Professional Graduate Certificate of Education in Teaching in the Learning and Skills Sector (Level 6)

Duration:2 Years Fee: £2948

Course fees are per year.
Financial support could be available through Student Finance Direct
Course Content: Summary of Course

The Professional Graduate Certificate of Education in Teaching in the Learning and Skills sector is a professional qualification for people teaching in further education colleges, adult education, higher education, and a wide range of other training and educational settings that are outside the schools sector. It is delivered in partnership with the University of Chester.

Trainees attend tutor led group sessions, in addition to teaching in the sector for a minimum of 100 hours over the two year programme. Eight observations of teaching

Entry Qualification: Criminal Records Declaration and Check

Learning and teaching organisations normally include young and vulnerable people and it is therefore important that screening is undertaken to help ensure a safe environment. As this is an in-service course, your employer is responsible for ensuring that you are a fit and proper person to undertake the work that they employ you for. The University does not therefore normally undertake checks on those applying to this provision (though it reserves the right to do so).

If you are self-employed as a teacher/trainer or a volunteer at the Tameside College, it is your responsibility to arrange for an enhanced clearance from the Criminal Records Bureau and to provide evidence that you have done so. Guidance can be found at www.crb.gov.uk or by telephoning the Disclosure information line on 0870 90 90 811. There is currently a fee of approx. £44 that must be paid by the applicant.

References

You will be required to provide two references with your application form. Written confirmation of teaching hours will also be required.

Evidence of qualifications

You must provide evidence of your qualifications, photocopies are not acceptable.

How to apply

Application forms and advice are available from the college

Contact Lyn Ashton for an application form on 0161 908 6692.

Once it has been returned to college you will be invited into College for an interview. You will also need to complete an application form for the University of Chester.

We particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.

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Please state precisely which course you are interested in e.g. part-time In-Service Certificate of Education or part-time In-Service Professional Graduate Certificate in Education.

Course Format: The course is structured around 8 modules delivered over the two years:

Year 1

Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector/Planning and Enabling Learning

Enabling Learning and Assessment

Theories and Principles for Planning and Enabling Learning

Technology Enhanced Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Year 2

Continuing Personal and Professional Development

Wider Professional Practice

Curriculum Development for Inclusive Practice

Contemporary Issues in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Teaching Experience

A range of teaching methods and learning resources will be utilised to respond to individual needs and to ensure that differentiated learning takes place. The ethos of the programme centres upon the

promotion of professional practice and the development of evaluative and reflective skills, with particular reference to the student’s own specialist area.

Practical experience in teaching allows you to gain competence in planning teaching and learning, and in working with learners both in formal classrooms and in student-centred learning situations, such as drop-in study centres.

During the course you undertake project work, such as developing new course materials. Academic work includes critically examining creativity in teaching, subject specialist related studies, quality and professional issues.



Entry Requirements

You should hold a UK first degree or equivalent and relevant work experience (where appropriate to the subject field). You must also hold qualifications equivalent to NVQ level 3-4 in the subject area you teach if this is different from that of your degree.

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We require you to be in paid employment, or working as a volunteer teacher or trainer, for a minimum of 100 hours (at least 50 hours in any one year) at a recognised training or educational establishment.

You are required to identify a work-based mentor who can guide you

in your subject specialism.

Current participants on this course include people with expertise in Business Management, Communications, Computing, Construction, Dance, Engineering, English, Health and Social Care, Hospitality, Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, Leisure, Maths, Media, NHS training, Police training, Social Sciences etc. However, all subject areas will be considered.

If you hold a basic teaching qualification, you may be able to make claims for accreditation of prior learning.