VTCT Skills
Level 5
QN: 601/5350/7
Curriculum Active
VTCT Skills Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Other Vocational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 490 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
11 Units
Guided Hours
490 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
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
2
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
3
Developing teaching, learning and assessment in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to investigate practice in own area of specialism
- Be able to apply theories, principles and models of learning, communication and assessment to planning inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to apply theories of behaviour management to creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive teaching and learning environment
- Be able to apply theories, principles and models of learning and communication to delivering inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to apply theories, models and principles of assessment to assessing learning in education and training
- Be able to implement expectations of the minimum core in planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to apply theories and models of reflection and evaluation to the evaluation of own practice in planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Teaching, learning and assessment in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand roles, responsibilities and relationships in education and training
- Be able to use initial and diagnostic assessment to agree individual learning goals with learners
- Be able to plan inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to create and maintain a safe, inclusive teaching and learning environment
- Be able to deliver inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to assess learning in education and training
- Be able to implement expectations of the minimum core in planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning
- Be able to evaluate own practice in planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning
10
Theories, principles and models in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the application of theories, principles and models of learning in education and training
- Understand the application of theories, principles and models of communication in education and training
- Understand the application of theories, principles and models of assessment in education and training
- Understand the application of theories and models of curriculum development within own area of specialism
- Understand the application of theories and models of reflection and evaluation to reviewing own practice
11
Wider professional practice and development in education and training
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand professionalism and the influence of professional values in education and training
- Understand the policy context of education and training
- Understand the impact of accountability to stakeholders and external bodies on education and training
- Understand the organisational context of education and training
- Be able to contribute to the quality improvement and quality assurance arrangements of an organisation
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/5350/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Other Vocational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jan 2015