VTCT Skills
Level 5
QN: 610/4659/0
Curriculum Active
VTCT Skills Level 5 Diploma in Teaching (Further Education and Skills)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 575 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
12 Units
Guided Hours
575 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:
- 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
Assessment methodology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamental principles and purposes of assessment in education
- Understand the different types of assessment methods, including formative, summative, and authentic assessments
- Be able to design and implement formative and summative assessment tools
- Be able to provide their learners with different formats of assessment methodology
- Be able to reflect on assessment practices and evaluate their effectiveness
3
Blended learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and practices of blended learning in education
- Be able to develop practical skills in designing and delivering effective blended learning experiences
- Be able to implement blended learning in the classroom
- Be able to evaluate blended learning programs
4
Classroom management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the theoretical foundations of classroom management and its impact on student learning
- Understand evidence-based strategies for establishing and maintaining a positive classroom environment
- Be able to develop skills in behaviour management, conflict resolution, and problem-solving in the classroom
- Understand the role of the teacher in creating a safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning environment
- Be able to collaborate with peers to share best practices
- reflect on classroom management challenges, and provide peer feedback
5
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
6
Effective digital and on-line pedagogies
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles and practices of effective digital and online pedagogies in education
- Be able to design and implement engaging and interactive digital learning experiences for students
- Understand the impact of digital and online pedagogies on student engagement and learning outcomes
- Understand the personal pedagogical practices and identify areas for improvement in the integration of digital tools and resources
7
Learners and learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to provide guidance for the individual through the process and stages of learning
- Understand the characteristics of the individual and be able to identify support to facilitate learning
- Know how to support the individuals through the factors affecting learning
- Understand the importance of the creation of and maintenance of a positive, safe and inclusive environment for learning
- Understand how to apply support and engagement with individuals with English as an additional language
- Understand the importance of research and development in an educational setting
- Understand how to apply reflective theories and models appropriately
8
Mentoring and coaching
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the theoretical foundations of mentoring and coaching
- Be able to develop practical mentoring and coaching skills
- Be able to design and implement mentoring/coaching programs
- Understand the effectiveness of mentoring and coaching
9
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
10
Professional Practice for Lifelong Learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to deliver a micro teach session
- Be able to prepare for placement as a teacher in an educational institution
- Be able to reflect on observed teaching sessions and plan own development based on the observations conducted
- Be able to co-teach in an educational institution
- Be able to teach independently in an educational institution
- Understand the principles and practices of assessment and feedback
- Be able to use assessment data to inform own and others practice
11
Teachers and teaching
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the application of the main theoretical perspectives to the role of a teacher and the teaching of their own subject
- Understand how to plan and demonstrate strategies for supporting learners to ensure successful achievement, attainment and progression
- Understand the integration of cross-cutting themes including technology into learning sessions
- Understand the purpose of effective communication in teaching and learning
12
Teaching my subject
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concepts of a qualification or learning programme in own specific subject area and the philosophy of teaching in this subject area
- Understand the content of a qualification or learning programme in own specific subject area
- Understand how to sequence a curriculum for a qualification or learning programme in own subject area addressing the pedagogic content
- Understand the methods that can be used to teach topics in own subject area and explain how innovative and creative teaching methods can be used in own subject area L05 Be able to identify opportunities within own specific subject area and analyse own knowledge in relation to own subject area
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/4659/0
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2024