Develop the skills and knowledge to support and enhance learner experiences.
The broad purpose of a specialist teaching assistant is to support the education of learners by providing support. Specialist teaching assistants plan, implement, and adapt activities in order to advance learning. They draw on research to develop a critical understanding of their specialist area. They establish relationships with learners, families, other professionals and external agencies to support the education of the learners they work with. They contribute to developing a sense of inclusion and belonging for the benefit of the learners within the communities that they serve.
They draw on their specialism to contribute to the evaluation of learning and assessment activities and sustainability in their educational context. Specialist teaching assistants both reflect on their own practices and support the training and development of others within their chosen specialist area.
Curriculum provision specialist teaching assistants provide support for learners and advance learning in a specialist curriculum or subject area of expertise. This may include but is not limited to supporting advancing learning through early reading or early maths interventions, supporting a specific subject area or forest school provision, or supporting provision for learners with English as an additional language (EAL).
Level 4
Supporting and Enhancing Learning (Placement Preparation)
Learning and Development
Legislation, Policy and Practice
Society and Education
Working with Professionals and Family
Supporting Learning (Work Based Learning)
Level 5
Curriculum Specialism
Leading a Project
Advocacy, Communication, and Support
Curriculum Project
Being a Specialist / Work Based Learning
TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course optionsThe successful candidate will require 48 UCAS points or equivalent Level 3 or 60 Access-to-HE Credits (of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3). Applicants are required to hold English and Maths GCSE (or equivalent) at Grade C/4.
The successful candidate will work within a school that is willing to use the setting as a placement or evidence an equivalent of 20 hours of work experience.
Non-Standard Offer:
The non-standard entry pathway is intended to support students who may not meet the standard academic entry requirements of a HE programme, normally Level 3 qualifications which attract UCAS points (for instance, A-Levels or BTEC Level 3 courses). An applicant must hold level 2 Maths and English qualifications. The successful candidate will work within a school that is willing to use the setting as a placement, or an applicant must be able to evidence, with a supporting reference, two years’ work/experience in the field of education or other profession which would give them skills and knowledge comparable to applicants with Level 3 qualifications.
The non-standard applicants will be interviewed, set an appropriate piece of work (1500-word essay), and a judgement will be made considering their academic potential and relevant work/experience.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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Course optionsThis report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland | £6000 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Email:infocent@grimsby.ac.uk
Phone:0800 315 002
Email:headmissions@grimsby.ac.uk
Phone:0800 328 3631
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Grimsby
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At TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges)
