NCFE CACHE Teaching Assistant
Level 3 Diploma

This unit explores:

• The expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years
• The factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice
• How to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern
• The importance of early intervention to support the speech, language and communication needs of children and young people
• The potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development

This unit explores:

• The main legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
• The importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
• The importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting
• How to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused, harmed or bullied
• Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and well-being
• Understand the importance of e-safety for children and young people

This unit explores:

• The structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
• How schools are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities
• School ethos, mission, aims and values
• The legislation affecting schools
• The purpose of school policies and procedures
• The wider context in which schools operate

This unit explores maintaining high standards within Health & Safety within any classroom. Teachers can enhance their lessons by creating a safe and supportive learning environment through the initial assessment process, confidentiality within the classroom, Health & Safety and by being approachable.

This unit covers policies and procedures relevant to promoting positive behaviour including:

• Behaviour policy
• Code of conduct
• Rewards and sanctions
• Dealing with conflict and inappropriate behaviour
• Anti-bullying
• Attendance

This unit covers strategies and techniques to promote understanding and trust in communication, including:

• Active listening
• Avoiding assumptions
• Using questions to clarify and check understanding
• Summarising and confirming key points

This unit covers assessment opportunities and strategies including:

• Using open-ended questions
• Observing learners
• Listening to how learners describe their work and reasoning
• Checking learners’ understanding
• Engaging learners in reviewing progress
• Encouraging learners to keep in mind their learning goals and assess their own progress
• Encouraging learners to review and comment on their work before discussing with the teacher
• Praising learners when they focus on their personalised learning goals

This unit covers learning support strategies including:

• Creating a positive learning environment
• Managing behaviour
• Encouraging group cohesion and collaborative learning
• Prompting shy or reticent learners to ask questions and check understanding
• Translating or explaining words and phrases
• Reminding learners of teaching points made by the teacher
• Modelling correct use of language and vocabulary
• Ensuring learners understand the learning tasks
• Providing individual attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks
• Modifying or adapting activities

This unit covers key principles including:

• Participation — involving children and young people in the design, delivery and evaluation of services
• Equality of access — ensuring discriminatory barriers to access are removed
• Anti-discriminatory practice — identifying and challenging discrimination
• Inclusion — identifying, understanding and breaking down barriers to participation and belonging

This unit covers key principles including:

• Understand the rights of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

• Understand the disabilities and/or special educational needs of children and young people in own care.

• Be able to support the inclusion of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

• Be able to support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs to participate in the full range of activities and experiences.

• Be able to support others to respond to the needs of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

This unit covers key principles including:

When you are settling bilingual learners into a new environment, if possible, it can be helpful to use their preferred language. This is because it will help them to feel that the learning environment is accessible to them and develop their confidence in the new setting.