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Date(s) - 14/09/2020 - 16/09/2020
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For most children vision is the most important channel for communication and understanding, so learning with little or no sight presents significant challenges to established ways of teaching. As a teacher, teaching assistant, support worker or early years practitioner, you fulfil a crucial role in understanding and meeting the needs of a blind or partially sighted learner in your setting.
The next available course will begin in September 2020.
For more information visit our course page, or to apply for the 2020 course from here – download and complete the following application form:
- Partners in Learning Certificate Course for education support staff – Application Form and email to courses@viewweb.org.uk
Partners in Learning course can provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to provide a high level of education for the learners with whom you work.
Partners in Learning is an in depth training course for teaching assistants and other education professionals working with learners with vision impairment from 0-25. It was originally developed by RNIB and the Open University before being taken over by VIEW in 2015. The course is studied and assessed online over 12 months with two face to face training days. Around 1000 education professionals have studied the course since it was first launched in 2005 and it is the only nationally available course of its kind in the UK.
Partners in Learning was accredited as a BTEC advanced certificate at level 3 until 2018, when BTEC rules changed to require a minimum of 100 learners per year. Because vision impairment is a low incidence special educational need we are unable to recruit such large numbers and have therefore had to relinquish our BTEC status. However, the course itself remains unchanged in its range and depth of content. It continues to receive very positive feedback from students and their employers. In recognition of its excellence, several local authorities have made Partners in Learning a mandatory qualification for teaching assistants employed in their visual impairment support services.