Do you want a rewarding career in childcare and education? Gain the knowledge, behaviours and skills you need to be a successful childcare or education practitioner covering key areas such as child development, safeguarding, and supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities.
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Do you want a rewarding career in childcare and education? Gain the knowledge, behaviours and skills you need to be a successful childcare or education practitioner covering key areas such as child development, safeguarding, and supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities.
In addition to core knowledge, you will choose between the following occupational specialisms:
early years education and childcare.
assisting teaching.
T Levels are a brand-new qualification designed to give you a head start towards the future you want. They follow GCSEs and are equivalent to three A Levels.
This two-year T Level qualification brings classroom and work placement together on a course designed with employers and businesses.
You’ll spend 80% of your time in the classroom and 20% on a 45-day placement to give you the skills and knowledge employers are looking for.
Your T Level will help you to step straight into your chosen career, an Apprenticeship or a degree.
Course information
Course content
You will develop an understanding of:
the education and childcare sector from ages 0 to 19
child development
how to support children and young people’s education
safeguarding, health and safety and wellbeing
understanding and managing behaviour
observing and assessing children and young people
equality and diversity
special educational needs and disability
English as an additional language
working with parents, carers and wider families
working with agencies and services that support children, families and carers
reflective practice and other forms of professional development.
You will choose between the following occupational specialisms:
Early Years Educator:
You will develop an understanding of:
supporting and promoting children’s play, development and early education
developing relationships with children to facilitate their development
planning, providing and reviewing care, play and educational opportunities to enable children to progress
safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of children
working in partnership with colleagues, parents, carers and other professionals to support children’s development.
Assisting Teaching:
You will develop an understanding of:
supporting the class teacher to enhance children’s education, both one-to-one and in small groups
planning, providing and reviewing educational opportunities in collaboration with teachers and other adults
the importance of ongoing assessment and how to respond
safeguarding and health and safety and wellbeing of children and young people
recognising, adapting and responding to individual children’s needs, including those with SEND and EAL to ensure all are able to progress.
City College takes pride in the role it plays here in Plymouth and the wider region. By providing access to relevant skills, outstanding training, state-of-the-art facilities and an excellent network of support services, we seek to have a positive impact on both your future and the wider region.
We want you to finish your time with us ready to succeed and to play a role in making our city the place to live, work and play. The impact you will have on your future employers starts here, at City College, and that is why we work closely with the business community and organisations throughout the Great South West and beyond to ensure the skills we deliver are not just what industries need now but also what they need in the future.
As the city’s anchor organisation for skills, we nurture the symbiotic relationship we have with employers – their success means opportunities for our students. But we also realise that their success relies on producing skilled, confident, healthy and resilient workers, which is why health and wellbeing is as important as skills.
Plymouth is a fantastic city with great potential, and our guiding principle here at the College is to ensure our learning environment and organisational culture impacts positively on the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enables all of our students and staff to achieve their full potential. If the workforce fulfils its potential, then so will our city.
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