London Millennium College

Education

What is this course about?

The OCR Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Assistants has been designed to provide accreditation for the full breadth of essential knowledge, understanding and skills that would be needed by a competent teaching assistant engaged in the process of supporting teaching and learning in an educational environment.

The qualification has been designed to reflect good practice in supporting teaching and training and it is anticipated that much of the evidence presented by candidates will be generated through naturally occurring work activities. Evidence may also be generated through both formal and informal programmes of training (e.g. the DfES induction programme for teaching assistants) and through accreditation of prior learning.

The qualification contains four units. In order to achieve an OCR Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Assistants, candidates are required to achieve all four mandatory units. However, each unit represents a worthwhile achievement in its own right and certification is also available at unit level. Candidates have the option of achieving either the full qualification or one or more individual units depending upon their own learning needs or employment situation.

This qualification meets the requirements of the QCA Common Criteria for qualifications and the QCA criteria for vocationally-related qualifications.

These Qualifications Specifically aim to:

Develop knowledge and understanding of the educational environment
Develop knowledge of the role and responsibilities of teaching assistants
Develop knowledge of the learning process
Develop skills in contributing to the preparation and administration of learning sessions
Develop the ability to support the development of learners’ literacy, numeracy and ICT skills

Special Features

The Course Fee Includes

Tution fee for the foundation year.

Access to IT facility

Work Experience Placement

English language tution.

Cultural studies and visit

Statement of Level

This qualification has been designed to assess skills and knowledge at level 2 of the National Framework of Qualifications and to be comparable in demand to NVQs at Level 2, Higher Tier GCSEs (Grades D – A*) and GNVQs at Intermediate Level.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification, however, the qualification is designed to assess skills at Level 2 and the evidence requirements reflect this level of attainment.

Progression

The OCR Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Assistants has been designed to support progression to other related qualifications.

Candidates who wish to broaden their experience at Level 2 and demonstrate competence in the workplace will be able to progress to the Level 2 for Teaching Assistants.

Candidates wishing to develop their knowledge and understanding further will be able to progress to the OCR Level 3 Certificate for Teaching Assistants or the OCR Level 3 for Teaching Assistants.