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Verify the QualificationThe Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF) is a UK OFQUAL accredited 100% online, competency-based Teaching Assistant (TA) qualification. It is suitable for all support staff roles in the school. The Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools course helps learners understand their skills when interacting directly with children and young people in the school setting. This involves learning about the development of children and young people, safeguarding their well-being, communication and professional relationship. It is ideal for learners employed in senior positions who provide assistance with learners’ growth and development in the field of education.
This Level 3 Certificate is for those who wish to become a Teaching Assistant or those working in primary, secondary or special schools as Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants, SEN Teaching Assistants, Learning Mentors, Intervention and Pastoral Support Assistants, or in any other Early Years setting etc.
This Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification is designed to be completed online at the pace that suits you the best. This Level 3 course can be completed in as little as 4 weeks or up to 9 months for you to become a qualified teaching assistant. You have a great opportunity of fast-track completion earlier at the pace and time of your choice. The OFQUAL regulated Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools Level 3 qualification is delivered through our virtual learning environment (VLE). Our online tutor support is there to facilitate you to achieve your success rate accordingly.
All units within this OFQUAL regulated Level 3 qualification are internally assessed by our qualified assessors and externally verified by the awarding organisation. The assessment takes the form of written assignments, detailed guidance for which will be provided by the tutor, and witness testimony signed by your supervisor at your work place. You will receive tutor support once you are enrolled on our online VLE to assist you in reaching your goals.
Successful completion of this teaching assistant qualification enables learners to progress onto teaching qualifications such as the
he course which provides you with the opportunity to apply for QTLS status (which allows one to teach in state schools for GCSE and A-Level students).
To further heighten your career and earning potential, you could progress onto the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (and become a qualified assessor) and/or the Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices (and become a qualified IQA).
There are no specific entry requirements for this qualification. However, the learners must be 16 years or above to get themselves enrolled in this course
This course is assessed through a series of tutor marked assignments in addition to practical work, which is assessed in the workplace. So, a work placement is required to complete the practical tasks, which can be spread over the duration of the course.
All units in the course will be assessed through a series of written assignments submitted to and marked by your course tutor. For some units, you must provide a witness testimony to meet the assessment criteria requirement.
You will be able to:
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All prices include course fee, awarding body charges, OfQual approved certification, postage of certificate. The final certification you get is exactly the
same, regardless of what route you pick. There are no strict deadlines for submission of individual coursework, allowing you room and flexibility to pace your
studies; the only deadline is the overall course duration based on the option that you have selected above.
Instant Access to VLE
You can have instant access to the course; once you enrol on the course, you can start studying immediately.
Expert Tutor Support
Our courses are designed to provide a dedicated online tutor support to learners throughout the course for ongoing assistance.
Flexible Payment Plans
Flexible payment plans to suit your budget; pay fee in easy monthly instalments.
Accredited Certification
You will receive your accredited certificate and transcript at no additional cost from our approved awarding body.
This Level 3 Certificate is suitable for anyone working in a Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant role that supports pupils’ learning in primary, secondary or special schools.
The Certificate requires 32 credits. Credits from the Award can be carried over (if a learner already has this qualification)and counted towards the certificate.
Our courses are OFQUAL approved as we work with an approved awarding organisation called “Focus Awards”. This is a well-respected awarding organisation for education and training courses. This is the confirmation of their status-https://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Detail/Index/1391?category=organisations&query=focus%20awards.
This course is for anyone who is looking to start a career as:
This course will open doors to your new career as a teaching assistant working with children in a school environment.
Yes, you will need to work or volunteer in a school environment where you are required to show competence in both knowledge and skills.
You can access the learning resources right after you get enrolled in the course at our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
This qualification is nested. Qualifications within the nested suite allow students to be upgraded to a qualification of the same standard and subject within the scope of the Award, Certificate, and Diploma structure.
There is no time frame to complete the course. Most learners complete it within 4 weeks (fast track).
Have a quick look at the following chart for TA courses to know which course suits you the best:
Witness testimonies are classed as “supporting” evidence and provide additional information in the form of a statement of authentication from an occupationally competent individual who verifies all relevant details of a learner’s workplace activities and validates that the learner can conduct a skill or task. In some instances, the course requires the learner to demonstrate certain skills such as “Positive working relationships” or “motivate and support children and young people’s positive behaviour”, all of which are very difficult to prove using documentary evidence alone. Hence, an expert witness is tasked with providing a written record of learner’s performance at the workplace, precisely describing the activity undertaken against targeted assessment criteria confirming if these have been followed in the work setting. Witness testimonies are compulsory in certain units and this will be clearly stated in the relevant Assignment Guide. Moreover, it is to be noted that you will need to write a reflective account as well along with providing the witness testimony.
A reflective account is the supporting written evidence/ learner’s statement that indicates how the learner performed/performs the activity testified by the workplace supervisor, what went well and what did not, what you learnt and what you should have done. You also mention what strategies you will adapt for improvement. Please note that there is no separate document for writing a reflective account. Reflective account/learner’s statement is given in the same Submission Cover Sheet (Assessment Brief document).
An occupationally competent individual i.e. a work placement supervisor, a learning resources manager, or even a teacher you are directly working with as a teaching assistant is requested to complete the Witness Statement form. Without this independent verification, it is impossible for us to approve your tasks.
There is only one witness statement form to be filled by your workplace supervisor only. This form will cover all the assessment criteria from relevant units/ modules of the accredited course that require a witness testimony.
Feel free to provide your supervisor with the Witness Statement form as soon as you have done appropriate planning and your mentor is available to fill the provided form. There is no hard and fast rule on when to undertake the activities. Some of you might choose an activity to undertake every other day and some might do every week. It varies from situation to situation.
Firstly, a witness statement is a source of evidence and does not confirm the achievement of assessment criteria or confer an assessment decision. For that purpose, the assessor needs to:
1. consider all the information in the witness statement
2. note the relevant professional skills of the witness to make a judgement of performance
3. review the supporting written evidence/reflective account when making an assessment decision.
4. be convinced that the evidence presented in the witness statement is valid, sufficient and authentic.
Moreover, if the supervisor has not witnessed you performing some of the targeted assessment criteria in your undertaken activities, the assessor will have to conduct an observation directly observing your activity to confirm the fulfillment of the remaining assessment criteria.
As teachers, we are bound to follow professional ethics. There is an element of trust that our trainee teaching assistants and the expert witness won’t present an inaccurate account of the activity undertaken. However, we will be vigilant and investigate where we are concerned that the sessions have not taken place as claimed.
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