Education Studies for Teaching Assistants

**Taught at New City College, this course is normally delivered at their Ardleigh Green campus.**<br/><br/>The Foundation Degree in Education Studies for Teaching Assistants is a two-year course for experienced teaching assistants wishing to study at a higher educational level. This course is for teaching assistants or learning and inclusion support assistants in all areas of teaching: early years, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, and post-16 teaching. <br/><br/>The course covers all aspects of the work of the teaching assistant, including:<br/><br/><br/>- the ways children develop and learn<br/><br/><br/>- appropriate and inclusive teaching methods supporting learners with additional needs<br/><br/><br/>- social and emotional issues and contexts in learning<br/><br/><br/>- policy and legislation<br/><br/><br/>Embark on professional and career development. This course is for teaching assistants or learning and inclusion support assistants in all areas of teaching: early years, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and post-16 teaching. The course covers all aspects of the work of the teaching assistant: the ways children develop and learn; appropriate and inclusive teaching methods; supporting learners with additional needs; social and emotional issues and contexts in learning; policy and legislation.<br/><br/>The course has a strong vocational element; youll relate your own understandings of theory directly to your practice. Skilled and experienced teaching assistants need a specific route into higher education designed to reflect their diverse roles and responsibilities and the changing role and status of the school/college based teaching assistant; this course has been designed to meet those needs.<br/><br/>**Taught at New City College**<br/>This course is taught at New City College, and normally delivered at their Ardleigh Green campus. Visit their website for the latest information.