This course is available in Paper format and also online.
This distance learning Understanding Early Years at QLS Level 3 course covers child development, relationships and environment, and offers useful hints on planning and resourcing, together with reflective practitioner exercises throughout the course which test the knowledge and understanding of the learner.
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Categories: Childcare & Teaching Assistant, Level 3.
Tags: Child Care, Child Minder, Children, Early Years, EYFS, Teaching & Learning in Schools.
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Introduction
Understanding Early Years at QLS Level 3
Course code: CLD12
Delivery method: Paper Based or Online
Course duration: 12 Months
Entry requirements: No prior qualification needed
Award achieved: ABC Awards and Certa Award Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3
This course provides theoretical guidance for practitioners on meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and it aims to provide useful advice and detailed information for supporting childrens learning and development.
The principles of the EYFS, which guide the work of all early years practitioners, are grouped into four themes:
- A unique child
- Positive relationships
- Enabling environments
- Learning and development
Each of these themes is broken down into commitments and covered in detail to guide practitioners through the framework, and to offer assistance on how to deliver the framework effectively. The course also encourages practitioners to reflect on their own practice and consider for themselves ways of enhancing their provision, taking into account the principles of the EYFS.
Content
UNDERSTANDING EARLY YEARS
SECTION ONE:
A UNIQUE CHILD
UNIT ONE – CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- Child Development
- A Skilful Communicator
- A Competent Learner
UNIT TWO – INCLUSIVE PRACTICE
- Equality and Diversity
- Childrens Entitlements
- Early Support
UNIT THREE – KEEPING SAFE
- Being Safe and Protected
- Discovering Boundaries
- Making Choices
UNIT FOUR – HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
- Growing and Developing
- Physical Well-being
- Emotional Well-being
SECTION TWO:
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT FIVE – RESPECTING EACH OTHER
- Understanding Feelings
- Friendships
- Professional Relationships
UNIT SIX – PARENTS AS PARTNERS
- Respecting Diversity
- Communication
- Learning Together
UNIT SEVEN – SUPPORTING LEARNING
- Positive Interactions
- Listening to Children
- Effective Teaching
UNIT EIGHT – KEY PERSON
- Secure Attachments
- Shared Care
- Independence
SECTION THREE:
ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS
UNIT NINE – OBSERVATION, ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING
- Starting with the Child
- Planning
- Assessment
UNIT TEN – SUPPORTING EVERY CHILD
- Children’s Needs
- The Learning Journey
- Working Together
UNIT ELEVEN – THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
- The Emotional Environment
- The Outdoor Environment
- The Indoor Environment
UNIT TWELVE – THE WIDER CONTEXT
- Transitions and Continuity
- Multi-agency Working
- The Community
SECTION FOUR:
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
UNIT THIRTEEN – PLAY AND EXPLORATION
- Learning Through Experience
- Adult Involvement
- Contexts for Learning
UNIT FOURTEEN – ACTIVE LEARNING
- Mental and Physical Involvement
- Decision Making
- Personalised Learning
UNIT FIFTEEN – CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING
- Making Connections
- Transforming Understanding
- Sustained Shared Thinking
UNIT SIXTEEN – AREAS OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication, Language and Literacy
- Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
- Knowledge and Understanding of the World
- Physical Development
- Creative Development
Course Endorsement
At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
Method of Study
Paper Based Version
The course comes to you as a paper-based pack delivered by courier.
You will be given guidance through the Study Guide on the nuts and bolts of studying and submitting assignments.
Postal assignments cannot be accepted without prior permission from the tutor.
Online Version
Our online courses are fully digitised versions of the paper-courses, so you can study on any PC or smart device when connected to the internet.
As with the paper course, your online learning programme is completely flexible, so you can study at a pace that suits you.
All of our online course content is broken down into bite size chunks to make your learning more manageable and effective.
Method of Assessment
The course contains a number of assignments which your tutor will mark and give you valuable feedback on. We call these Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs). You need only send the TMAs to your tutor for comment, not the self-assessment exercises which are also part of the course to help you gauge your progress.
Course Length Information
This course can be taken over a 12 month period but you can complete it as fast or as slowly as you wish.
Tutor Support
You will have access to a tutor via email who will mark your work and guide you through the course and will assist you with any problems you may have. In addition you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process.
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