Level 4 Certificate in education and Training

Price:  £1,417

Deposit:  £500

Accreditation: VTCT

Prerequisites: No entry Level

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Dress code: Please wear professional attire

Location: Blackfen, Sidcup

COURSE OVERVIEW

The VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training is a qualification designed to enable you to develop practical teaching skills.

This qualification has been mapped to the relevant National Occupational Standards and is accredited on the Regulated Qualifications Framework.

There are no formal prerequisite qualifications that you must have prior to undertaking this qualification. Your Centre will have ensured that you have the required knowledge, understanding and skills to enroll and successfully achieve this qualification.

The VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training will enable you to work in a teaching role and progress on to a broader teaching qualification. This qualification is suitable for trainee teachers, those experienced in a teaching role and those working as assessors who wish to gain a teaching qualification.

This qualification has been specifically designed for the 19+ age groups, this certificate is designed to equip a wide range of teachers/trainers and facilitators with the requisite skills and knowledge required to fulfil a teaching role. The course content covers planning, delivery, assessment, and the use of resources. You will also gain teaching delivery skills and participate in microteaching sessions; evaluation skills and techniques also form part of the course content. This qualification provides a sound introduction to teaching/training and is suitable for both experienced practitioners who would like to secure a professionally recognized qualification as well as those new to teaching.

COURSE CONTENT

UET8 – Delivering Education and Training

The aim of this unit is to enable you to use inclusive teaching and learning approaches in accordance with internal processes and external requirements, to communicate with learners and to evaluate own delivery practice. You will gain an understanding of how technology can enhance teaching and learning and covers expectations in relation to the minimum core in delivering inclusive teaching and learning.

Includes:

• 1 Observation
• 5 Assignments

UET9 – Assessing learners in Education and Training

The aim of the unit is to enable you to use types and methods of assessment, to conduct and record assessment in accordance with internal and external processes and requirements and to evaluate your own assessment practice. You will cover the expectations in relation to the minimum core in assessing learners in lifelong learning.

Includes:

• 1 Observation
• 4 Assignments

UV40767 – Manage learning and Development in Groups

The aim of this unit is to enable you to manage learning and development in groups. You are expected to understand the use of a variety of management

methods, for example motivational strategies, behavior management, provision of advice as well as deliver strategies to facilitate learning. You are also expected to involve learners within groups in the learning and development process.

Includes:

• 1 Observation
• 1 Assignments

UET1 – Understanding Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships in Education and Training (Optional unit 3 credits)

The aim of this unit is to enable you to understand the role and responsibilities of a teacher in education and training and the relationship between different professionals within education and training.

Includes:

• 3 Assignments

UET7 – Planning to meet the needs of Learners in Education and Training (Optional unit 3 credits)

The aim of this unit is to enable you to agree individual learning goals with your learners, to plan inclusive learning and teaching approaches in accordance with internal processes  and external requirements and to evaluate your own practice in planning teaching and learning. You will learn about the expectations in relation to the minimum core in planning inclusive teaching and learning.

Includes:

• 2 Observation
• 4 Assignments

UET10 – Using resources for Education and Training (Optional unit 3 credits)

The aim of the unit is to enable you to use resources in the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning and to be able to evaluate that use. You will cover the expectations in relation to the minimum core and to using resources for inclusive teaching and learning.

Includes:

• 1 Observation
• 3 Assignments

UV41214 – Equality and Diversity (Optional unit 6 credits)

The aim of this unit is to assess your ability and understanding of how to promote equality and value diversity. You will also understand how to work with others to do this and how to review your own practice.

Includes:

• 1 Observation
• 5 Assignments

THIS COURSE WILL ALSO COVER:

• Principles and requirements
• Different types of assessment methods
• Plan assessments
• Make assessment decisions
• Quality assurance
• Manage information
• Understand the legal and good practice requirements

HOW WILL MY NVQ BE ASSESSED?

• Through a range of classroom work activities
• Through completion of theory tasks and work study packs
• Through completion of microteaching assessments
• Through completion of written assignments
• Group work activities

WHAT ELSE WILL I BE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE? 

Arrange your own work experience at a college or academy (approximately 100 hours to be completed over the course program)

WHAT COULD I DO ONCE I QUALIFY? 

You can progress from the VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training directly into employment as a teacher in the further education sector.

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