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Education and Training

Trafford & Stockport College Group

UCAS Code: 20Y9 | Diploma

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Course option

1year

Full-time | 2024

Other options

2 years | Part-time | 2024

Subject

Post compulsory education and training

This qualification is for anyone wishing to take up a career as a teacher/trainer in either further education or the community. The Level 5 Diploma will ensure you have excellent skills attributes and a professional approach in your chosen practice.
Those wishing to teach in the lifelong learning sector including HE, FE, community.
Once completed this course ,you may go on to Teaching in the sector, Further HE study, TAQA awards.

Modules

Planning, Delivery and Assessment:
The planning for teaching, learning and assessment is a core undertaking for teacher trainers and through this module your new skills will allow you to demonstrate areas of your practice such as deciding on the best methods of delivery and assessment to ensure progress of your learners.

Managing Behaviour:
This module examines factors, strategies and procedures that impact on the behaviour of learners and the theory of behaviour management. Trainee teachers will consider the most appropriate approaches to a number of observed behaviours in order to facilitate a safe and inclusive teaching environment.

Equality and Diversity:
Having a good understanding of the skills, attributes and qualities expected of a teacher in a dual professional role and how you can promote equality and value diversity in practice will be key to your new role. It will also provide you with a solid grounding and understanding both inside and outside the classroom that relates to valuing all learners and their differences

Managing Resources and your Specialist Area:
This project enables you to explore your own specialist subject area with regards to its philosophy, structure, teaching, learning, assessment and resourcing. It gives you the opportunity to liaise with others in your curriculum and research your specialist area of teaching in terms of continuing education and professional practice in order for you to review the effectiveness of your own practice.

Evaluating Quality of Learning Programmes:
This project enables you to gain a deeper understanding of educational policy and quality assurance procedures and practices.
The module is predominantly based around research. You will conduct research into the policies, codes of practice and guidelines of your organisation. You will also research your stakeholders in order to gather feedback and suggest improvements. In addition to this you will explore how educational policy directly impacts on your practice and evaluate your research and discuss where improvements can be made from data you have collected.

Assessment methods

100 hours of teaching practice over 2 years with 8 developmental observations
There are 3 written assignments in each year and reflective journals to complete with each assignment.
A number of presentations form part of the assessment and these are both individual and group which take place in year 2.

The Uni


Course location:

Main Site (University Centre -Stockport College)

Department:

Education and Applied Social Sciences

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Post compulsory education and training

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Education

Teaching and learning

85%
Staff make the subject interesting
89%
Staff are good at explaining things
96%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
96%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

85%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
93%
Course specific equipment and facilities
81%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

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