Support Staff Development Centre
Developing Staff Supporting Learning
The Support Staff Development Centre (SSDC), is a Local Authority training provider, offering a range of qualifications, training and development opportunities, designed to meet the needs of Support Staff in Tameside schools - in order to achieve Better Outcomes for All Children and Young People. We are developing and adding new courses and accredited qualifications as Workforce Reform continues, and new roles emerge to meet the needs of Every Child Matters and the development of Extended Services
HOW OUR CENTRE SUPPORTS EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Our aim is to help children in Tameside by:
- Developing Support Staff to their full potential in order to support children's learning needs
- Developing, in cooperation with schools, a clear structure upon which Support Staff can base their professional practice
- Supporting the aspirations of the school workforce, who in turn will promote the aspirations of the children in their care
We achieve this by offering a range of qualifications, training and development opportunities across the job roles and in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework.
The Centre is accredited by 3 Awarding bodies - City and Guilds, Edexcel and OCR ( OXFORD and Cambridge RSA) .
Qualifications Offered
- NVQ levels 2 & 3 for Teaching Assistants
- VQ for Support Workers in Schools levels 2
- A1 Assessor
- VRQ for Specialists in Lead Behaviour Management
- CSBM - Certificate in School Business Management
- NVQ levels 2 in Customer Care for School Office Staff
Training/Preparation Offered
- DfES Induction for teaching assistants
- DfES Introductory courses for support staff
- Training and preparation for assessment - for the Higher Level Teaching Assistants award. (HLTA)
Individual Courses Offered
- Health and Safety
- Child Protection
- First Aid
- Minute Taking
- Report Writing
- ICT
- Special Educational Needs/Inclusion
- Speech and Language
- Autistic Spectrum
- Behaviour Management
- Parent Partnership
- EAL
- Assertiveness
Centre staff
Centre Manager and Tameside School Workforce Adviser:
Marion Griffin
Deputy Manager in charge of Quality and Development:
Liz Shercliff
Advisory Teacher:
Jeanette Nugent
Administrative Assistant:
Lindsey McKee
Assessors/tutors:
Cynthia Davies, Pearl Mayer, Terry Mullin, Cae Powell, Ken Smith
Where are we?
Denton Central Primary School,
Denton,
M34 2AN.
Phone: 0161 304 5667
Contact
For further details of all courses and how to apply, please contact Lyndsey Mc Kee at the:
Support Staff development Centre Denton Central Primary School,
Denton,
M34 2AN.
Phone: 0161 304 5667