Ascentis Level 3 Award in Education and Training

Qualification Overview

The Ascentis Level 3 Award in Education and Training is an introduction to teaching. The award is appropriate for teachers, tutors and trainers who may be working within an FE college, Community Learning and Skills Provider or Independent Learning Provider and for those delivering work based training such as within voluntary, community, private and public organisations.

The award gives the learner an introduction to teaching and explores roles and responsibilities associated with the teaching role. The planning and delivering of sessions including engaging and motivating learners and establishing ground rules within a learning environment is covered. It explores the different assessment methods and the need for record keeping. The delivery of an observed microteaching session or an assessed practice in a real work environment is a requirement of this qualification.

There are several features of this qualification that make it very appropriate for its target learners:

• Ascentis devised assessment tasks designed to cover all the assessment criteria within the units
• Assessment tasks designed to be holistic and relevant to learners working or intending to work within a wider range of learning environments in the Further Education and Skills sector
• Centre devised assessment tasks are permissible provided they are approved by Ascentis before commencement of delivery
• Can be achieved by pre-service or in-service learners.
• Unit accreditation is available for each of the units.

Aims

The aims of the qualification are to enable learners:

• To understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to teaching
• To understand appropriate teaching and learning approaches within the learner’s specialist area
• To plan, deliver and evaluate microteaching sessions or assessed practice in a real work environment
• To understand the use of assessment methods and record-keeping

Target Group

This qualification is aimed at a range of learners, including:

• Pre-service and in-service learners who need an initial award for their role as a teacher, trainer or tutor within an FE college, Community Learning and Skills provider, Independent Learning Provider
• Learners delivering work based training within voluntary, community, private and public organisations.
• Learners who wish to gain a taste of teaching before deciding to pursue it as a career.
• People working as assessors who wish to gain an insight into teaching to help with their role.

Assessment Method

To achieve the Level 3 Award in Education and Training, evidence of achievement of all the assessment criteria must be demonstrated together with at least one hour of microteaching. Within this hour learners must deliver a minimum of 15 minutes of microteaching, which should be observed and assessed by a member of the delivery team. Ascentis-devised assessment tasks are included, covering all the assessment criteria of the unit, and the usual expectation is that all sections of this assessment task will be completed by learners. The qualification is designed to meet the needs of learners working or intending to work within a wide range of learning environments within the lifelong learning sector. Centre devised assessment tasks are permissible, providing there is a rationale for these which will need to be approved by Ascentis prior to delivery. All assessment tasks completed by learners should be internally verified within the centre.