Course Description
The Teaching Assistant Diploma has been developed to enable those working, or hoping to work, in the role of ‘teaching assistant’, to acquire and develop a level of understanding and skills that will help them to do this effectively. The Teaching Assistant Diploma consists of a number of modules, each of which relate to a particular aspect that is important and relevant to the teaching assistant role. You must complete seven modules in total to achieve the Teaching Assistant Diploma.
Each module within the Teaching Assistant Diploma contains a number of sections relating to different aspects of the overall topic with which it is concerned. Each section of the Teaching Assistant Diploma contains both descriptive text and a range of questions that are designed to test and help you demonstrate your understanding of the material covered.
The starting salary for a Teaching Assistant ranges from around £11,000 to £16,000. A Higher Level Teaching Assistant could earn up to £18,000 a year. A fully-qualified FE Teacher can earn between £22,000 and £33,000 a year. - C&Q Qualification Guide 2009.
The NCFE Level 3 Child Psychology Diploma will give you the skills needed to help children reach their full potential and become happy and balanced adults. This Child Psychology course is the perfect and most insightful home study course to take to gather knowledge about how a child’s mind works and why they behave and react to situations as they do.
This Child Psychology Diploma will help to give you a much clearer understanding of the importance of play in a child’s life, how they think and feel and how they develop in terms of language and social interaction. The Child Psychology course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home in your own time and at your own pace.
Previous Knowledge Required
This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Teaching Assistant and Child Psychology and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 12 months from initial registration with full tutor support.
Support
You will receive the course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail and email. Our student support team are also available for any other queries that you may have whilst completing your course. You can be assured that unlimited support is available for one year for your home study course, so there is no need to struggle or feel isolated during your studies.
Assessment
Completing a series of tutor marked assignments will lead you to the highly acclaimed Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Assistant and Child Psychology.
Modules
Awarding Body
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Level 3 NCFE certificate of achievement.
That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to Level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality.
It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE. NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.