NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning

If you’re after an interesting career with a great work-life balance that promises plenty of opportunity for progression, then training to become a teaching assistant could be the right choice for you – and it’s easier than you’d think! This level 3 certificate in supporting teaching and learning (STL) in schools is a competency-based course which lets you study as you gain practical experience, and at the end of it, you’ll be fully qualified to apply for jobs as a teaching assistant.

On this Ofsted recognised course, you’ll delve into the health and safety legislation that impacts learning environments, child protection, and the safeguarding of children. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of child development, and examine developmental and psychoanalytical theories. Finally, you’ll discover how to offer the very best support to children as they learn and grow, including how to support development with exploratory and imaginative play.

On this Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning, you’ll:

• Gain a qualification that will allow you to apply for teaching assistant (TA) positions
• Learn how to support the classroom teacher in the delivery of the curriculum
• Gain practical experience as you study
• Cover essential topic areas such as safeguarding, child development, and health and safety.

Study Hours

• The learning hours for this course are up to 350 hours, which is around 60 minutes per day for 12 months.

Study Method

• Study completely online using our award-winning learning platform, MyOxbridge.

Course Duration

• On average, students complete this course in 4 months, but we'll give you up to 12 months.

Assessment

• Coursework
  

  During your course, you will compile a portfolio of evidence which demonstrates your learning against various assessment criteria. Some portfolio evidence will need to be witnessed by a suitably competent person in the workplace. Therefore, students must be employed in a school or arrange and complete a work experience placement.

  Observation:

  You’ll need to be observed in a suitable workplace (employed or voluntary) whilst carrying out relevant tasks for 100 hours in total. This observation can be completed by a qualified teacher, assessor, or a higher level of management.

  If you arrange your own observer, they will need to be suitably qualified and evidence of this will be required. If needed, your tutor can provide information, support and training for your chosen observer to fully understand the requirements of observation. Find out what is required of an assessor. If you are unable to find a suitable observer, we can send one of our tutors to observe you for an additional fee, just let us know.

Additional Information

• Official Qualification Title - NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning
• Difficulty - Level 3
• Entry requirements - As part of this course, you’ll need to complete 100 hours of placement in a school working with pupils in key stage one and upwards – not in nursery or reception.
• Minimum Enrolment Age - 16 years
• Credits - 35

As part of this course, you’ll need to complete 100 hours of placement in a school working with pupils in key stage one and upwards – not in nursery or reception.

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