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Level 3 Teaching Assistant Course in Poole

Cost£2,225.00
Duration12 months
LevelLevel 3
DeliveryClassroom based
StartFlexible
Study modePart-time
AttendanceDaytime
Awarding bodyNCFE awarding body
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About this course

Teaching Assistant Level 3 Course in Poole. Classes run at Bournemouth and Poole College of Further Education, part-time during the day. The course runs over 12 months and combines regular college sessions with assessed practice in your school placement. You need to be working or volunteering as a teaching assistant for at least 15 hours per week to join. Units cover behaviour support, SEND, safeguarding, speech and language, and professional development. A workplace assessor visits you in school to observe your practice alongside the college teaching.

Who this course is for

This course will help you to develop the knowledge and skills required to provide high level effective support as a teaching assistant.

Volunteering or working for 15 hours per week in school will help to develop your practical skills whilst regular college lessons will provide you with vital underpinning knowledge. The sessions are run by experienced tutors & you will be assigned a workplace assessor who will visit you in school to assess your practice and provide constructive guidance. Your knowledge is assessed by regular assignments. What our students say: 'The course has given me the knowledge & understanding needed to work as a TA. Classroom experience alone wouldn't have been enough to work in this role.' 'It (the course) has been extremely valuable to become a competent TA.' 'I wish I had done the course years ago. The tutor was brilliant, so supportive throughout...' 'Informative lessons. I always looked forward to attending.'

Entry requirements

You need to have be working or volunteering as a teaching assistant for 15 hours per week in a school. The breath of your role is important - you need to have a high level of responsibility at your school - for example responsibility for regularly planning and implementing group activities independently of the teacher. We would expect you to you will have a minimum 12 months experience in this role before embarking on this course.

You will be invited to attend an interview and will complet

What you will learn

  • You'll develop strategies to support positive behaviour in children and young people.
  • You'll learn how to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
  • You'll understand how to support English and maths skills in a learning environment.
  • You'll learn how to support children and young people's speech, language, and communication.
  • You'll understand safeguarding responsibilities for children and young people.
  • You'll develop skills to support assessment for learning alongside the class teacher.
  • You'll learn how to support bilingual learners and use ICT in the classroom.
  • You'll engage in personal and professional development to strengthen your practice.

How you will learn

You'll attend regular daytime classes at the college, where tutors cover the underpinning knowledge for each of the 16 mandatory units. A workplace assessor will visit you in your school to observe and assess your practice directly. Your knowledge is assessed through written assignments. You'll need to be working or volunteering in a school for at least 15 hours a week throughout the course.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Bournemouth & Poole College Of Further Education will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Teaching assistant: provide classroom support across primary or secondary school
  • Higher-level teaching assistant (HLTA): take on greater planning and delivery responsibilities
  • Special educational needs (SEN) support assistant: work with pupils with additional needs
  • Learning support assistant: support individual pupils or small groups
  • Cover supervisor: manage a class in a teacher's short-term absence
  • Early years teaching assistant: support learning in Reception and Key Stage 1

What you could study next

  • Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training: a step toward teaching roles in further education.
  • Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training: a fuller teaching qualification for those moving into FE or adult learning.
  • HLTA assessment: if you want to take on higher-level responsibilities in school, HLTA status is assessed separately and recognised by schools.
  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS): for those considering a move into classroom teaching, an undergraduate or postgraduate teacher training route would follow.
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