Ascentis
Level 5
QN: 610/4436/2
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Ascentis Level 5 Diploma in Teaching (Further Education and Skills)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Ascentis. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 525 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
Ascentis
Syllabus Units
13 Units
Guided Hours
525 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Action Research
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The unit aims to enable trainees to carry out action research in an area of professional practice. It includes understanding the nature and purpose of action research, conducting action research and presenting the outcomes. It also involves evaluating own practice in relation to action research.
2
Effective Digital and Online Pedagogies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The purpose of this unit is to provide the trainee with knowledge, understanding and skills relating to delivering learning using digital and online technologies. It includes understanding the pedagogical theories that can be applied to digital practice and involves consideration of any potential barriers and how to overcome them. It covers the organisational policies and procedures that need to be followed when using digital technologies, including how to keep learners safe. It also allows trainees to identify and develop their own personal digital skills.
3
Learners and Learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The purpose of this unit is to provide the trainee with knowledge and understanding relating to pedagogical learning theory and how it can be applied to practice. It covers the process of getting to know learners via initial and diagnostic assessment and how this informs planning. It includes how to set outcomes for learners and how to enable them to become involved in their own progress. It covers how learning can be adapted to overcome potential barriers, and identifies a range of support available in relation to learner health, wellbeing and safeguarding.
4
Preparing for a Coaching Role in the Further Education and Skills Sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit aims to develop an understanding of personal coaching within the further education and skills sector. The unit includes consideration of the skills and qualities needed for this role and how own values, behaviours and attitudes can have an impact. It also covers exploring the boundaries of the role and a number of its key responsibilities, including complying with relevant standards and legislation. Finally, the unit considers opportunities to improve own current knowledge and skills relevant to working in a coaching role.
5
Preparing for a Mentoring Role in the Further Education and Skills Sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit aims to develop an understanding of mentoring within the further education and skills sector. The unit includes consideration of the skills and qualities needed for this role and how own values, behaviours and attitudes can have an impact. It also covers exploring the boundaries of the role and a number of its key responsibilities, including complying with relevant standards and legislation. Finally, the unit considers opportunities to improve own current knowledge and skills relevant to working in a mentoring role.
6
Preparing for a Personal Tutoring Role in the Further Education and Skills Sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit aims to develop an understanding of personal tutoring within the Further Education and Skills sector. The unit includes consideration of the skills and qualities needed for this role and how own values, behaviours and attitudes can have an impact. It also covers exploring the boundaries of the role and a number of its key responsibilities, including complying with relevant standards and legislation. Finally, the unit considers opportunities to improve own current knowledge and skills relevant to working in a personal tutoring role.
7
Preparing to Develop Learners' Employability Skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit focuses on preparing to develop learners’ employability skills in the context of the delivery of other subjects. The unit considers the distinction between employability skills and employment skills, how learners’ employability skills can be initially assessed and the advantages and disadvantages of embedding employability skills. It also covers how to review the curriculum to identify where and how different employability skills can be embedded, planning relevant teaching and learning activities, designing resources and devising assessment activities to enable embedded delivery. Finally, the unit includes analysing own relevant knowledge and skills and identifying opportunities to improve.
8
Professional Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit is based on the entire occupational standards (OS) for the Learning and Skills Teacher. This unit covers the professional practice of being a teacher in the Further Education and Skills sector. It contains an overview of the sector, relevant government policy and regulations. It develops teaching skills through the use of micro-teaching and observing other teachers. It covers the preparation of trainees for placement and the maintenance of a teaching log and portfolio of practice. It encourages the development of reflective practice.
9
Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement in the Further Education and Skills Sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit aims to increase knowledge and understanding of the quality assurance and quality improvement practices which are carried out in the Further Education and Skills (FES) sector. Roles and responsibilities of key personnel as well as key aspects of legislation are explored. The unit covers both internal and external quality systems and aims to help trainees see the wider context in relation to their specific subject area/s. Finally, the unit considers opportunities to improve own current knowledge and skills in relation to quality assurance and improvement.
10
Teachers and Teaching
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The purpose of this unit is to explore the teacher’s roles and responsibilities in the Further Education and Skills sector and the importance of developing appropriate collaborative relationships. The unit also considers relevant pedagogical theories and the principles of designing learning and assessment. This unit looks at the techniques of coaching and mentoring and the concept of quality improvement, including how to use data and feedback to improve performance.
11
Teaching my Subject
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit is all about the trainee being able to deliver teaching, learning and assessment in their specialist subject area. It is about the application of relevant theories to delivering their subject, as well as being able to support learners to progress within the subject area. It covers communication, including how to challenge inappropriate behaviour, as well as engaging and inspiring learners within the subject. In addition, it covers the areas of equality, diversity and sustainability, and how to comply with internal and external regulations.
12
Understanding Behaviour Management in a Learning Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit aims to develop understanding of how to manage behaviours in a learning environment. It includes analysing the characteristics and impact of behaviours that can occur in a learning environment, and related legislation and organisational policies. It also includes analysing theories of behaviour management and how these have informed own practice in creating a purposeful learning environment. Finally, the unit includes an analysis of the effectiveness of own practice in managing behaviours in a learning environment.
13
Understanding How to Promote Wellbeing within the Further Education and Skills Sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- This unit introduces the trainee to the promotion of wellbeing for both learners and staff in the Further Education and Skills (FES) sector. Trainees will consider factors that have an impact on the wellbeing of people as well as reflecting on research and current messages about maintaining wellbeing. Trainees will research how wellbeing is being promoted within a specific organisation. They will also identify resources and activities available to support the wellbeing of both staff and learners within the FES sector.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/4436/2
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Ascentis
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2024