It is an Ofqual-regulated RQF qualification for people who already work as teaching assistants.
The course develops advanced skills in child development, SEND, behaviour support, group learning, professional relationships and curriculum delivery.

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| Getting Started with the Course | |||
| Getting Started With the Course | 00:06:00 | ||
| Induction Form | |||
| Induction Form | 00:00:00 | ||
| Registration Entry Form | |||
| Registration Entry Form | 00:00:00 | ||
| Qualifications Specifications | |||
| Focus Awards Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (quals) | 00:51:00 | ||
| Assignment Preparation Guideline | |||
| Assignment Preparation Guideline | 00:09:00 | ||
| Beginners Guide to Referencing | 00:15:00 | ||
| Guideline for Observation | |||
| Guideline for the Observation Session | 00:03:00 | ||
| Unit 01: Professional Knowledge and Development for Higher Level Teaching Assistants | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Understand What a Higher Level Teaching Assistant Is and What Is Required of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant | |||
| 1. Purpose of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant | 00:12:00 | ||
| 2. Role of a Higher Level Teaching Assistant | 00:21:00 | ||
| Lo2: Understand the Continuing Professional Development (Cpd) Requirements for Higher Level Teaching Assistants | |||
| 1. Purpose of CPD and How it Affects Practice | 00:18:00 | ||
| 2. Use of Advice and Feedback to Improve Performance | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lo3: Understand How to Work as a Team Member and Identify Opportunities for Working With Colleagues, Managing Their Work Where Appropriate and Sharing the Development of Effective Practice With Them | |||
| 1. Importance of Team Work and Identifying Different Team Roles | 00:15:00 | ||
| 2. Workplace Collaboration | 00:15:00 | ||
| 3. Managing and Developing the Effective Practice of Appropriate Team Members | 00:21:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 01 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Unit 02: Child Development and Well-being | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Know the Different Stages of Child Development | |||
| 1. Stages of Physical, Social and Intellectual Development | 00:57:00 | ||
| Lo2: Know the Factors That Can Influence and Affect Children’s Development and How These Practice | |||
| 1.External and Personal Factors that Affect Child Development | 00:18:00 | ||
| 2.Theories to Support Development | 00:33:00 | ||
| 3. Types of Changes That Affect a Child’s Development or Wellbeing | 00:27:00 | ||
| 4. Referral Assessment of Special Educational Needs | 00:24:00 | ||
| Lo3: Understand How to Recognise and Respect the Contribution That Parents and Carers Can Make to the Development and Wellbeing of Children and Young People | |||
| 1. Parents and Carers Contributions for the Development and Well-being of Children and Young People | 00:42:00 | ||
| Lo4: Understand How Frameworks That Support the Development and Wellbeing of Children and Young People Impact Upon Their Practice | |||
| 1. Frameworks That Support Development and Well-being of Children | 00:57:00 | ||
| Lo5: Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people | |||
| 1. Current Legislation, Guidelines, Policies, and Procedures Affecting Safeguarding | 00:39:00 | ||
| 2. Protecting Children within the Concept of Safeguarding Children and Young People | 00:36:00 | ||
| 3. National and Local Safeguarding Policies and Procedures Affecting Everyday Work | 00:27:00 | ||
| 4. Importance of Safeguarding Children and Young People | 00:24:00 | ||
| 5. Policies and Procedures to Protect Children and Young People and Adults Who Work with Them | 00:24:00 | ||
| 6. How Concerns Regarding Poor Practice Can be Reported | 00:21:00 | ||
| 7. Supporting the Self-confidence and Self-esteem of Children and Young People | 00:24:00 | ||
| 8. Risks and Possible Consequences of being Online and Using a Mobile Phone | 00:21:00 | ||
| Lo6: Understand health and safety procedures | |||
| 1. Signs and Symptoms that Occur with Common Childhood Illnesses | 00:24:00 | ||
| 2. Policies and Procedures in Response to Accidents, Incidents, Emergencies, and Illness | 00:24:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 02 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Unit 03: Supporting Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Understand How to Support Learners in Accessing the Curriculum in Accordance With the Special Educational Needs (Sen) Code of Practice and Disabilities Legislation | |||
| 1. Legal Entitlement of Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs | 00:33:00 | ||
| Lo2: Understand How to Promote Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion When Working With Children and Young People | |||
| 1. Legislation and Codes of Practice to Promote Equality and Diversity | 00:21:00 | ||
| 2. Experience and Impact of Prejudice and Discrimination and Applying Principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | 00:33:00 | ||
| Lo3: Understand How to Support Children and Young People With Learning Difficulties | |||
| 1. Types of Special Educational Needs and Ways of Supporting Children and Young People with Learning Difficulties | 00:39:00 | ||
| Lo4: Know and Understand the Special Educational Needs for Learners With Sensory and/or Physical Needs | |||
| 1. Effects of a Disability on Children and Young People | 00:36:00 | ||
| 2. Nature of Sensory or Physical Needs and Roles and Responsibilities of Others and Assistive Technology | 00:30:00 | ||
| Lo5: Understand How to Support Children and Young People With English as an Additional Language | |||
| 1. Language and Vocabulary Appropriate to the Age of the Learner, Level of Understanding and Proficiency | 00:33:00 | ||
| 2. Ways of Introducing Words and Language Structures | 00:42:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 03 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Unit 04: Promoting Childen and Young Peoples Positive Behaviour | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Understand the Policies and Procedures for Promoting Positive Behaviour | |||
| 1. Policies and Procedures to Promote Positive Behaviour | 00:21:00 | ||
| 2. Importance of Consistency and Fairness When Applying Boundaries and Rules for Behaviour | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lo2: Be Able to Promote the Positive Values and Attitudes and Behaviour Expected From Children and Young People | |||
| 1. Promoting Positive Values, Attitudes and Behaviour | 00:12:00 | ||
| 2. Ways of Establishing Ground Rules | 00:12:00 | ||
| 3. Effective Strategies to Promote Positive Values, Attitudes and Behaviour | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lo3: Be Able to Respond to Inappropriate and Challenging Behaviour From Children and Young People | |||
| 1. Patterns and Triggers of Challenging behaviour and Actions | 00:21:00 | ||
| 2. Inappropriate and Challenging Behaviour Management | 00:15:00 | ||
| 3. Supporting Children and Young People to Identify and Avoid Inappropriate Behaviour | 00:09:00 | ||
| 4. How to Deal with Bullying, Harassment or Oppressive Behaviour | 00:15:00 | ||
| Lo4: Be Able to Contribute to Reviews of Behaviour and Behaviour Policies | |||
| 1. Contributing to Reviews of Behaviour and Behaviour Policies | 00:15:00 | ||
| Observation Checklist | |||
| Observation Report – Unit 4 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 04 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Unit 05: Working with Individual and Groups of Learners | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Understand Working With Individuals and With Small Groups | |||
| 1. Preparing the Resources Required for Planned Learning Activities | 00:30:00 | ||
| 2. Developing and Adapting Resources to Meet the Needs of Individuals and Group | 00:18:00 | ||
| 3. Learning Support Strategies to Meet the Needs of Individuals and Group | 00:21:00 | ||
| 4. Health, Safety, Security and Access Requirements of the Learning Environment | 00:36:00 | ||
| 5. Giving Attention to Learners for Balancing the Needs of Individuals and Group | 00:21:00 | ||
| 6. Assessing Learners’ Participation and Progress in Activities | 00:18:00 | ||
| 7. How to Provide Feedback Effectively | 00:09:00 | ||
| 8. Evaluating How Own Knowledge, Understanding and Skills Impact on Practice of Individuals and Group | 00:39:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 05 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Unit 06: Positive Working Relationships | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Communicate Effectively and Sensitively With Children, Young People, Colleagues, Parents and Carers | |||
| 1. Effective Communication with Children and Colleagues | 00:24:00 | ||
| 2. Communicating Effectively with Parents and Carers | 00:27:00 | ||
| 3. Commitment to Collaborative and Cooperative Working with Colleagues | 00:21:00 | ||
| Observation Checklist | |||
| Observation Report – Unit 6 | 00:03:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 06 | 00:02:00 | ||
| Unit 07: Curriculum Planning, Monitoring, Delivery and Assesment | |||
| Study Materials | |||
| Lo1: Be Able to Teach Challenging, Wellorganised Lessons Across the Age and Ability Range | |||
| 1. Teaching Strategies | 00:15:00 | ||
| 2. Designing Opportunities for Learners to Develop Their literacy, Numeracy, ICT and Thinking and Learning Skills | 00:30:00 | ||
| 3. How Learners’ Prior Knowledge and Attainment Enables Them to Meet Learning Objectives | 00:12:00 | ||
| 4. Appropriate Language to Suit the Age and Ability of Learners | 00:15:00 | ||
| 5. Management of Individual, Group and Whole-Class Learning | 00:12:00 | ||
| 6. Appropriate Teaching to Suit the Stage of the Lesson and the Needs of the Learners | 00:12:00 | ||
| Lo2: Be Able to Use Ict Skills to Advance Learning | |||
| 1. Opportunities for Using ICT to Support Pupils’ Learning and Its Impact | 00:27:00 | ||
| 2. Encouraging Pupils to Use ICT to Solve Problems, Work Collaboratively and Find Out New Information | 00:39:00 | ||
| Lo3: Be Able to Use an Appropriate Range of Strategies for Setting Learning Objectives and Monitoring Progress and Attainment | |||
| 1. Providing Constructive Feedback | 00:18:00 | ||
| 2. Supporting and Guiding Learners | 00:21:00 | ||
| 3. Using Assessment to Diagnose Learner’s Needs | 00:09:00 | ||
| Lo4: Be Able to Maintain and Analyse Records of Learners’ Progress | |||
| 1. Monitoring Learners’ Learning Progress | 00:30:00 | ||
| Observation Checklist | |||
| Observation Report – Unit 7 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| HLTA Unit 07 | 00:05:00 | ||
| Assignment Submission Checklist | |||
| Assignment Submission Checklist | 00:03:00 | ||
| Submit Your Assignments – Level 4 Certificate for Higher Level Teaching Assistants | |||
| RQF Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate | 00:00:00 | ||
| Thank You For Choosing NextGen Learning | |||
| Thank You For Choosing NextGen Learning | 00:00:00 | ||