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NVQ teaching assistant courses
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Welsh_Money_Saver
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Hi All
Does anyone know the best place to find a NVQ course for teaching assistants? The online courses range from £290 to £1,300. I would like to find a reasonably priced course but with a reputable company, and I don;t know where to start. I have googled NVQ for my local area but can't find any colleges doing the courses - are they only with postal/online companies??
I would love some feedback from anyone who has recently done a course.
Many Thanks
Does anyone know the best place to find a NVQ course for teaching assistants? The online courses range from £290 to £1,300. I would like to find a reasonably priced course but with a reputable company, and I don;t know where to start. I have googled NVQ for my local area but can't find any colleges doing the courses - are they only with postal/online companies??
I would love some feedback from anyone who has recently done a course.
Many Thanks
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I don't know much about this but I think some LEAs run courses on the job as you don't actually need a qualification to get a teaching assistant role.
You may find the information on these websites useful
How to become a TA
TeacherNet: TA0 -
Welsh_Money_Saver wrote: »Hi All
Does anyone know the best place to find a NVQ course for teaching assistants? The online courses range from £290 to £1,300. I would like to find a reasonably priced course but with a reputable company, and I don;t know where to start. I have googled NVQ for my local area but can't find any colleges doing the courses - are they only with postal/online companies??
I would love some feedback from anyone who has recently done a course.
Many Thanks
I've never heard of anyone doing an NVQ in this online or paying a private company. Contact your local college and I'm sure you'll find a variety of courses offered and, if it's your first course at this level you won't have to pay fees.
Edit: Have just had a quick look and seen that the college in Cardiff offers the CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Learning in Schools which seems to have replaced the TA course.
Obviously I don't know where you are but if you look at the various colleges' own websites rather than a general search you'll find other courses like this with different titles.0 -
You might also look at CACHE courses - I just googled them and there seemed to be quite a few places in Wales that did them. I did this course to become an LSA.0
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Usuallu nvqs are done on the job with maybe some college, the nvq overseer generally comes into the school to run the nvq with the school. There is a Btec at local colleges which is recognised. Are you a TA or hoping to be one?0
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Thanks for the help so far,
I am hoping to become a TA. I have just finished my degree with the OU and got accepte on PGCE course but couldn't fit the workload in around my 3 children, so have put this on back burner for a few years, but though I could be a TA in the meantime. All the posts seem to ask for NVQ level 2 or 3 so I was looking for a course to get qualified so I couls apply. I.m going to check out the CACHE website mentioned.
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hi welsh money saver, where in wales are you? my husbands just finished a level 3 in childcare and education which trains him to a TA in primary schools and some secondary as well as a host of others. if you already have a degree, you may be able to go into a TA job straight away as its a Level 4 qualification, especially if you have some experience.
otherwise, my husband studied in newport, in a fe college and as a mature student, 21 when he started, his fees were free and he was in a reduced hours class so would be in college 3 days a week half 9 til 2 then on placements the rest of the week. oh and he studied CACHE level 3 diploma. people normally only studied NVQ's if they were already in the post and wanted to study it in the evenings or part time.
good luck.I am a poor student wife now but don't think I can edit username? i study dance and love it though of course, it'll be a career that doesn't earn a lot of money!!
lost 5lbs so far - up to 11lb more to lose i think, will stop if it looks skeletal though dont think that could ever happen!0 -
soon2be_student_wife wrote: ». if you already have a degree, you may be able to go into a TA job straight away as its a Level 4 qualification, especially if you have some experience.
good luck.0 -
I am near Llanelli, my degree is a Bsc open (Hons) mainly in environmental science so I don't know if this is relevant for a TA role.
Perhaps I'll ring my local educatiuon authority and see if I can apply for any advertised posts. Fingers crossed I'll get a job, its the closest I can get to teaching for now.0 -
alwaysonthego wrote: »If she has a full degree then it is a level 6 qualification.
That's true on the NQF framework but most people don't use it in this way.0 -
sorry i get confused with these levels, my husband tries to explain but i glaze over as i did the traditional route, gcses, a levels and now degrees. thanks for clarificationI am a poor student wife now but don't think I can edit username? i study dance and love it though of course, it'll be a career that doesn't earn a lot of money!!
lost 5lbs so far - up to 11lb more to lose i think, will stop if it looks skeletal though dont think that could ever happen!0
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