How to Become a Qualified Teaching Assistant - Online Training

What's included:

• Fully Online Recorded Class
• CPDQE Accredited
• Free certificate
• Online support
• No hidden fees

Learning outcomes

• Define the teaching assistant’s role—including boundaries, responsibilities, and professional ethics—and align your practice with school policies and classroom expectations.
• Explain key principles of child development (cognitive, language, social–emotional) and use this understanding to tailor support for diverse ages and abilities.
• Apply inclusive strategies—differentiation, scaffolding, and reasonable adjustments—to support pupils with SEND, EAL, and varied learning needs.
• Deliver effective phonics support, teaching letter–sound correspondence, blending and segmenting, and using quick checks to track early reading progress.
• Support behaviour for learning, establishing routines, reinforcing positive behaviour, and using de-escalation techniques to maintain a safe, productive classroom.
• Use assessment for learning, conducting focused observations, giving constructive feedback, and recording evidence to inform the teacher’s planning.
• Safeguard children and promote wellbeing, recognising signs of concern, following reporting procedures, and contributing to a culture of safety, dignity, and resilience.
• Collaborate and communicate professionally with teachers, parents/carers, and specialists, contributing to plans (e.g., targets/IEPs) and maintaining clear, accurate records.

Course Link : How to Become a Qualified Teaching Assistant - Online Training

Course Overview

A teaching assistant assists teachers and helps students with reading, writing, and other academic tasks. They also contribute to the overall development of children. Working with young minds is exciting, and becoming a teaching assistant is a great way to advance your career. In this course, we’ll teach you how to prepare yourself to be an efficient teaching assistant.

You will understand the role of a teaching assistant throughout the course and how you should behave as a teaching assistant. As a teaching assistant, you should know students’ psychological state and cognitive development. We will provide you with precise information on that. Moreover, you will learn how to teach phonics. Moreover, as a teaching assistant, you’ll learn how to respond to child abuse and support the well-being of children and young people as part of your key responsibilities. In a word, this course will teach you everything you need to know to become a successful teaching assistant.

Some expert course designers have designed this course to provide you with the best learning experience possible. Our goal is for you to learn and apply the lessons from this course to improve your skills and become successful in your career.