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National Award for Senco Co-ordination (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice) – (Grad.Cert.)
Oxford Brookes University
School of Education
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 600 - ≈ € 1,431 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
This course leads to the National Award for SENCO Co-ordination. As from September 2009 this is a mandatory course for all newly appointed SENCOs.
Why Brookes?
The School of Education at Oxford Brookes is one of the largest Schools of education in the UK, combining high quality teaching and significant research and consultancy activity in an outstanding location, with superb sporting, recreational and study facilities.
As a Postgraduate student you will be joining a University which is widely regarded as a major contibutor to the improvement of education and learning, locally and nationally. The School of Education is a focal point for lively, informed debate on education through its seminar and lecture programmes, including the high profile Oxford Education debates. We are proud to be co-sponsors of the Oxford Academy, a community secondary school, where Oxford Brookes staff and students provide practical support to pupils and teaching staff.
We work in close partnership with hundreds of schools and colleges and other organisations.
Our 110-acre Harcourt Hill campus offers all the benefits of a complete academic community on one site. We have all the facilities that you'd expect from a University like Oxford Brookes but its the people that really make the School of Education such a great place to study. You will be working with highly regarded academics who are at the forefront of their subjects. Drawing on our cutting-edge, research-led teaching, our courses will advance your knowledge and develop your professional skills. Academics work alongside students from a wide range of backgrounds, and with the support of a caring and efficient administrative staff, provide a rich and diverse intellectual and social environment.
Contents
This is a three module course leading to the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice: Special Educational Needs.
* Policy and Practice for Special Educational Needs
* Teaching and Learning for SEN
* Managing Issues in Special Educational Needs
Policy to Practice for Special Educational Needs.
Content includes:
* overview of the legislative and policy background to the concept of special and inclusive education
* critical review of the range of understandings of the notion of inclusion in the UK and internationally
* investigation of children’s needs, rights and opportunities and issues of labelling and categorisation, stereotyping and prejudice analysis of the role of the SENCO
* auditing and reviewing effective policy and practice
* accessing specialist knowledge: supporting diverse needs in mainstream contexts.
Teaching and Learning for SEN
Content includes:
* exploring the nature of learning, and potential barriers to that learning, particularly in relation to SEN
* formal and informal methods of assessment within an inclusive context
* pupil and parent involvement in the assessment of pupil’s learning needs
* supporting children with special educational needs across the curriculum
* managing the contributions of colleagues to enhance children’s learning
* developing differentiated learning experiences and materials
* evaluating the impact of interventions.
Managing Issues in Special Educational Needs
Content includes:
* the developing role of the SENCO
* working with pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
* deploying teaching assistants for enhanced pupil learning and independence
* the SENCO role in relation to inter-agency work and home-school liaison
* the management and organisation of resources for CPD provision
* developing and delivering CPD for colleagues.
As our courses are reviewed regularly, course content may change from the details given here.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
All applicants must have Qualified Teacher Status
You must be a new SENCO which is defined as, ‘those who have taken up the lead SENCO responsibilities in their, or any other maintained school, since September 2008'. We are anticipating that a course for more experienced SENCOs will follow.
English language requirements
If English is not your main language then you will also need to show that your English is at a high enough level to succeed in your studies. You will need IELTS IELTS 6-7 (normally with 6.0 in Reading and Writing and a minimum of 5.5 in Listening and Speaking); TOEFL internet-based test 80-100 (with minimum scores in each section) or equivalent, depending on the course you have chosen to study. For more information see your course details.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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