Education and Training City & Guilds Level 3 Award (Formerly PTLLS)

This qualification is suitable for individuals who:

• are not in a teaching role, or who have just started a teaching role;
• want a short qualification;
• have the potential to study at this level, which has the same level of demand as that of study for A-levels;
• want a qualification without a minimum teaching practice requirement;
• may have already achieved some Learning and Development units that can be carried forward into this teaching qualification.

Applicants need to be suitably qualified up to Level 3 and/or experienced to teach in a chosen subject  and have adequate literacy, numeracy  and ICT skills to cope with three written assignments at Level 3.

After gaining the Level 3 Award in Education and Training qualification, you will be able to:

• Understand how to use different teaching techniques
• Plan interesting and effective lessons
• Know how to teach confidently and effectively
• Be able to assess how well your candidates are learning

This is your passport to teaching and training. Once you have gained the Level 3 Award in Education and Training you can get started teaching real classes, organising training events and put your new teaching skills into action.

You will complete three written assignments covering the topics above. As part of one of the assignments you will plan and deliver a 15-minute micro teaching session to the rest of the class on a suitable subject of your choice.

This is an introductory course that will improve your confidence and practice if you are already teaching or wish to go into teaching. In order to become a qualified lecturer or trainer a further course of study would be needed, such as the Certificate in Education or PGCE (CertEd/PGCE).

The Level 3 Award in Education and Training is a nationally recognised qualification for teaching in post-16 education (i.e. adult education). It gives teachers, or those wishing to teach in the adult, post compulsory sector, a recognised, good quality award that will enable them to show they have the required skills to deliver training and carry out assessment during that training. They can then progress to a Level 4 qualification or a Level 5 qualification as they gain experience and expertise – finishing with a full QTLS (Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills) qualification if they so wish. It has been developed in conjunction with City & Guilds and Ofqual and is the latest and most up to date qualification in the education and training field.

This part-time course runs for 14 weeks. Courses will start in January of each year and you will need to attend College one evening a week for 3 hours.

You will need to spend approximately an additional 6 hours per week researching and preparing assessments.

Part-time courses at Central Bedfordshire College run for 12 weeks. Courses will start in September and January of each year and you will need to attend College one afternoon (at CBC) or evening a week for 4 hours at CBC, or 3 hours.

You will need to spend approximately an additional 6 hours per week researching and preparing assessments.