Dyslexia Action · Distance learning (part-time)
Specialist Assessment and Teaching for Literacy-Related Difficulties
The Dyslexia Action Postgraduate Certificates, Diploma and MEd qualifications are a unique and prestigious programme at Master’s level 7 that provides training to become informed practitioners and specialist teachers and/or assessors. This programme was develo…
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Dyslexia Action · Education and teaching
The Dyslexia Action Postgraduate Certificates, Diploma and MEd qualifications are a unique and prestigious programme at Master’s level 7 that provides training to become informed practitioners and specialist teachers and/or assessors. This programme was developed and is delivered and assessed by Dyslexia Action, awarded by and quality assured by Middlesex University. The courses are modular and flexible and are undertaken part-time, through online learning. Access is available 24/7 to the Virtual Learning Environment and all modules are tutor-supported through online forums. Why take the Diploma? Delegates completing this Diploma will gain the skills and knowledge to: - Examine research on literacy acquisition and related difficulties; explore a range of factors that influence typical and atypical communication, language and literacy skills and review the construct of intelligence and how it is applied in learning environments - Develop the complex and extensive skill-set needed to be an effective specialist literacy teacher and in order to facilitate literacy understanding in learners; conduct a placement process and deliver a series of structured multisensory learning sessions with a learner - Gain a firm grounding in key statistical concepts and in-depth knowledge of a complex, standardised literacy assessment tool; gain competence with a reporting protocol for literacy-related difficulties - Gain knowledge of key statistical concepts associated with educational assessment; develop competence with a reporting protocol for the cognitive processing difficulties associated with dyslexia and hone consultative skills.
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The Dyslexia Action Professional Certificate and Diploma Programmes in Dyslexia and Literacy are appropriate for a wide range of professional teachers and specialists who have a relevant classroom or student learning support experience including: - Qualified teachers at all key stages, special educational needs teachers and co-ordinators (SENCOs) - Tutors and support staff in Further and Higher Education and other adult educational settings - Psychologists and Speech and language therapists with relevant experience QUALIFICATIONS Prospective students will have: - Be employed (or very recently, within the last two years) in a school or college in a teaching/teaching support role working with learners with literacy difficulties/dyslexia/SpLD in the UK or overseas - An honours degree or equivalent e.g., Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Education honours degree plus Qualified Teacher Status (QTS or QTLS) and a minimum of 2 years post qualifying teaching experience or - Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Education honours degree and a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience, e.g., further or higher education support, employment support, independent school teaching or psychology or occupational/ speech and language therapy. - Candidates will need a high level of competence in the use of English, equivalent to at least IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6 in all components) for applicants with English as a Second Language. For further information see the IELTS website org See University Regulations for Postgraduate (masters) programmes. mdx.ac.uk/about-us/policies/university-regulations Please note: We reserve the right to reject any application that does not meet the criteria specified. Candidates applying for the Diploma part of the programme should normally have a final grade of 1-9 (60%-65%) at the Certificate level in order to be considered for this part of the programme. Applicants not meeting this criterion but with significant post qualification experience will be considered with a supporting reference.
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