Award in Education and Training Level 3

Who is this course for?

Do you want to train to teach your subject-specialism or develop your training skills?  If you have limited or no experience of teaching or training and would like to achieve a gateway qualification, this Level 3 Award might be the right course for you.  It could be the start of your journey towards a full teaching qualification or it may be sufficient to enable you to perform your current teaching/training role. 

Many colleges require all their newly appointed trainee teachers to achieve this qualification, and some awarding bodies stipulate it as a minimum requirement for delivering their courses.

If you are employed in a training role, it will provide you with a toolkit for delivering engaging training sessions. It is also ideal for those planning or embarking on a career change.  

Emphasis is placed on developing your practical skills, and a key element of the course requires you to plan and deliver a session to your peers, using feedback to evaluate and develop your practice.

Benefits include:

• A skillset for delivering effective teaching or training sessions which motivate and enthuse

• A gateway qualification, which enhances your CV, evidences your commitment to achieving a teaching qualification, and builds your confidence

What will you learn?

This course is about preparing you to teach or extending your skills and knowledge to be effective in a teaching or training role.  Much of the course is focused on supporting you to plan, deliver and evaluate a teaching session that you deliver to your peers.  It is taught holistically and develops your knowledge, skills and professional understanding/behaviours simultaneously.  

Specific units are:

• Roles, responsibilities and relationships in education and training (3 credits)

• Understanding and using inclusive teaching and learning methods in education and training (6 credits)

• Assessment in education and training (microteach) (3 credits)

What will you need to bring with you?

You will need to provide your own resources when delivering your micro-teach.

How will you be assessed?

Assessment will include a series of tasks, some written and some practical. You will plan, deliver and evaluate a micro-teach session on an appropriate topic of your choosing to evidence City & Guilds outcomes.

You will also have the opportunity to peer-assess other micro-teaches, share good practice and identify areas for improvement, adopting these into your own practice.