Supporting Teaching and Learning at Teesside University

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The course also aims to develop your confidence to be adaptable, creative and inspiring, reflective practitioners. You also develop your study, critical and research skills to prepare you to study at a higher level.

This course is delivered at Stockton Riverside College, Hartlepool College of Further Education and Redcar & Cleveland College.

It equips you with the necessary knowledge and skills to be an effective supporting teaching and learning practitioner. This includes key issues such as safeguarding, exploring and planning for learning, and working with children/young people.

This is a two-year part-time course. The key themes are introduced in Year 1 and developed in Year 2. One of the main objectives is to develop your ability to be a reflective practitioner and to be critical about your own practice. This involves the ability to develop subject knowledge, apply this in practice and critically reflect on the impacts of this to the learning and development of the individuals that you are supporting in the learning setting.

The key themes developed within the modules are principles of inclusive practice; special educational needs and disability (SEND); how the planning, learning and assessment cycle can be utilised to support educational outcomes; understanding educational policy and legislation and the role of research in education.

Level 4 modules

Behaviour that Challenges

Exploring and Planning Learning

Personal and Professional Development Plan

Personal and Professional Development Portfolio

Working with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Level 5 modules

Inclusive Practice

Professional Development Plan

Professional Development Portfolio

Research in Supporting Teaching and Learning

Safeguarding Children and Young People

This module enables practitioners working with children to develop existing knowledge and skills in the field of safeguarding.

We cover a variety of child protection subjects that allow you to carry out a safeguarding role within your field of practice.

You examine the concept of childhood, looking at children's rights and the relevant contemporary legislation.

You also study the abuse of children from a historical perspective moving on to contemporary safeguarding.

Then you evaluate safeguarding systems and guidance both locally and nationally and understand the implications for your practice in terms of professional responsibility.

Modules offered may vary.

This course is designed to meet the needs of students who are engaged in practice (paid or unpaid) supporting teaching and learning in an educational setting. Blended learning approaches are used across each of the modules. Delivery methods include lecture and seminar activities and you are further supported by group and individual tutorials and the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE). You use the IT Lab to develop IT skills and for online research.

Tutors delivering the modules demonstrate models of good practice with regard to teaching and learning to accommodate students with a range of learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

Your research element considers current thinking on strategies and activities within the classroom and practice setting. Tutorial support ensures that you have access to appropriate resources. Workshop sessions enable participation in informal discussions.

Typically, you are assessed by essays, projects and reports, by developing portfolios related to practice, and by completing case studies.

Our Disability Services team provide an inclusive and empowering learning environment and have specialist staff to support disabled students access any additional tailored resources needed. If you have a specific learning difficulty, mental health condition, autism, sensory impairment, chronic health condition or any other disability please contact a Disability Services as early as possible.
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Disciplines

Education & Youth

Requirements

Entry Requirements

70% minimum from General Certificate in Secondary Education with good grades in relevant subjects

Career

Completion of this programme will assist you in securing a career supporting learning and teaching in a range of settings, such as schools and colleges, training organisations, community education and youth education, as well as in tertiary education settings such as libraries, health care settings and museums to support learning activities.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 9,750

How to Apply

Undergraduate applicants can apply via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). You will find advice and step-by-step guidance about their online application process on the UCAS website.

Supporting Teaching and Learning

Teesside University

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