Teaching and Education Faculty
Teaching and Education courses
If you have a passion for teaching, our education, teaching and coaching courses cover everything to do with the learning experience. There is plenty on offer with courses available at all levels, from early years education programmes and specialist training qualifications to assessor and instructor courses. We are dedicated to helping aspiring teachers, teaching assistants and other education support staff to achieve their educational career goals.
Besides the new skills and knowledge that stimulates career progression, many of our students opt to continue their training to become teachers.
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Is it too late to become a teacher?
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The Benefits of Access to Higher Education Diploma (Education)
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Is CPD worth it for Teachers?
It’s rare that once we start our careers that we stop learning. New technologies, methodologies or even discoveries dictate that our approach is always changing.
Teaching is no different. As a teacher, you need to continually hone your teaching skills to provide your pupils with the best possible learning experience.
CPD courses are a cost-effective and time-efficient way of developing key skills to make you a better teacher.
CPD courses can also help you hit your personal development targets, allowing you to move up the pay bands.
It’s rare that once we start our careers that we stop learning. New technologies, methodologies or even discoveries dictate that our approach is always changing.
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Why Become a Teaching Assistant?
Teaching assistants perform essential roles in schools. They help teachers prepare for lessons, support children in a number of ways.
The role of a teaching assistant is so varied that two days are rarely the same, while still offering a tremendous amount of job satisfaction.
There are a number of qualifications you can study to give you the skills and knowledge you need to get a job as a teaching assistant. Alternatively, you can study to be a school support worker, helping children with special educational needs, learning disabilities or who require additional emotional support.
There’s also an option to train to be a higher-level teaching assistant. This will mean you can plan and deliver your own lessons to the class. This is invaluable to teachers, giving them much needed time to plan, mark work or catch up with admin.
Teaching assistants perform essential roles in schools. They help teachers prepare for lessons, support children in a number of ways.
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Career Options in Education
If you’re considering a career in education but you’re not sure which route is right for you, we’ve summarised the main areas to help you make an informed decision:
Early years
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the area of the education sector that focuses on the care and development of children from birth up to the age of five. Early years teachers and nursery workers are responsible for teaching children through play important life skills in preparation for primary school.
Primary education
Primary education is popular with those seeking a teaching career. As well as teachers, primary schools also need teaching assistants and specialist roles focusing on special educational needs.
Primary school develops children's basic literacy and numeracy skills and introduce them to subjects such as science, maths, history, and geography.
Secondary schools
Secondary education teaches pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. Because subjects are taught by specialists at secondary school, there are a lot of career options. Especially for in-demand subjects such as the Sciences, Religious Education, and English.
If you want to work in a secondary setting but not as a teacher, educational psychologists are also in high demand. As are welfare officers, lab technicians and other supporting roles.
If you’re considering a career in education but you’re not sure which route is right for you, we’ve summarised the main areas to help you make an informed decision.
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