IAO
Level 3
QN: 601/8426/7
Curriculum Active
IAO Level 3 Diploma In Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by IAO. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1089 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
IAO
Syllabus Units
53 Units
Guided Hours
1089 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Assist in the administration of medication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the current legislation, guidelines and policies relevant to the administration of medication
- Understand own role in assisting in the administration of medication
- Understand the requirements and procedures for assisting in the administration of medication
- Understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring patient safety
- Be able to prepare for the administration of medication
- Be able to assist in the administration of medication
- Be able to contribute to the management of medications and administration records
2
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
3
Develop interviewing skills for work with children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process of preparing for and planning the interviews
- Be able to conduct the interview with individual children or young people
- Be able to implement interview follow up procedures
4
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
5
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
6
Facilitate the learning and development of children and young people through mentoring
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to facilitate the learning and development needs of children and young people through mentoring
- Be able to support children and young people to address their individual learning and development needs
- Be able to promote the wellbeing, resilience and achievement of individual children and young people through mentoring
- Be able to review the effectiveness of the mentoring process
7
Improving the attendance of children and young people in statutory education
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that impact on the attendance of children and young people in statutory education
- Understand the role of individuals and agencies in improving attendance of children and young people in statutory education
- Be able to use attendance data to inform strategies and plans to improve attendance of children and young people in statutory education
- Be able to support work with children, young people and families to improve attendance according to role and responsibilities
8
Invigilate tests and examinations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policy and procedures for the conduct of tests and examinations
- Be able to prepare for tests and examinations
- Be able to prepare candidates for tests and examinations
- Be able to implement invigilation requirements
- Be able to end tests and examinations
9
Lead an extra-curricular activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the aims and requirements of the extra-curricular activity
- Be able to prepare for leading an extra-curricular activity
- Be able to prepare children and young people for an extra-curricular activity
- Be able to lead an extra-curricular activity
- Be able to review and improve extra-curricular activities
10
Maintain learner records
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisational policy and procedures for maintaining learner records
- Be able to maintain learner records
- Be able to maintain the safety and security of learner records
- Be able to share information with those authorised to receive it
11
Monitor and maintain curriculum resources
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the organisational policy and procedures for maintaining curriculum resources
- Be able to establish requirements for curriculum resources
- Be able to maintain supplies of curriculum resources
- Be able to monitor stocks of curriculum resources
- Be able to maintain curriculum resources
- Be able to prepare and issue curriculum resources
12
Organise travel for children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the policy and procedures for organising children and young people’s travel outside of the setting
- Be able to make travel arrangements
13
Plan and deliver learning activities under the direction of a teacher
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan learning activities under the direction of the teacher
- Be able to deliver learning activities
- Be able to monitor and assess learning outcomes
14
Plan, allocate and monitor work of a team
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan work for a team
- Be able to allocate work across a team
- Be able to manage team members to achieve team objectives
- Be able to monitor and evaluate the performance of team members
- Be able to improve the performance of a team
15
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
16
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
17
Promote the well being and resilience of children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of promoting positive well being and resilience of children and young people
- Understand how to support the development of children and young people’s social and emotional identify and self esteem in line with their age and level of understanding
- Be able to provide children and young people with a positive outlook on their lives
- Be able to respond to the health needs of children and young people
18
Provide bilingual support for teaching and learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to assessment of bilingual learners
- Be able to provide bilingual support for learners
- Be able to support communication with families of bilingual learners
- Be able to contribute to reviews of communication with families of bilingual learners
19
Provide information and advice to children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of practitioners in providing information and advice to children and young people
- Be able to establish and address the information and advice needs of children and young people
- Be able to provide children and young people with appropriate information and advice to enable them to make informed choices
20
Provide leadership and direction for own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to lead in own area of responsibility
- Be able to provide direction and set objectives in own area of responsibility
- Be able to communicate the direction for own area of responsibility and collect feedback to inform improvement
- Be able to assess own leadership performance
21
Provide literacy and numeracy support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify pupils’ needs for literacy and numeracy support
- Be able to provide numeracy support to help pupils to access the wider curriculum
- Be able to provide literacy support to help pupils to access the wider curriculum
22
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
23
Set objectives and provide support for team members
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to communicate a team’s purpose and objectives to the team members
- Be able to develop a plan with team members showing how team objectives will be met
- Be able to support team members identifying opportunities and providing support
- Be able to monitor and evaluate progress and recognise individual and team achievement
24
Supervise children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the policy and procedures for supervising children and young people on journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting
- Be able to prepare for journeys, visits and activities outside of the setting
- Be able to supervise children and young people on journeys outside of the setting
- Be able to supervise children and young people during visits and activities outside of the setting
25
Supervise whole class learning activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare for supervising whole class learning activities
- Be able to supervise whole class learning activities
- Be able to support learners in completing work set for them
- Be able to conclude whole class learning activities
26
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
27
Support bilingual learners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to interact with bilingual learners
- Be able to support bilingual learners to develop skills in the target language
- Be able to support bilingual learners to access the curriculum
28
Support children and young people during transitions in their lives
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the range and impact of transitions that children and young people may experience
- Be able to recognise and respond to transitions in children and young people’s lives
- Be able to work with others to plan integrated support for children and young people going through transitions
- Be able to support children and young people to manage transitions in their lives
29
Support children and young people to achieve their education potential
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles, values and current legislation that supports work to help children and young people achieve their educational potential
- Be able to support children and young people to identify and articulate their learning needs, set goals and plan actions
- Be able to support children and young people to work towards their educational goals
- Be able to review educational achievements with children and young people
30
Support children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to support children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
- Be able to support children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
- Be able to review support to children and young people to make positive changes in their lives
31
Support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the influences impacting on the behaviour, emotional and social development of children and young people
- Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs
- Be able to support the behaviour management of children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs
- Be able to support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs to develop relationships with others
- Be able to support children and young people with behaviour, emotional and social development needs to develop self-reliance and self-esteem
32
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
33
Support children’s speech, language and communication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of speech, language and communication for children’s overall development
- Understand the importance and the benefits of adults supporting the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting
- Be able to provide support for the speech, language and communication development of the children in own setting
- Be able to contribute to maintaining a positive environment that supports speech, language and communication
34
Support delivery of the 14–19 curriculum
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand educational policy and practice for the education and training of 14 to 19 year olds
- Be able to support teaching and learning for 14 to 19 year olds
- Be able to work collaboratively to support delivery of the 14 to 19 curriculum
35
Support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rights of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
- Understand the disabilities and/or special educational needs of children and young people in own care
- Be able to support the inclusion of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
- Be able to support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs to participate in the full range of activities and experiences
- Be able to support others to respond to the needs of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs
36
Support gifted and talented learners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the needs of gifted and talented learners
- Be able to contribute to planning learning programmes for gifted and talented learners
- Be able to support learning activities for gifted and talented learners
37
Support individuals to meet personal care needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to work with individuals to identify their needs and preferences in relation to personal care
- Be able to provide support for personal care safely
- Be able to support individuals to use the toilet
- Be able to support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
- Be able to support individuals to manage their personal appearance
- Be able to monitor and report on support for personal care
38
Support learners with cognition and learning needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the special educational needs of learners with cognition and learning needs
- Be able to support learner with cognition and learning needs during learning activities
- Be able to support learners with cognition and learning needs to develop learning strategies
39
Support learners with communication and interaction needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the special educational needs of learners with communication and interaction needs
- Be able to support learners with communication and interaction needs to maximise learning
- Be able to support learners with communication and interaction needs to develop relationships with others
40
Support learners with sensory and/or physical needs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of physical, motor and/or sensory disability on children and young people
- Understand the special educational needs of learners with sensory and/or physical needs
- Be able to support learners with sensory and/or physical needs to maximise learning
- Be able to implement structured learning programmes for children and young people with sensory and/or physical needs
41
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
42
Support learning and development within own area of responsibility
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify the learning needs of colleagues in own area of responsibility
- Understand how to develop a learning environment in own area of responsibility
- Be able to support colleagues in learning and its application
- Be able to evaluate learning outcomes and future learning and development of colleagues
43
Support literacy development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current national and organisational policies and practices for literacy development
- Be able to support learners in developing reading and writing skills
- Be able to support learners in developing speaking/talking and listening skills
44
Support numeracy development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand current national and organisational frameworks for mathematics
- Be able to support learners in developing numeracy skills
- Be able to support learners in using and applying mathematics
45
Support teaching and learning in a curriculum area
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use subject knowledge to support teaching and learning in a curriculum area
- Be able to develop own subject knowledge
- Be able to contribute to developing teaching and learning in a curriculum area
46
Support young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the issues affecting young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
- Understand how to support young people in relation to sexual health and risk of pregnancy
47
Support young people to develop, implement and review a plan of action
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance for young people of developing a personal action plan for their future development needs
- Be able to support young people to develop an action plan
- Be able to support young people to work towards implementation of their action plan
- Be able to support young people to review and revise their action plan
- Be able to review own role in supporting the development and implementation of the young person’s action plan
48
Support young people who are socially excluded or excluded from school
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the issues affecting young people who are socially excluded or excluded from school
- Understand how to support young people who are socially excluded or excluded from school
49
Team working
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan collaborative work with others
- Be able to develop and maintain co-operative ways of working to achieve agreed objectives
- Be able to review work with others and agree ways of improving collaborative work in future
50
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
51
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
52
Work in partnership with parents to engage them with their children’s learning and development in schools
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand barriers to learning and strategies/techniques to address them and encourage children with their learning
- Be able to support parents to identify and overcome barriers to their children’s learning
- Be able to help parents in developing effective techniques to support and encourage children with their learning
- Be able to support parents and their children through transitions to ensure continual engagement with schools and learning
- Be able to facilitate positive relations and effective dialogue between parents and school staff
53
Work with other practitioners to support children and young people
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand multi-agency and integrated working
- Be able to maintain working relationships with other practitioners
- Be able to work in partnership with other practitioners
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/8426/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- IAO
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Mar 2016