Education & Childcare Standalone Courses
Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning – Greater London – Fully Funded
This Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning is fully funded for Greater London. This qualification provides learners with an in-depth understanding of the knowledge/skills needed when working with children and young people in school and college environments. It covers all aspects of specialist support including planning, delivering and reviewing assessment strategies to support learning alongside the teacher. This includes bilingual support, special needs support, and personal development and reflective practice.
Achieving a Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching & Learning is important for several reasons. Firstly, it enhances your professional competence and knowledge, equipping you with the skills necessary to support the learning and development of students. This qualification covers a range of topics. These include understanding young person development, promoting positive behaviour, and supporting assessment for learning. This comprehensive knowledge base ensures that you can contribute meaningfully to educational environments. As well as this, holding a Level 3 Diploma demonstrates your commitment to continuous professional development. Educational institutions and employers often prioritise candidates with recognised qualifications, viewing them as dedicated professionals who are invested in their roles. This credential can also open up career advancement opportunities.
In conclusion, the Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching & Learning enables you to adapt to diverse learning needs. It fosters a deeper understanding of educational theories and practices, allowing you to provide effective support to students with various abilities/backgrounds. Ultimately, achieving this diploma enhances your professional standing. It will also positively impact the educational experiences of the students you support.
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What does this qualification cover?
- Schools and Colleges as Organisations
- Support health and safety in a learning environment
- Understand how to safeguard children and young people
- Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults
- Understand how children and young people develop
- Support positive behaviour in children and young people
- Support children and young people during learning activities
- Support English and maths skills
- Support the use of ICT in the learning environment
- Support assessment for learning
- Engage in personal and professional development
- Support children and young people’s speech, language and communication
- Understand how to support bilingual learners
- Understand how to support the learning of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
- Support children and young people during transitions
- Support the role of play, leisure and extra-curricular activities for children and young people
Who is it suitable for?
This qualification is aimed at learners working in roles that offer specialist support for pupils’ learning in primary, secondary or special schools, as well as colleges.
Progression routes
Learners achieving the Level 3 Diploma can progress onto the Level 4 Certificate for the Advanced Practitioner in Schools and Colleges, a foundation degree, or specialist roles within the workforce.
Career opportunities
This qualification provides you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to work in a variety of unsupervised job roles that support children and young people’s learning in schools or colleges. Roles this qualification will prepare you for include:
• Teaching Assistant
• Learning Support Assistant
• Special Needs Assistant.
