• Course Fee: €685
• Delivered by Distance Learning
• The course comprises of 12 modules
• An ITEC validated course
• Course does not involve lectures and all course materials are provided
• This course is written and delivered to the equivalent of FETAC level 5.

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This exciting course is especially suitable for anybody who wishes to commence a career as a teaching assistant.

It is designed for those who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the principles and practiced of teacher classroom assistant roles. You do not need any prior knowledge to start this course.
The course aims to provide you with comprehensive knowledge and the necessary skills appropriate to a classroom support role.

You will learn how to:

• participate in a wide range of classroom support activities

• support teachers in the actual classroom

• support children's play

• care for students

• manage learning activities

• understand and cope with schools administration procedures

• support children with special needs, and

• work within the overall school team.

Subjects covered in the course include:

1. Supporting learning activities

2. Safeguarding children

3. Supporting children's development

4. Promoting positive pupil behaviour

5. Promoting positive working relationships

6. Developing professional practice

7. Promoting children's well-being and resilience

8. Supporting children's play

9. Supporting curriculum delivery

10. Supporting literacy and numeracy needs

11. Supporting pupils with additional needs

12. Supporting the wider work of the school.

Who is this course for?

• Anybody considering a career as a Teaching Assistant

• Anybody working in a supervisory position involving children

• Anybody wishing to gain a serious qualification in the subject.

Course procedures:

At the end of every module there is an assignment to be completed and returned for tutoring.
At the end of the course students have the option to take a final examination which costs €65 and if they achieve a mark of 70% or higher in this examination they will their ITEC Teaching Assistant Diploma. Full details of this examination are automatically sent to students as they come near to the completion of the course.

This final examination is taken in your own home in the same manner as the course itself.

Optional:

Personality/Intelligence Test

All our students have the option to take this revealing test for an additional cost of €25.00.

The test asks questions to determine:

• Are you a 'Take-Charge' type?
   
• Are you a manipulative person?
   
• Are you a real friend when the going gets rough?
   
• How popular are you?
   
• Could you be your own boss?
   
• What's your leadership potential?

The objective is not only to help you achieve greater personal and professional success - but to show you how to get what you really want out of life.

Management/Leadership Skills Test

All students of this course have the option to take a Management/Leadership Test for an additional cost of €50.00. This test is conducted on our behalf by Verax international. This test has to be taken on line and the results will be sent directly to each student by email usually within 3/4 working days.

We urge you to complete this test as it will provide you with invaluable help and guidance in enabling you to get the most out for your learning. The assessment sent to you when you complete the test will not count in any way to your eventual qualification. It is intended to enable you to understand your strengths and weaknesses and so concentrate on those parts of the course that are most valuable to you.

You may think that you are already aware of these. However, systematic research shows that just over half the population are unaware of their real strengths, let alone their real weaknesses.

This test provides you with a systematic way of assuring these for yourself. Answer honestly. There are no right or wrong answers. Only you will see the results.

The test will allow you to assess your own performance against 16 key management/leader competencies - such as customer focus, decision making, creativity and team working - which are valued by employers and which are very important for effective performance as a manager or team leader. There is one test for managers in the public sector and a separate test for all other managers. Depending on which version chosen, your performance is benchmarked either against 15,000 or so managers in the database or against public sector managers only.

In summary, this unique test will show you what to stop doing (or do less of) and what to start doing (or do more of) in order to become more effective in your current role/activity. In effect, you are told what you need to do to become a more effective manager and team leader and most important of all, how to do it.

Good luck with your studies.

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