Level 5 Teaching Assistant Course

Still dreaming of a rewarding career in a classroom setting?  With this exclusive Level 5 Teaching Assistant Diploma, it’s time to stop dreaming and start making things happen!  Pick up the skills, knowledge and confidence you’ll need to become a talented teaching assistant!  Brentwood Open Learning College is proud to offer this fully-endorsed diploma, with no entry-requirements or time-restrictions to worry about.  Study in your own time and at your own pace, with expert tutor support provided throughout!  Get to know the typical duties and responsibilities of teaching assistants, along with how to effectively assess students’ performance, the importance of providing tailored support for pupils with individual needs and the teaching assistant’s contribution to a safe and productive learning environment. This endorsed Level 5 Teaching Assistant Diploma could make a real contribution to your long-term outlook - sign up and get started today!

Why Study Teaching Assistant Skills?

Teaching assistants are considered the glue that hold classes together.  The increasingly demanding nature of classroom teaching environments has brought about record demand for the help of talented teaching assistants.  From supporting children with learning difficulties to evaluating pupil performance to filling in for teachers during planned or unexpected absence, teaching assistants perform a variety of important duties. A high-pressure role where each day brings its own unique challenges, a career as a teaching assistant can be uniquely fulfilling.  After all, what could be more rewarding than dedicating your career to the growth and development of every student you work with?  Irrespective of your professional background to date, there’s never been a better time to consider becoming a professional teaching assistant.

Brentwood Open Learning College is proud to offer an extensive range of online courses, all fully-endorsed and exclusive to our brand. This advanced Level 5 Teaching Assistant Diploma is delivered over a series of seven fascinating units, each concluding with an online assessment for submission to your assigned tutor:

Unit 1. Roles and Responsibilities of the Teaching Assistant

The course begins by outlining the primary duties and responsibilities of the professional teaching assistant.  Candidates begin to build an understanding of the characteristics of quality teaching assistants, along with the various ways in which teaching assistants support and nurture the education and development of pupils of all ages.

Unit 2. Working in the School

Attention then turns to the various challenges associated with working in an educational environment.  Candidates explore the role of the teaching assistant in supporting the delivery of the current curriculum, several key admin/clerical tasks covered by teaching assistants and the importance of the right approach/attitude when working in a school.

Unit 3. Working in the Classroom

Unit three then focuses on the more specific teaching assistant duties in a classroom setting.  Candidates learn how to work confidently and with a sense of authority in a classroom environment, while examining both the National Literacy Strategy and the National Numeracy Strategy.

Unit 4. Assessing Students’ performance

The importance of regularly and accurately assessing students’ performance is explored in unit four.  Course content covers the various different types of tests and examinations used to measure students’ performance, along with helpful techniques and guidelines for evaluating both individual and group performance in a classroom setting.

Unit 5. Supporting Pupils with Special Educational Needs

An introduction to special educational needs follows in the fifth unit, in which candidates are familiarised with the requirement for specialist support.  The importance of ensuring every pupil is provided with tailored support to suit their unique individual requirements is discussed in depth.

Unit 6. Personal Professional Development

Unit six focuses on personal professional development in the teaching assistant profession, providing candidates with helpful tips and guidelines to advance their careers.  A detailed breakdown of the effective personal development plan is presented, along with the importance of proactivity and professionalism as a teaching assistant.

Unit 7. Creating a Safe Learning Environment

Bringing the course to a close, unit seven examines the role of the teaching assistant in the creation and maintenance of a safe learning environment. The steps that must be taken to build a safe learning environment for pupils are discussed, along with how every teaching assistant is expected and required to lead by example.

Paying in Instalments: £660 (Interest FREE Instalments)

Deposit: £120

No of Instalments: 12

Each Instalment: £45

Pay in Full: (£100 Discount) £560

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

Qualified teaching assistants have the freedom to explore an extensive range of rewarding career paths.  Primary schools, secondary schools, special education institutions - all continuously on the lookout for talented teaching assistants.  Both here in the UK and on an international basis, demand for the services of professional teaching assistants is at an all-time high. Many teaching assistants use the position as a stepping-stone on the path to becoming fully-qualified teachers at a more advanced level.  Salaries in the region of £20,000 are the norm for newly-qualified teaching assistants working on a fulltime basis.

At Brentwood Open Learning College, our complete course catalogue is open to ambitious and enthusiastic candidates worldwide. This exclusive Level 5 Teaching Assistant Diploma was created by a team of seasoned academics with the following applicants in mind:

• Newcomers with no prior knowledge or experience

• Teaching assistants looking to improve their performance

• Anyone interested in becoming a teacher in the future

• Patient and caring people who enjoy working with children

• Jobseekers looking to boost their employment prospects

This endorsed Level 5 Teaching Assistant Diploma could be all that stands between you and the rewarding career of your dreams!  Enrol online, or contact a member of our admissions team if you have any questions!