Teaching Assistant QLS Level 3

• Accommodating different learning styles
• Independent learning
• Supporting independent learning
• Learning activities
• Primary school activities
• Secondary school activities
• Feedback on learning activities

• Play and development
• Creating play spaces
• Involving children in play space creation
• The importance of the consultation process
• Supporting a play session
• Play space legislation
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• Risk assessments for play spaces

• Modelling appropriate behaviour
• External factors
• Supporting behavioural difficulties
• Rewarding positive behaviour
• Recognising positive behaviour

• Effective communication
• Applying communication to teams
• Team working
• Relationship issues within a team
• Minimising conflict
• Coordinating the classroom

• Learning and development patterns
• Intellectual learning and development patterns
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Physical development
• Communication and language
• Differentiation
• Creating a stimulating work environment

• Gifted and talented programmes
• Delivering a gifted and talented programme
• Equality of access legislation
• Providing equality of access
• Inclusivity
• Interaction and communication needs
• Promoting non-verbal communication skills
• Autism
• Supporting emotional and social needs
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

This course is ideal for anyone considering a career as a teaching assistant who wants to understand more about the role, or someone currently working as a teaching assistant who wishes to expand their existing knowledge.

This course is assessed by a series of assignments which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination or practical work is required, so you can complete all assessed work from home.

You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. We suggest that the course will take approximately 120 hours to complete. This allows you to work at your own pace, without the pressure of tight deadlines.

This course will be studied entirely via distance learning, meaning you will complete your learning either from home or a place that suits you. Full tutor support will be available via email, so if you have any questions or need some guidance, your tutor will be here to help. Your course materials will include a series of self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked questions to allow both yourself and your tutor to monitor your progress.

The study method you choose depends on your personal learning style. Your options are:

• Study pack: if you choose the study pack option, you will be sent a set of printed course materials.
• Study online: if you choose this option, you will be sent your login details to our online portal through which you will access your course materials digitally. You can access your course via a desktop/laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Once you have successfully completed this course, you will receive a certificate of achievement in Teaching Assistant QLS Level 3 from the Quality License Scheme. You will also receive a learner unit summary which will list the components you have completed as part of your course.

Please note: the completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification, but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. If you are looking for a course that will lead to a teaching assistant qualification, please consider enrolling on our NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning instead.

If after completing this course, you decide you wish to pursue a career as a teaching assistant, we recommend studying our NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning which will lead to you becoming a fully qualified teaching assistant.