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Certificate
in Further Education Teaching
City & Guilds
7407 - Stage 1
Course Code: NCG001
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The City & Guilds 7407 Certificate
in Further Education Teaching is based on the FENTO (Further Education
National Training Organisation) Occupational Standards, Stages One
and Two. The certificate is designed for full-time and part-time
teachers who are practising or starting out in post-16 education
and training.
The course is an introduction to teaching skills
and allows students to consider the 8 Key Areas of the FENTO standards
and the underpinning values of reflective practice and ethics. Provides
students with the ability to identify relevant theoretical
sources and to critically analyse these to extend their knowledge
and understanding.
Course Aims |
The course aims
to enable serving and new teachers to build their confidence
and skills in designing appropriate courses and schemes of
work and to teach these effectively.
The course is designed to prepare students
for careers in the teaching/training profession. The course
aims to enable teacher to teach or train students at Further
Education and Higher Education levels.
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Course
Market |
The course is aimed at full-time and part-time practising
teachers in the Post-Compulsory Education and Training (PCET)
sector, i.e. teaching those aged 16 years or over. This includes
those that are employed as teachers or trainers in further,
community or adult education and basic skills. It is also suitable
for those beginning employment in PCET who have access to the
minimum teaching hours, and those working in PCET who deliver
vocational learning to groups in a range of teaching situations.
Legislation introduced in 2001 requires that teachers new
to further education have the minimum of a Level 4 teaching
qualification.
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Course Structure |
All modules are compulsory
Stage - 1
101 - Assessing Learners Needs
102 - Session Planning and Teaching
103 - Teaching and Learning Activities
104 - Select Resources
105 - Learner Support
106 - Assessment Activity
107 - Self Evaluation
108 - Observe a Teacher
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Duration |
This is a 12 week part-time day/evening course . The programme
criteria is a minimum of 65 hours for study and practice, minimum
study hours excluding tutorial and support time is 45 hours
and required teaching practice is 20 hours. The hours stated
are the minimum hours required for this course, students must
allot self-study hours outside these stated hours
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Assessment |
- City & Guilds 7407 course is assessed through
observed teaching practice and preparation of a portfolio
of coursework, which relates to your teaching.
- The assessment for Stage One may be done unit by
unit, but learning may be improved if a more integrated
approach is taken. The assignments for units 102, 103
and 104 lend themselves to being linked. Assignment
107 also ties in with these units.
- An 80% attendance is required for this course.
- 2 tutor observations and 1 observation by an experienced
and qualified subject teacher.
- Coursework is assessed
on a Portfolio Base.
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Entry Requirements |
- Candidates must have at least 20 hours teaching during
the programme, access to a workplace-teaching mentor, and
be appropriately qualified in their teaching subject .
- Your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter outlining
your specialist subject area and the level taught at.
- Ideally you should hold a GCSE in English at C, a minimum
of IELTS score 5.5 (though a score of 6 is preferred) or
an equivalent qualification.
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Exemptions |
No exemptions awarded. |
Progression |
On completion
of this course, depending on the learners’ goal, achievement
and experience they could progress onto the Stage 2 of
the Certificate in Further Education Teaching. |
Note: Commencement of any program is subject to
enrolment of a minimum of 5 students per program. NLC reserves the
right to withdraw any or all of the programs prior to its commencement,
without further notice.
Additional Information:
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UK NARIC website on http://www.naric.org.uk
(Here a C&G Level 4 is a Band 8 and Band 9 is an Bachelors
(Ordinary) Degree)
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