Teaching Assistant: BTEC

Pre-requisites
You must be over 16 to take the course and be educated to at least GCSE standard D-G, or hold an NVQ Level 1, or a GNVQ Foundation certificate. (Teaching assistants generally need to be aged 18 or over.)
Qualification
BTEC Level 2 Intermediate Certificate for Teaching Assistants
Support and benefits

Gain an industry recognised qualification
Access to a dedicated tutor and student advisors to guide you through your studies
Complimentary textbook:  ‘The Teaching Assistant's Handbook 2nd Edition’ by Teena Kamen
Professionally authored learning materials which create a fictional but realistic context for carrying out activities

















































Key topics

The Learning Environment
Discover how to maintain positive working relationships with children and adults. Learn how to communicate with both children and adults effectively. Develop the skills necessary to provide effective support for colleagues.

Helping to Keep Children Safe
Discover how to prepare and maintain a safe learning environment. Learn how to deal with accidents, emergencies and illnesses in schools. Explore ways of safeguarding children from abuse. Examine methods of promoting positive pupil behaviour.

Supporting Children’s Development
Explore a range of observation methods. Examine the pattern of children’s development, and learn how to support children at each stage of their development.

Supporting Literacy and Numeracy
Explore literacy and numeracy requirements. Gain the skills to support literacy and numeracy. Learn how to prepare materials that encourge the development of literacy and numeracy.

Supporting Learning Activities
Gain the skills to support teachers in planning, preparing, delivering and evaluating learning activities.

Supporting Children with Special Needs
Examine legislation and school procedures relating to pupils with special educational needs. Explore a range of special educational needs, and discover strategies for supporting these needs.
Course Code
A27
Hours of study
12 months / 180 hours
Technical requirements and fees
Edexcel registration fees of £50.80 are additional to your course fees




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Outline
You’ll complete six assessments during your course. These assessments can be submitted to ICS online via the Student Community, or they can be posted to ICS. It is recommended that you submit your assessments online as you will receive your results more quickly this way – in fact, for multiple choice assessments, you receive your results instantly!
Assessment Breakdown
The assessment method for each study unit is shown below:




Study Unit
Assessment


1) The Learning Environment

Multiple Choice Paper


2) Helping to Keep Children Safe

Short Answer Question Paper


3) Supporting Children’s Development

Tutor-marked Written Assignment


4) Supporting Children with Special Needs

Multiple Choice Paper


5) Supporting Literacy and Numeracy

Tutor-marked Written Assignment


6) Supporting Learning Activities

Tutor-marked Written Assignment
Notes
Each multiple choice question comes with four potential answers. Only one of these answers is correct; the other three are wrong. You must identify the correct answer.
Short answer questions normally require you to write between a sentence and a paragraph.
Activities consist of open-ended questions, requiring lengthier answers than are expected for short answer questions. Some activities require you to reflect on experience of observing a classroom. However, if it is not possible for you to gain such experience, a case study is supplied, which can be referred to in completing such activities.