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Early childhood Certificate Program

Early Childhood Certificate Program for Teaching Assistants


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Enrollment for this course is currently closed.

Welcome to the Early Childhood Certificate Program for Teaching Assistants

 

Teaching assistants are critical individuals in any nursery or school. They play an important role to help the teacher create a conducive learning environment for the child. Teaching assistants also require some pedagogical knowledge in order to support the teaching.

 

 

 

 

 Program Overview for Principals

● Total hours of work 50 / module


● Contact sessions 8 - 10 h (each session includes: a discussion based on flipped learning, theoretical orientation, and assignment for practical work which will be reported in online platform


● Independent study (15-20 h), including reading, assignments, and discussions on online platform


● Practical components (circa 20 -25 hours)


● Modules include summative assessment tasks related to the content of the modules


● Working in digital learning environments is embedded in all the modules

Content of Modules

● 1 flipped learning video or text-based material students familiarize themselves before the contact sessions


● 1 theoretically oriented presentation with discourse questionnaire for the contact session


● 1 practical-oriented presentation with discourse questionnaire for the contact session and assignments reported in the online platform


● 1-2 readable texts with discourse questionnaire for the contact session and assignments reported in the online platform

Practical Elements

1) Clear practical assignments to conduct in participants own unit with their own class as part of each module. This is to help to bring the theory learned into practice immediately and therefore strengthening the connection and understanding and avoiding silo thinking.


2) Rotating internship in the model units with clear assignments for each internship visit to be reported in the online platform. This will not only broaden the participants overall understanding on theoretical content in practice but also the different working cultures in different units. Furthermore, the rotation will build the participants professional network.

Here is the course outline:

1. Assisting While Caring

2. Arabic Language and Culture development in Early Childhood Education.

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