T Level Education and Childcare: Assisting Teaching

Our exciting new T Level Education & Early Years: Assisting Teaching is suitable for anyone wanting a rewarding career as a teaching assistant. It is equivalent to three A Levels and is delivered through a combination of classroom-based study and work placement within an industry setting.

Delivered by expert tutors and industry specialists, this course will broaden your options as you cover a variety of specialist topics and areas. This means that when it comes to employment, you will have the knowledge and skills to go wherever your ambitions take you.

This T Level programme is delivered over two years and has been designed in collaboration with our expert teaching team, industry experts and employers. Through a blend of classroom working and an extended industry placement, you will be fully prepared for a highly successful career within education.

You will develop knowledge and understanding of concepts, theories and principles, supporting practical application of skills, both within the classroom setting and via an extended industry placement. This will ensure that you are fully equipped for your next steps.

You will learn in our state-of-the-art simulation nursery.

Key topics include supporting education, safeguarding, health and safety, wellbeing, behaviour, English as an additional language, and special educational needs and disabilities.

You will also focus on an occupational specialism - Assisting Teaching - developing the skills and knowledge in a wide range of areas, and will learn how to:

• Support class teachers to enhance children’s education, individually and in groups
• Plan, provide and review educational opportunities in collaboration with teachers and other adults
• Safeguard and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people
• Recognise, adapt and respond to the needs of each individual child.

This T Level will fully prepare you for employment and a dynamic career. Due to the broad range of topics covered on the T Level Education & Early Years: Assisting Teaching, you will be equipped for a career in a variety of settings. You could work as:

• Primary/ Secondary Teaching Assistant
• Learning Mentor
• Student Engagement Officer.

You can also use this T Level to progress to a related higher-level apprenticeship or course of study at degree level.

You will complete an extended industry placement, equivalent to 315 hours, over two years. Whilst it is beneficial for you to self-source your own industry placement, you will have the support of an industry placement officer to provide the extra help in finding relevant industry placements if required. Within the placement you will apply your classroom-based skills and knowledge within an industry environment, giving you the experience to better prepare you for future employment.

You will be allocated a progress coach who will provide you with support to help you succeed on your study programme and progress on to your chosen career or progression path. We have a team of staff dedicated to providing learning support if required, as well as a welfare team that is on hand to offer guidance, support and help when needed.

Additionally, eligible students can access a wide range of financial and funding support to help them during their time at college.

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This course is delivered by our expert tutors and is designed in collaboration with industry and employers. It is delivered within our state-of-the-art Health & Social Care Academy, with all of the latest industry-relevant equipment.

The unique blend of classroom delivery and industry placement will fully prepare you for your next steps, whether that be into highly skilled employment, higher education or onto a higher apprenticeship.

You will need a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and maths, or you will have needed to have successfully completed a level 2 course and have GCSE English and maths at grade 4 or above.

Uniform approx. £70

Trips approx. £40