City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Teaching (Further Education and Skills)

This programme is designed for those working, or intending to work, in the Further Education and Skills (FES) sector looking to gain a full teaching qualification. The course covers all aspects of teaching in the further education and skills sector, and meets the occupational standards developed and approved by employer representatives and other stakeholders across the FES sector.

Key Facts

• Attendance: Virtual Delivery
• Duration: 24 months
• Start dates: Start at any time
• Location: Anywhere

Entry Requirements

In order to undertake this programme, you must hold level 2 qualifications in English and Maths.

You must also hold a qualification in the subject you are teaching. For academic subjects, you should hold a degree in your subject specialism. For vocational subjects, you should be qualified to at least one level above the level you intend to teach. Where this is not possible because such qualifications do not exist, you should have the highest qualification available and/or be able to provide evidence of substantial professional experience in your vocational subject.

You must have access to two placements and a total of 250 hours of practice, made up of 150 hours of teaching practice and 100 hours of non-teaching practice. The 100 non-teaching hours of the total 250 hours should be made up with departmental duties such as team meetings, planning, interviewing learners, assessments, observations and any CPD activities.

Course Content

Throughout the programme you will undertake the following mandatory units:

Teaching my subject
This unit is designed to ensure you have a good understanding of the subject you will be teaching. It encourages you to reflect on your subject, particularly what you found easy or challenging to learn, and how you overcame the challenges, leading onto a consideration of curriculum sequencing.

Learners and Learning
This unit explores the breadth of Further Education (FE) learners and how they arrived in FE. It encourages you to start thinking about the type of learner you may be teaching, their motivators, their learning and learner needs, and what impacts on their learning.

Teachers and Teaching
Understand what it is to be a teacher in the FES sector. This unit considers the teacher’s role, the characteristics of a good teacher, how to work and learn from others and the support available to teachers. The unit further considers teaching, in terms of curriculum development, planning and delivering learning, developing resources, assessment and feedback, types of delivery and meeting the needs of all learners through relationship building.

Professional practice
This unit is designed to ensure you are able to demonstrate your professionalism in applying your knowledge and understanding in a range of educational environments. It includes practical elements in terms of planning, delivering and assessing, being professional in terms of own responsibilities as a practitioner, whilst meeting the requirements of the sector.

Effective digital and online pedagogies
This unit considers educational technology as a means of supporting/enabling your professional practice. In addition, it will provide the background, context, and theory underpinning your ability to demonstrate occupational competence.

Action research
During this unit you will carry out research via a development project agreed between yourself and the placement organisation. The area of research should provide the opportunity for you to employ a range of research and investigative skills appropriate to your professional activities and circumstances and at the same time, benefit the placement organisation.

You must agree an area of research within your organisation, demonstrate effective complex research and investigative skills, choose and apply an appropriate research methodology, methods, and techniques, and then critically evaluate the resulting research outcome. You should share your study and its findings with interested parties within your organisation. Throughout the duration of the research project, you will evidence the following:

• The use of appropriate methods of research
• The use of appropriate methods of data collection
• Evidence of autonomy and initiative
• The application of professional ethics
• The effective use of analytical skills
• Finding solutions to complex problems

Coaching and mentoring
This unit covers the skills, principles and practice required for effective coaching or mentoring within an educational context.

Managing behaviour
This unit aims to enable you to manage behaviours in a learning environment. It includes understanding the characteristics and impact of behaviours in the learning environment, related legislation, and organisational policies. It also includes promoting behaviours that contribute to a purposeful learning environment, managing challenging and inappropriate behaviours, and evaluating own practice in managing behaviours in a learning environment.

Assessment

This qualification is assessed by a combination of:

• 14 mandatory assignments
• Portfolio of teaching evidence
• Observation of teaching or training (minimum of 10 observations)
• Mentor logs & Teaching logs
• Notes and reflection on observation
• Personal development plan and review
• CPD log
• Reflective diary
• Scheme of work
• Viva

Course Fees

Course fees can either be paid in full before the beginning of the course, on an annual basis, or via our ‘Pay As You Learn’ monthly payment scheme. A CAW Loans2Learn scheme is also available, details can be found below.

If you have not achieved your qualification by the planned end date detailed in your individual learning plan, continued support and course access is available by paying monthly direct debit payments until certification is achieved.

Awarding Body Fees*: TBC

* Awarding Body Fees are payable by all students or employers and recharged at cost and may be subject to change.

The CAW Loans2Learn scheme is a personal loan that can help you to spread the cost of your course into manageable payments. The loan can be used to fully or partially cover your course fees (but does not cover any awarding body fees, such as enrolment and examination fees). Please contact us for more information.

Sources of financial help can be found on our student finance page. Before making any financial decision it is recommended that you seek advice from an independent source, for example the Money Advice Service.

These are current figures and may be subject to change. The differences in course fees reflect the level of funding that is available as a result of government policies and priorities. These may be as a result of age, employment status, previous education achievements, or location for example, and are outside the control of CAW Business School.

What Next?

On successful completion of this qualification you will be able to take an analytical and practical approach to all aspects of planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning. You could pursue an appropriate teaching role, or undertake additional education courses and training.