Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner Level 2

Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner Level 2

This is an exciting one year full time course aimed at helping you to develop the skills needed for a career in early years and childcare.

We are committed to ensuring you are job ready when you leave us and we will provide the knowledge and skills needed when working under supervision with children and young people from birth to seven years.

This course will help you to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to show any potential employers that you have the right attitude, work ethic and high standards that would be an asset to any organisation.

You will gain an understanding of all aspects of:

• childcare

• child development

• child safety

• learning and play

• communication

You will learn and develop your skills by using a range of exciting and innovative teaching and learning methods including going on trips and visits, for example to Beamish Museum and the Centre for Life, attending guest lectures, completing projects, presentations, posters and displays and by doing assignment work.

You'll attend tutorial sessions, work in groups, complete special projects on equality and diversity and take part in fundraising activities.

Assessment

We use lots of different assessments methods to measure your progress and give you feedback to help you to improve.

These include:

• Presentations

• Projects

• Hands on experiences

• Google expeditions

• Group work

• Activity planner

The teaching team

Your will be delivered by a teaching team who are passionate about the subject area.

All teachers maintain their industry knowledge and skills by returning to practice at least once a year.

Several sit on the early year’s professional exchange and some are also Governors in local schools.

Work Experience & Employer Partners

We have excellent links with a range of high quality employers in day nurseries and primary schools where you may be provided with an opportunity to work alongside a professional as part of a work placement to put what you have learnt in the classroom into practice.