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Study Details: 1 year full-time
This initial teacher training (ITT) course provides the opportunity to combine working towards Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) with studying to achieve a Postgraduate Certificate in Early Years Practice (PG Cert EYP). It also provides an opportunity for those who already have Early Years Professional or Teacher Status to achieve a postgraduate qualification.
The PG Cert EYP and EYTS can be studied together or separately.
EYTS is the professional status for those who lead
Funding is available to cover the cost of the EYTS training, placements, mentoring and assessment for both part-time and full-time students. Additionally, bursaries are available for full-time students:
Also, early years settings of students studying part-time receive payment to release their member of staff for study days and placement days in other settings.
Early Years Teachers will be specialists in early childhood development, trained to work with babies and young children from birth to five. They will be graduate leaders responsible for organising and leading high-quality practice in early years settings. Early Years Teachers can make a real difference to the lives of babies and young children.
EYTS is part of successive Governments’ drives to raise the status and quality of the Early Years
To apply you need:
https://www1.chester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/postgraduate-finance/current-postgraduate-fees
On completion of the course, you may go on to one of the following roles:
• Lead Practitioner in the Early Years sector
• Early Years Teacher/Worker in a Children’s Centre
• Field Officer work for an Early Years organisation
• Local Authority advisory work
• Family Support/Engagement Worker
• Mentor/Assessor/Lecturer in Early Years
Pedagogy and Curriculum in the Early Years: Developing Professional Practice – 20 credits at Masters level
This module will develop your understanding of teaching and learning with young children and curricula for children aged 0-5. It introduces the Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) and will provide you with opportunities for critical reflection on practice-related matters in light of experience, government policy, theoretical frameworks, relevant literature and contemporary research.
The Developing Child 0-5 Years – 20 credits at Masters level
This module aims to provide you with opportunities for critical analysis of key aspects of developmental theory and the impact on practice in the Early Years. It investigates the main theoretical perspectives in young children’s learning and schematic
The Critically Reflective Practitioner – 20 credits at Masters level
During this module, you will familiarise yourself with the Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) that you will be assessed against, and the ways in which you will be able and expected to gather the evidence for your assessment. There will be opportunities to discuss issues that professionals face in practice, such as:
Emphasis will be on the development of critical reflection in daily practice and practice-based research.
There are opportunities for Accreditation of Prior Learning for part of the Postgraduate Certificate, particularly for those who have already achieved EYPS or EYTS.
Placement
EYTS trainees must complete a minimum of 120 days of assessed setting-based learning. Full-time trainees will be those with limited experience of working in early years settings, and they will be placed in at least two different settings covering the 0-5 age range. Part-time trainees will be those who are currently working in
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