IAO
Level 3
QN: 601/7927/2
Curriculum Active
IAO Level 3 Certificate In Supporting Teaching and Learning In Schools
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by IAO. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 180 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
IAO
Syllabus Units
11 Units
Guided Hours
180 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults
- Understand how to communicate with children, young people and adults
- Understand legislation, policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information, including data protection
2
Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to develop professional relationships with children and young people
- Be able to communicate with children and young people
- Be able to develop professional relationships with adults
- Be able to support children and young people in developing relationships
- Be able to comply with policies and procedures for confidentiality, sharing information and data protection
3
Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is required for competence in own work role
- Be able to reflect on practice
- Be able to evaluate own performance
- Be able to agree a personal development plan
- Be able to use learning opportunities and reflective practice to contribute to personal development
4
Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policies and procedures for promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour
- Be able to promote positive behaviour
- Be able to manage inappropriate behaviour
- Be able to respond to challenging behaviour
- Be able to contribute to reviews of behaviour and behaviour policies
5
Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to promote equality and diversity in work with children and young people
- Understand the impact of prejudice and discrimination on children and young people
- Be able to support inclusion and inclusive practices in work with children and young people
6
Schools as organisations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
- Understand how schools are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities
- Understand school ethos, mission, aims and values
- Know about the legislation affecting schools
- Understand the purpose of school policies and procedures
- Understand the wider context in which schools operate
7
Support assessment for learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning
- Be able to use assessment strategies to promote learning
- Be able to support learners in reviewing their learning strategies and achievements
- Be able to contribute to reviewing assessment for learning
8
Support Children and Young People's Health and Safety.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety.
- Be able to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a work setting or off site visits.
- Understand how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves.
- Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents emergencies and illness in work settings and off site visits.
9
Support learning activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to planning learning activities
- Be able to prepare for learning activities
- Be able to support learning activities
- Be able to observe and report on learner participation and progress
- Be able to contribute to the evaluation of learning activities
- Be able to evaluate own practice in relation to supporting literacy, numeracy and ICT
10
Understand Child and Young Person Development.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth - 19 years.
- Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice.
- Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern.
- Understand the importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people.
- Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development.
11
Understand How to Safeguard the Wellbeing of Children and Young People.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people.
- Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people.
- Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting.
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed.
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been bullied.
- Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and wellbeing.
- Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/7927/2
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- IAO
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Oct 2015