Level 3 Early Years SENCo Award 2023
Event Date:
March 7, 2023
Event Time:
9:30 am
Event Location:
Ganneys Meadow
Developed by School Improvement Liverpool and delivered by Wirral Early Years SEND Officers
The purpose of the course is to ensure that SENCo’s:
- Feel capable and confident to effectively support the children and families they work with.
- To understand that the quality of provision a child with SEND experiences has major implications for the child and their family.
- Are aware that the role of the SENCO is a complex one and how to undertake it effectively.
The programme consists of:
- 12 full days training (plus half a day celebration event) held in term time,
- Visits to other participant’s settings to share and reflect on good practice,
- SEND statutory requirements, the role of the SENCO, and exploring processes and pathways,
- SENCO’s will be able to hear from the work of other professionals such as Educational Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, SEN Team and many more. We invite a guest speaker to every session,
- Visit to specialist provision.
Participants will need to:
- Be a minimum of Level 3 qualified practitioner and currently working as a SENCo within their setting. If you are new to the SENCo role, you must attend ‘New to the role of SENCo’ training before undertaking this level 3 course,
- Involve and commit to completing the programme,
- Complete two level 3 written assignments, carry out a planned activity with a child with SEND, observed by the assessor, complete a portfolio of evidence, carry out research and further study in between sessions.