If you would like to work as Teacher’s Assistant or work in a School Setting, then this course would be the right choice for you. Teacher’s Aides play a pivotal role in children’s development. Therefore, this course designed to prepare participants working within an education environment to support students and qualified educators.
This course is ideal for who wants to kick start their career in entry level positions in education environments including schools, kindergartens, preschools, school age care or other education environment. The Aide’s not only provide assistance and support to teachers but also responsible for supervising and facilitating children’s activities inside the classroom as well as outside during playtime. The course is expected to meet the training needs involve working effectively with students include managing behaviour, supporting student development, and learning within curriculum framework, working with diverse people, follow legal and ethical framework, child protection etc. It also covers all the necessary skills, techniques, strategies required to contribute to students learning and development needs in school setting involving feedback skills, best questioning techniques, assist teachers for smooth operational needs in classroom or in educational setting.
This qualification will be delivered in a classroom environment by a qualified industry skilled trainer at Western Sydney Skills Hub at North Parramatta. Address – 410 Church St, Level 3, Suite 34, North Parramatta, NSW 2151. Please note that classes may not be available when you are reading this course description, but the college still encourages the potential candidates to register their interest by joining the waiting list (available at the bottom of this page)
Prerequisites
All practical tasks must be completed in workplace or in a school setting. Therefore, students are responsible to find volunteer placements or paid work placements.
Whilst there are no prerequisites for this course, it is expected that you have adequate language, literacy and numeracy skills and computer skills to be able to interact with peers, trainers and completing assessments using a computer either in the classroom, at home or at your workplace.
This course includes the following units of competency:
15 units are required to achieve the full qualification, which consists of 10 core unit and 5 elective units.
CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
CHCEDS033 Meet legal and ethical obligations in an education support environment
CHCEDS034 Contribute to the planning and implementation of educational programs
CHCEDS035 Contribute to student education in all developmental domains
CHCEDS036 Support the development of literacy and oral language skills
CHCEDS037 Support the development of numeracy skills
CHCEDS057 Support students with additional needs in the classroom
CHCEDS059 Contribute to the health, safety and wellbeing of students
CHCEDS060 Work effectively with students and colleagues
CHCEDS061 Support responsible student behaviour
CHCEDS056 Provide support to students with autism spectrum disorder
HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an education and care setting
CHCEDS048 Work with students in need of additional learning support
CHCPRT025 Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety