Whether you volunteer already or not, teachers' aide work starts here. You learn literacy support, numeracy support, student behaviour and safe practice. You finish your hours in a classroom, booked by the college.
Reading, numbers, behaviour and the child who needs more time.
The job runs on term time and the school day.
The college books your school hours through SkilTrak.
Education support work sits in classrooms, libraries and support rooms. A day is reading groups, number work, behaviour and small wins.
Work beside the teacher and the students who need more time.
Support reading, numbers and classroom routines.
Help run groups, materials and daily lessons.
Support students with additional needs through the day.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Schools set their own hiring rules. All ask for a working with children check.
The student first, then the classroom, then your school hours.
Three things worth knowing before you enquire.
Supporting students with additional needs has its own unit.
A minimum of one hundred and forty hours in a classroom.
Spotting and reporting a child at risk is part of the course.
The entry ticket for classroom support
Certificate III in School Based Education Support, on the register.
A minimum of one hundred and forty hours in a school.
Units on reading, oral language and number work.
Tell us the school setting you have in mind.
An advisor covers units, hours and fees.
Upfront, in four, or a weekly plan.
Study begins while placement is booked.
Yes. CHC30221 Certificate III in School Based Education Support.
Yes, a minimum of one hundred and forty hours.
Yes. The hours sit outside your weekly study blocks.
The first aid unit is part of the course. The college does not run it. You sit it with an outside provider, at your own cost.
None. The units start from the beginning.
Not one. Open book quizzes, portfolios and written tasks.
Twelve or eighteen months, depending on the pace you pick.
From $56.40 a week on a payment plan.
Open Colleges delivers this course online, from Australia.
Placement in a school is arranged with SkilTrak, near where you live.
Picture the morning a child finally reads the page.