Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector

College of Business & Development Studies is proud to offer affordable world class teaching qualifications for UK and international students.

The qualification will develop your professional capabilities in becoming a self-evaluative and reflective education professional. You will learn about planning, resourcing, managing, assessing and evaluating learning in your specialist area. The course will enhance your understanding of the Education Sector and of how you might play an active role in its future development and working as part of a team of education professionals. Thus, you will build on your knowledge and experience through study at higher education level in order to increase your understanding of your current professional roles.

Why UK

UK offers a great technological experience, high-tech facilities, and innovative research environment to attract outsiders. International reputation maintained by the UK in terms of education is admirable and the country fairly earns global respect and meets internationally set quality standards. Study in the UK these days has become really cost-effective because of the cut-throat competition amongst various agencies and institutes for tuition fees and scholarships they are offering. You will have an opportunity to share your experience with variety of professionals coming from different parts of the world.

What is Certificate in Teaching

There are four units within this qualification. The first is Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS). The other units are Planning and Enabling Learning, Principles and Practice of Assessment and Specialist Learning Activities and Techniques. Students follow the same route as PTLLS for the first unit of this qualification.

The other units are covered through participation in the classroom, and through observations of teaching practice. The students also required to produce assignments indicating that they can apply educational theories to their own teaching. Lesson plans covering the required 30 hours of teaching practice needed for this qualification will provide much of the evidence.

The Effective use of Teaching Practice Observations

The principal purpose behind the teaching practice observation is to provide each learner with an opportunity to reflect on their own practice. This is supported by feedback from tutors who have either teaching training or subject specialism experience and qualifications. The observation experience should be positive and encourage the individual to build on identified strengths, and experiment in ways that help to engage and motivate their own learners and develop their personal skills and professional practice.

The observation is designed to provide evidence of the following.

Planning

Session planning to meet the specific needs of the learner group and the subject specialist area.
Management of the physical environment and accommodation.
Use of practical and other equipment.
Health and Safety/Risk Assessment.

Delivery and Management of Learning

Structuring of the session (beginning, development, summing up/closure) with appropriate links to the sequencing in the programme/scheme of work.
Demonstrating suitable subject knowledge and appropriate knowledge/ skills.
Different learning styles addressed.
How well learners were engaged through the session.
Equality and inclusive practice.
Effectiveness of the learning/learning checks.
Varied teaching and learning activities with appropriate levels of challenge for individuals, i.e. differentiation.
Creating opportunities for small group work, where appropriate, to encourage differentiation and peer teaching/support.
Quality, suitability and use of resources — including new technologies for teaching and learning.
Opportunities to develop study skills and personal management skills (e.g. key skills working with others, improving own learning and performance, problem solving).
Embedding literacy, language, numeracy and ICT.
Providing opportunities for feedback to individual learners.
Appropriate approaches to behaviour management.
Personal communication skills (including questioning techniques).
Establishing and developing appropriate relationships within the learning group.

Professional Standards and Assessment

All courses relating to teaching in the lifelong learning sector are designed by awarding bodies to reflect the Professional Standards produced through Lifelong Learning UK. On achievement a learner is recognised as having occupational competence in the sector, which will be demonstrated in a work context.

The assessment for the qualification is criterion referenced, based on the achievement of specified criteria. Each of the units contains contextualised pass criteria for unit assessment.

The units are internally assessed. Centre assessment will be externally examined by the external examiner. The overall grading for the qualification is a pass, based upon the successful completion of the units, practical teaching observations and evidence of carrying out a specified number of practical teaching hours in the classroom.

Learners must pass all the mandatory units as well as the required number of option units to achieve sufficient credits for the Level 4 Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. This is demonstrated by the ability to apply the knowledge and understanding in a practical teaching context. The emphasis is on the ability to develop and apply the skills and knowledge required in the successful delivery of learning.

We will be using a variety of assessment methods, including assignments, case studies and work-based assessments, along with projects, performance observation and time-constrained assessments. There will also be questioning and feedback. Much of the evidence will be in the format of a reflective journal and all learners are encouraged to maintain one of these. Practical application of the assessment criteria in a realistic scenario will be emphasised and maximum use made of practical work experience.

Course Duration

3-6 Months

Course Fee

UK /EU: Distance Learning £590 Classroom Based £900

International: £1650

Entry Requirements

Age 19 +

Good Command of English (Written & Spoken)

Awarding Body NCFE