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    • Assessor Coach Level 4

    To download a full overview for this qualification, please click here

    Summary

    The Assessor Coach is a dual professional using their knowledge and skills to support vocational and professional development across the Education and Training Sector (ETS) and other employer settings. They may coach and assess apprentices, trainees or new recruits at any level as well as vocational learners. Acs actively listen, provide feedback and engage learners in planning their individual learning programmes.

    ACs work co-operatively with other ETS or other professionals eg teachers, HR professionals and mentors/supervisors in the development of learners’ competence, professionalism and employability.

    Within the sector, ‘coaching’ is seen as a more complex set of interpersonal skills, compared with ‘mentoring’.  It is more learner-centred, exploring the learner’s understanding and needs rather than simply giving advice.

     

    Ideal candidates

    The ideal candidates for this qualification would be current assessors and coaches of vocational courses with access to learners/ coachees. Many candidates will already possess a Level 3 qualification in Assessing. Depending on the specific education and training context, employers (and/or Awarding Organisations) may require candidates without an Assessor qualification, to achieve this prior to completion of their apprenticeship.

     

    Qualification

    The successful candidate will earn:

    • the Award in Safeguarding in a Learning Environment

    Course structure

    7 units

    One Mandatory

    •       Unit 01: Understanding the need for safeguarding in a learning environment

    Six Optional

    Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours

    Knowledge

    The Assessor-Coach will understand:

    Procedures for planning coaching and assessment

    K1   sources of and how to access up-to-date and valid IAG

    K2   relevant forms of assessment to identify individual needs

    K3   how to agree individual programmes that inspire and challenge learners to achieve current work-related knowledge and skills

    K4   additional support for learners available through workplace and provider-based colleagues

    Effective coaching practice

    K5   strategies for inspiring learners, increasing their resilience in overcoming barriers and obstacles, and in raising concerns

    K6   maths and English underpinning vocational skills and how to access additional support

    K7   effective practice in giving feedback to guide progress and achievement

    K8   ways of supporting the learner’s well-being

    K9   current and emerging technologies that could safely and effectively support learner autonomy and the Assessor-Coach role

    K10  administrative procedures for recording, storing and sharing information that is legally compliant

    Effective vocational assessment

    K11  the effective use of active listening, assertiveness and questioning skills to support retention, progress and achievement

    K12  the quality and safety requirements of assessment and procedures for reporting concerns

    Ways to support quality improvement

    K13  Internal and External quality procedures and the role of peer review

    K14  organisational and legislative requirements for reporting concerns about quality and safeguarding

    K15  how to maintain occupational currency and ways to improve coaching and professional practice

    Skills

    The Assessor-Coach will be able to:

    Plan coaching and assessment

    S1   facilitate access to relevant, current information advice and guidance (IAG)

    S2   apply or reference relevant initial and diagnostic assessment

    S3   agree a programme of development and assessment, setting realistic but challenging goals that meet learners’ and employers’ needs

    S4   liaise with employers, colleagues and others to support learners’ development

    Deliver coaching support

    S5   anticipate and overcome barriers to progress and inspire achievement, ensuring that learning is inclusive and supports diversity

    S6   highlight learners’ mathematics and English needs, and signposts to appropriate support

    S7   give timely feedback on progress towards mastery of relevant skills and knowledge

    S8   provide access to pastoral support and guidance

    S9   promote the safe and effective use of digital and mobile technologies to support learners and the Assessor-Coach role

    S10  agree and record targets and progress, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements

    Assess learners

    S11  use effective listening, assertiveness and questioning to support learners’ to engage with their learning plans and with assessment criteria and processes

    S12  comply with awarding organisation requirements and local quality and safety guidelines

    Support quality improvement

    S13  support peer review and quality assurance procedures

    S14  report concerns about quality and safeguarding through appropriate channels

    S15  maintain the currency of their own knowledge and skills, with reference to workplace practice and feedback from others

    Behaviours

    The Assessor-Coach will:

    • Inspire, motivate and raise learners’ aspirations through their passion for the sector
    • Operate at all times to ethical and legal standards and within professional boundaries
    • Model and encourage mutual respect, displaying a deep understanding of equality and diversity, with and between learners, colleagues and appropriate agencies
    • Be resilient and adaptable when dealing with challenge and change, maintaining focus and self-control
    • Value the importance of maths, English and ICT skills in the learners’ future economic and social well-being
    • Evaluate and improve their own professional practice in relation to the Professional Standards for Teachers and Educators in the Education and Training Sector

    Examinations

    A two-stage assessment consisting of:

    • a 120 minute observation session carrying a weighting of 70%;
    • a 60 minute professional discussion carrying a weighting of 30%

    Grading: Fail/Pass/Distinction

    Progression routes

    The AC may be eligible to progress onto a full teaching role within an education and training provider organisation,  most likely through the Level 5 Learning and Skills Teacher or Level 6 Teacher apprenticeship in if possession of a level 6 or equivalent qualification.

    Possible benefits

    Achieving these qualifications will significantly improve your job prospects, enhance your CV and get you noticed by potential employers.

    Overview

    Duration

    • Training: 15 Months
    • Gateway: 15 Month Point
    • End Point Assessment: 3 Months

    Total: 18 Months

    Cohorts

    Click on your desired start month to view planned teach dates:

    • TBC

    Funding

    • Levy – £7,000 deducted from your digital account
    • Non-Levy – 95% Government funded, £350 employer contribution

    Level of Apprenticeship

    Level 4

    Gateway

    Upon completion of your training, you will need to pass through the Gateway to enter the End Point Assessment.

    Gateway requirements:

    • Maths & English (Level 2/Grade C/4 or equivalent)

    All training will be provided for the above Gateway requirements, if not previously achieved. For exemption of these aims, we will require evidence of certification at enrolment.

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