iCQ
Level 4
QN: 601/6200/4
Curriculum Active
iCQ Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by iCQ. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1084 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
iCQ
Syllabus Units
35 Units
Guided Hours
1084 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Action learning for teaching in a specialist area of disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of a specific impairment on teaching and learning
- Understand how to investigate effective practice in a specialist area of disability
- Be able to investigate practice in a specialist area of disability
2
Action learning to support development of subject specific pedagogy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to identify an area of interest related to practice in own subject specific area
- Be able to investigate current good practice in own subject specific area
- Be able to work with others to improve own skills in reflective practice
- Be able to evaluate own practice in a subject specific area
- Be able to apply learning from investigation of an area of interest to own practice in a subject specific area
- Be able to present findings from investigation of an area of interest in own subject specific area
3
Action research
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose and nature of action research
- Be able to initiate action research
- Understand ways of carrying out action research
- Be able to carry out action research
- Be able to present the outcomes of action research
- Be able to evaluate own practice in relation to action research
4
Assess occupational competence in the work environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan the assessment of occupational competence
- Be able to make assessment decisions about occupational competence
- Be able to provide required information following the assessment of occupational competence
- Be able to maintain legal and good practice requirements when assessing occupational competence
5
Assess vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to prepare assessments of vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
- Be able to carry out assessments of vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
- Be able to provide required information following the assessment of vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
- Be able to maintain legal and good practice requirements when assessing vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
6
Assessing learners in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use types and methods of assessment to meet the needs of individual learners
- Be able to carry out assessments in accordance with internal and external requirements
- Be able to implement the minimum core when assessing learners
- Be able to evaluate own assessment practice
7
Assessment and support for the recognition of prior learning through the accreditation of learning outcomes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to promote understanding of recognition and accreditation of prior learning with external stakeholders
- Understand how to provide guidance for learners
- Be able to support learners to recognise prior learning and achievement
- Be able to assess evidence presented by learners
- Be able to evaluate and improve practice
8
Delivering education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use inclusive teaching and learning approaches in accordance with internal and external requirements
- Be able to communicate with learners and other learning professionals to promote learning and progression
- Be able to use technologies in delivering inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to implement the minimum core when delivering inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to evaluate own practice in delivering inclusive teaching and learning
9
Delivering employability skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the differences between employability skills and employment skills
- Understand the influence of personal qualities and skills on the delivery of employability skills
- Be able to use techniques, strategies and practices that reflect the workplace in the delivery of employability skills
- Be able to evaluate own delivery of employability skills
10
Develop learning and development programmes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles underpinning the development of learning and development programmes
- Be able to develop learning and development programmes
- Be able to review learning and development programmes
11
Developing, using and organising resources in a specialist area
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose and use of resources in own specialist area
- Be able to develop and use inclusive resources in own specialist area
- Understand how to organise and enable access to resources
- Understand legal requirements and responsibilities relating to the development and use of resources
- Be able to evaluate own practice in relation to development and use of resources in own specialist area
12
Effective partnership working in the learning and teaching context
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose and nature of partnership working
- Understand the purpose, aims and objectives of a partnership
- Understand the structure and management of a partnership
- Understand how to measure and report on a partnership’s outputs
- Understand how to communicate effectively within a partnership
- Understand the wider context within which a partnership operates
13
Engage learners in the learning and development process
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand principles and purpose of engaging learners in learning and development
- Understand the role of mentoring in facilitating learning
- Be able to assist and engage the learner in the learning and development process
- Be able to assist the learner in reviewing their own progress
14
Engage with employers to develop and support learning provision
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand information relating to employers developing provision for learners
- Understand how to engage with employers for the benefit of learners
- Be able to engage with employers for the benefit of learners
- Be able to evaluate the effect of employer provision on the learner and partner organisation
15
Engage with employers to facilitate workforce development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the opportunities available for workforce development
- Understand how to engage with employers to promote workforce development
- Understand how to design learning and development opportunities in the workplace
- Understand how to facilitate learning and development opportunities in the workplace
- Be able to engage with employers on workforce development issues
- Be able to work with employers to facilitate workforce development solutions
16
Equality and diversity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key features of a culture which promotes equality and values diversity
- Understand the importance of promoting equality and valuing diversity in lifelong learning
- Be able to promote equality and value diversity
- Understand how to help others in the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity
- Be able to review own contribution to promoting equality and valuing diversity in lifelong learning
17
Evaluating learning programmes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and methods of evaluating learning programmes
- Be able to plan the evaluation of a learning programme
- Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of a learning programme
18
Identify the learning needs of organisations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and practices of learning needs analysis for organisations
- Be able to conduct learning needs analysis for the organisation
- Be able to agree organisational learning and development plans with relevant people
19
Inclusive practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand factors which influence learning
- Understand the impact of policy and regulatory frameworks on inclusive practice
- Understand roles and responsibilities relating to inclusive practice
- Understand how to create and maintain an inclusive learning environment
- Understand how to evaluate own inclusive practice
20
Internally assure the quality of assessment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan the internal quality assurance of assessment
- Be able to internally evaluate the quality of assessment
- Be able to internally maintain and improve the quality of assessment
- Be able to manage information relevant to the internal quality assurance of assessment
- Be able to maintain legal and good practice requirements when internally monitoring and maintaining the quality of assessment
21
Planning to meet the needs of learners in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use initial and diagnostic assessment to agree individual learning goals with learners
- Be able to plan inclusive teaching and learning in accordance with internal and external requirements
- Be able to implement the minimum core in planning inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to evaluate own practice when planning inclusive teaching and learning
22
Preparing for the coaching role
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own role and responsibilities in relation to coaching
- Understand the use of coaching in a specific context
- Understand how to identify client goals and outcomes
23
Preparing for the mentoring role
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own role and responsibilities in relation to mentoring
- Understand the use of mentoring in a specific context
- Understand how to identify client goals and outcomes
24
Preparing for the personal tutoring role
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand own role and responsibilities in relation to the personal tutoring role
- Understand factors affecting learners’ approaches to learning
- Understand the use of personal tutoring in a specific context
- Understand how personal learning targets are created and monitored
25
Specialist delivery techniques and activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of specialist delivery techniques in a specific area
- Be able to develop specialist delivery techniques and learning activities in own specific area
- Be able to use specialist delivery techniques and learning activities
- Be able to evaluate own practice in relation to specialist delivery techniques
26
Teaching in a specialist area
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the aims and philosophy of education and training in a specialist area
- Understand the aims and structure of key qualifications and learning programmes available to learners in a specialist area
- Understand principles of inclusive teaching and learning and key curriculum issues in a specialist area
- Understand how to use resources for inclusive teaching and learning in a specialist area
- Be able to work with others within a specialist area to develop own practice
- Be able to evaluate, improve and update own knowledge and skills in a specialist area
27
Understanding and managing behaviours in a learning environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand potential factors leading to behaviours that disrupt a learning environment
- Understand organisational policies relating to managing behaviours in a learning environment
- Be able to promote behaviours that contribute to a purposeful learning environment
- Be able to manage behaviours that disrupt a purposeful learning environment
- Be able to evaluate own practice in managing behaviours in a learning environment
28
Understanding roles, responsibilities and relationships in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the teaching role and responsibilities in education and training
- Understand ways to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment
- Understand the relationships between teachers and other professionals in education and training
29
Understanding the principles and practices of assessment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and requirements of assessment
- Understand different types of assessment method
- Understand how to plan assessment
- Understand how to involve learners and others in assessment
- Understand how to make assessment decisions
- Understand quality assurance of the assessment process
- Understand how to manage information relating to assessment
- Understand the legal and good practice requirements in relation to assessment
30
Understanding the principles and practices of externally assuring the quality of assessment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context and principles of external quality assurance
- Understand how to plan the external quality assurance of assessment
- Understand how to externally evaluate the quality of assessment and internal quality assurance
- Understand how to externally maintain and improve the quality of assessment
- Understand how to manage information relevant to external quality assurance
- Understand the legal and good practice requirements relating to external quality assurance
31
Understanding the principles and practices of internally assuring the quality of assessment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the context and principles of internal quality assurance
- Understand how to plan the internal quality assurance of assessment
- Understand techniques and criteria for monitoring the quality of assessment internally
- Understand how to internally maintain and improve the quality of assessment
- Understand how to manage information relevant to the internal quality assurance of assessment
- Understand the legal and good practice requirements for the internal quality assurance of assessment
32
Using resources for education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use resources in the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to implement the minimum core when using resources in the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to evaluate own use of resources in the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning
33
Using study skills approaches and techniques to enhance the learning of others
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to use study skills approaches and techniques to enhance the learning of others
- Be able to enable learners to use study skills to enhance their learning
- Be able to evaluate own practice in the use of study skills approaches and techniques to enhance the learning of others
34
Working with individual learners
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of a coach, mentor and teacher in relation to working with individual learners
- Understand how to select strategies to meet the needs of individual learners
- Understand the multi-agency approach to the development of individual learners
- Understand the contribution of one-to-one coaching, mentoring and teaching to the development of individual learners
- Be able to evaluate own practice in relation to one-to-one teaching and learning situations
35
Working with the 14-19 age range in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand national developments in educational provision for the 14-19 age range
- Understand roles and responsibilities of teachers working with the 14-19 age range
- Be able to plan learning to meet the needs of individual 14-19 learners
- Be able to deliver learning to meet the needs of individual 14-19 learners
- Be able to evaluate own practice in working with the 14-19 age range
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/6200/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- iCQ
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jun 2015