The Level 5 Certificate in Education (Cert Ed) is delivered over two years, you will need 100 hours on ‘in-service’ teaching and study 5 mandatory credit modules.

During your first year you will study the following:

• Level 4 Introduction to Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• Level 4 Using Evidence-based Practice to Improve Teaching
• Level 5 Educational Theory in Practice

During your second year you will study the following:

• Level 5 Curriculum for Inclusive Education
• Level 5 Optional Module

Over both years you will work on the following module:

• Level 5 Developing Professional Practice

As the Certificate in Education (Cert Ed) is a professional programme, personal development planning is threaded throughout. You will be required to reflect on your own personal professional development and practice through work-based learning and assessment, creating your own e-portfolio. This e-portfolio is not only used as a vehicle for reflection and self-evaluation, but it encourages you to develop digital skills and a digital profile.

Within the programme PDP opportunities are incorporated in the following ways:

• The application of learning materials to current practice within the Post-14 sector
• The use of critical, work-based reflection within all modules
• All modules contained within this programme have been mapped against Education and Training Foundation Professional Standards. In all modules you will be required to make explicit links to how learning has helped develop professional practice
• Observations from ITE mentors are graded in accordance with the ETF Professional Standards (2014) to help support development and progression of practice
• The formative assessment of a reflective online journal