How you can solve your level 3 staff ratio challenges! Learn how your setting could be impacted by the new proposed funding rule change How NCFE's review of the Early Years Educator Level 3 could change childcare apprenticeships EARLY YEARS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2022 www.apprenticeshipconnect.co.uk This issue features: A learner case study: How an apprenticeship upskilled my career
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A key barrier to early years apprenticeships is that many of them require time off-site for training and lessons; some settings are unable to support this as it can clash with room schedules and interfere with staff ratios.
Our Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship is taught online with all lessons conducted over Zoom. As part of our recent curriculum changes, we have shortened the lesson and course duration to allow your apprentice more time on the job, make our teaching more efficient and ensure your apprentice maximises time on-the-job.
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO MEET LEVEL 3 STAFF RATIOS?
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Level 3 ratio shortages are a problem plaguing early years settings across the country.
Low staff retention rates in settings and an industry wide lack of level 3 qualified staff are the main contributing reasons why many settings are struggling to meet the required staff to child ratios. Apprenticeships are a great way to tackle this with government funding to train level 3 qualified staff
We want to give our thanks to the employers who supported our tutor team to enhance and improve our early years curriculums
The quality of skills learnt is just as important as gaining the qualification, as it can mean the difference between someone lasting for 6 months or staying long term.
We have used insight from specialists in various setting types to optimise our Early Years Educator Level 3 curriculum; it has been updated to equip your staff with relevant skills and knowledge in line with the latest industry trends. This insight has crafted a curriculum that will prepare level 3 practitioners to last in the long term.
We could not have developed such a comprehensive curriculum for our early years courses without your support, so thank you!
IN CONCLUSION...
If you are interested in utilising our Early Years Educator Level 3 course to tackle your staff ratios, click here to register your interest.
Broaden your level 3 staff members' skills with our range of extracurricular training lessons. We now offer additional training courses in Prevent, modern safeguarding, Makaton and more to prepare your apprentice for a long-term childcare career.
Level 3 early years apprenticeships offer a solution to the persistent shortage of level 3 qualified staff and can help support the retention of your existing practitioners!
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Traditional apprenticeship structures cannot be applied to the early years sector; training within the industry needs to be be adapted to the needs of early years settings
Page 04 | Early Years Newsletter: September 2022 OUR UPCOMING COHORTS We have upcoming course intakes for the following apprenticeship courses: Business Administrator Level 3 Digital Marketer Level 3 Early Years Practitioner Level 2 Early Years Educator Level 3 Early Years Lead Practitioner Level 5 HR Support Level 3 Recruitment Resourcer Level 2 Recruitment Consultant Level 3 If you are interested in hiring or enrolling an apprentice onto one of these courses, click here to register your interest!
What happens next? The deadline for response to the proposed calculation changes is 16th September.
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The proposed changes to for 15 and 30-hour offers disproportionate impact struggling areas.
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IN THE NEW
NCFE IS REVIEWING THE EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR LEVEL 3 QUALIFICATION!
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NCFE, the Northern Council for Further Education, has been tasked with reviewing the qualification using research and feedback from parents, practitioners and training providers They are reviewing the qualification to flag where childcare professionals can be trained to a higher level to deliver better care to children.
Last October the Department for Education announced they will be reviewing the Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification to optimise it following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early years children.
The suggestions and findings from the review will be published in Autumn 2022, so keep an eye out for updates.
The level 3 qualification was last reviewed in 2014 so this review will update the curriculum in line with the latest developments in early years education. Once the changes to the qualification have been confirmed, we will review our Early Years Educator Level 3 course curriculum and update it according to the changes to the qualification.
LEARNER
I feel this apprenticeship has helped me develop my empathy towards others and to think outside of the box when it hild d l
Cristina Cabanillas Martinez, Early Years Educator Level 3
An apprenticeship can serve as a great opportunity to advance your existing career within the childcare sector. Our Exceptional Performance Award Winner, Cristina Cabanillas Martinez, did exactly that and used our Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship to develop her skills as an early years professional.
Prior to her apprenticeship, Cristina was working as a nursery assistant and wanted to gain more confidence within her role and better support children with their development at such a crucial stage in their lives. When discussing her
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SPOTLIGHT
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