- Child development and welfare
- Curriculum planning, delivery and assessment
- Developing skills to promote positive working relationships
- Promoting positive behaviour in children and young people
- Providing support for individual learners and small groups
- Understand the Higher Level Teaching Assistant role
Course Duration
These hours are made up of all contact time, guidance, or supervision of a learner by a lecturer, supervisor, tutor, trainer, or other appropriate education or training providers.
Guided Learning Hours for this qualification is 87.
Total Qualification Time comprises GLH and an estimate of the number of hours a learner is likely to spend in preparation, study or any other learning, including assessment, which takes place as directed by, but not under the supervision of a lecturer supervisor or tutor. The credit value, where given for qualification, is determined by TQT, as one credit corresponds to 10 hours of learning.
Total Qualification Time for this qualification is 360 hours.
Assessment
The qualification assessments will be taken through tutor-marked assignments. Upon completing each unit, the learner must attempt a series of questions with comprehensive answers, which will be marked by the tutor. The tutor-marked tasks are required to be assessed by a professional as well.
Thereupon, to ensure all the course assignments have met the standards properly by both the learners and assessors, the tasks are subjected to internal and external moderation.
NB: At least 50 hours of work placement within a school is required to accomplish this assessment. The work setting can either be a primary, secondary or special school with pupils aged 5+ and studying Key Stage 1 or above.
As a part of this placement, learners will require a member with occupational competence in supervising and signing the witness testimonies, to ensure they have gained the work-based learning outcomes of this programme properly.
Method of Assessment
- Assessment activities consist of a few short assignments that you have to complete to show evidence of general reading while adding references to your work.
- All assignments should be submitted via the online portal.
- All learning outcomes must be met to achieve a Pass – there is no grading.
Certification
Successful candidates will be awarded a Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (RQF) from Focus Awards Limited.
You will also get CPD accredited Teach the Teachers Level 3, Education Management, Educational Psychology and Development, Lesson Planning for Teaching, and Home Education courses certificates from Apex Learning.
Progression
Successful learners may wish to progress to teaching qualifications such as:
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training
- Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training
- Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training
