CACHE NVQ Level 3 for Teaching Assistants

Course Information

This NVQ is designed to be applicable to experienced Teaching/Classroom Assistants and/or whose working role calls for competence across a varied range of responsibilities.

Structure

The NVQ requires the achievement of ten units of competence from the national occupational standards. There are four mandatory units that each candidate must achieve. In addition, each candidate is required to achieve six of the nineteen optional units. These are mapped to each candidate's specific job role.

Mandatory units are:

• Contribute to the management of pupil behaviour
• Establish and maintain relationships with individual pupils and groups
• Support pupils during learning activities
• Review and develop your own professional practice

Option units cover all areas of work within a school environment and are closely linked to the National Occupational Standards. The option units are divided into 4 sets and one choice must be made from each set, plus 2 others.

The candidate is supported and assessed through 1 to 1 support by a qualified and experienced assessor. Observations are done in the workplace by the assessor and knowledge evidence is gathered through questioning and other supporting evidence. The candidate should be prepared to do set work in their own time to build a portfolio of evidence for the award.