Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges Level 2

On this course you will:

Understand child development and learn how to support children's well-being.

Gain insight into the operation of a school or college.

Understand essential safeguarding practices for working with children.

Become familiar with diversity, equality, and inclusion considerations in the school environment.

Your tutor will set various tasks to assess your learning. These may include producing leaflets, charts or diagrams, or information boards.

This award usually takes around 90 hours to complete. After completing the course, you can progress to the Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning.

The aim of this qualification is to prepare you for a variety of job roles that can be done in schools and colleges. Job roles could include learning assistant, technical support worker, classroom volunteer, administrative worker, or any other on-site roles.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know. We are committed to helping you access and enjoy adult education. If there is something we can do to help you, we will.

Please make sure you have internet access for the duration of this course. Our tutors use the WEA’s digital learning portal, Canvas, to send you important information and tasks.

The WEA specializes in teaching adults. We want you to enjoy your studies, that is why our tutors take great care to create a positive learning environment.

Most of our courses are free for most of our learners. Please note that you need to get to the end of the enrolment process to see the discounts.

On this course you will learn about schools and colleges as organisations, children and young people’s development, communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults, children and young people’s Health and Safety and Safeguarding.