The Level 3 Award in Education and Training provides an introduction to teaching. It can meet the needs of a range of trainee teachers, such as:
• individuals not currently teaching or training – achievement of the qualification does not require practice other than micro-teaching unless units from the Learning and Development suite of qualifications are selected;
• individuals currently teaching and training, including those who have just begun teaching and training – although the qualification does not require practice other than micro-teaching (unless units from the Learning and Development suite of qualifications are selected), opportunities may be made available to observe and provide feedback on a trainee teacher’s practice;
• individuals currently working as assessors who wish to achieve a qualification that provides an introduction to teaching.
This qualification replaced the Level 3 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector and the Level 4 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) introduced in 2007 and updated in 2011.
This qualification creates a number of opportunities for progression into other education and training qualifications.
