CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support

Get started on your career in education support!

In this dynamic role within primary or secondary schools, you will assist teachers and support student learning in various classroom settings. As a professional, you will manage essential administrative and operational tasks that facilitate students’ educational journeys under the guidance of trained educators. This course prepares you to:

• Support Individual Learning: Assist students with diverse needs, including those on the autism spectrum, ensuring every child receives the attention they deserve.
• Contribute to Safety and Wellbeing: Play a vital role in maintaining a safe learning environment, promoting health and wellbeing for all students.
• Implement Educational Programs: Collaborate with educators to plan and implement effective educational programmes that cater to various developmental domains.

Flexible Learning

Our asynchronous study methodology offers primarily online delivery, complemented by support through emails and phone calls with your trainer and assessor as needed. You will engage in various assessments, including short answer questions, case studies, and practical activities.

Course Units Include

• Reflect on and improve your own professional practice
• Provide support to students with autism spectrum disorder
• Contribute to the health, safety, and well-being of students
• Meet legal and ethical obligations in an education support environment

Note: Two First Aid courses must be completed externally and certification submitted to the College.

Start Anytime, Study Anywhere

With our flexible, self-paced online learning, you can enroll and begin your course at any time, fitting your studies around your existing commitments.

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For more information, fill out our form or call us at +61 1300 783 283 to enrol today and start your path to a successful career in education support. Your future awaits!

CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support

Course Description

CHC40221 Certificate IV in School-Based Education Support reflects the role of workers who assist teachers and support student learning in a range of classroom settings under the guidance of a teacher or other educational professional. At this level, you may be involved in facilitation of learning for a range of instructional groupings, including for those students in need of additional support. In these roles, the education support worker sources and analyses information from diverse sources, may work with limited direct supervision and could provide guidance to other workers.

Education support workers work mainly with students in classroom settings in primary or secondary schools, as defined by State/Territory legislation.

Study Mode

Self-paced completed online in your own time, at your own pace.

This course is delivered using an asynchronous study methodology, utilising mainly online delivery (eLearning) of learning materials and assessment resources.

We provide our students ongoing support throughout the course duration via telephone, emails and/or virtual online meetings, on request.

The course also requires completion of at least 100 hours work in a classroom environment within at least one school in Australia which will provide the student with hands on experience under the supervision of a qualified and experienced workplace supervisor.

*Note: It is the student’s responsibility to organise their own work placement for the course. Please contact us for more information.

Flexible Duration

Up to 18 months – Can be extended up to and no longer than 3 months depending on course progression.

Study Load

Self-Paced – Completion of one unit per month is recommended to ensure ongoing progression and completion within the course duration.

Start Date

Start anytime

Course Units

This qualification consists of 17 units (13 core units and 4 elective units).

Course Completion / Qualification Pathways

Students obtaining a ‘competent’ result for all units of competency will qualify for the CHC40221 Certificate IV in School-Based Education Support.

A Statement of Attainment will be issued to students who complete less than the required units for the full qualification.

*Note: Australian College does not guarantee successful completion of the course nor guarantees a particular employment outcome on completion of the qualification.

Graduates may choose to further their study through enrolment in the CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.

Career Opportunities

On completion of the course, graduates may aspire to work in the industry as Teacher’s Aide, Teacher’s Assistant, Education Support Worker, Education Assistant (Special Needs/Disability), Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Education Worker, Support Worker (Working With Children With Disabilities), Classroom Support Officer.

This course does not have mandatory entry requirements as outlined in the training package.

However, Australian College has certain admission criteria for this course. Prospective students must:

• Be minimum 16 years of age or older at the time of enrolment. Parental consent is required from all students under the age of 18 years
• complete a language, literacy and numeracy test prior to enrolment
• have access to an approved operational school education environment to complete work placement requirements
• have access to work colleagues or individuals prepared to participate in audio/video roleplays for specific assessment tasks
• obtain their Unique Student Identifier (USI) and provide it to Australian College. Information on how to obtain a USI can be found here.
• agree to comply with Australian College policies and procedures as published on the website and outlined in the Student Handbook.
• pay all fees as outlined in the Enrolment Terms and Conditions.

Students must have access to and be able to operate:

• An internet-enabled PC/Laptop or similar running a current operating system (E.g. Windows 10 or Mac OSX)
• An audio/video recording device (such as a mobile phone) for the purpose of preparing audio/video assessment recordings
• Zoom/Google Meet for the direct observation assessment tasks
• Microsoft Office (or compatible software)
• Current web browser (e.g., Chrome)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader or another PDF document viewer
• Valid email address

Childcare Work Placement requirements:

• Working with Children Check (WWCC) or Blue Card (State Specific)
• Health checks (where required by the school)
• Current immunisation records

Overseas Students Policy

This course is not available to students on an Overseas Student Visa.

As defined in the ESOS Act 2000, Overseas students are not eligible to apply to enrol in this nationally recognised course, nor are they eligible for certification. Please refer to the Enrolment Terms and Conditions.

This course is delivered using an asynchronous study methodology, utilising mainly online delivery (eLearning) of training materials supported with emails and phone calls with the trainer and assessor, on request.

Self-paced completed online in your own time, at your own pace. We provide our students ongoing support throughout the course duration via telephone, emails and/or virtual online meetings.

The course also requires completion of at least 100 hours work in a classroom environment within at least one school in Australia which will provide the student with hands on experience under the supervision of a qualified and experienced workplace supervisor.

*Note: It is the student’s responsibility to organise their own work placement for the course. Please contact us for more information.

Assessments

To ensure we gather all types of evidence as required by the training package and unit requirements, various assessment methods are being used to assess the student’s competencies.

Following are assessment methods used for this qualification:

• Knowledge/Theory based assessment consisting of questions and answers
• Case Studies – includes analysis of case studies and answering questions
• Projects and Work Placement Projects – depending on the unit, projects may have to be completed in a simulated environment or in a real workplace
• Direct Observations* – conducted by the RTO Assessor virtually (online via GoogleMeet)
• Supervised workplace practical activities
• Third Party Reports
• Work Placement Portfolio
• Audio/video recordings of practical demonstration such as roleplays, interacting with children, etc.

*Note: Direct Observations will be organised at a time convenient for all parties (ie. Student, Workplace Supervisor and Assessor) and are conducted by the RTO Assessor virtually (online).

This qualification requires students to complete a minimum of 100 hours of work in a classroom environment catering to primary or secondary school students, within at least one school in Australia as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of the units of competency. The total numbers of hours may be applied collectively across all units of competency that include the requirements for workplace hours and practical demonstrations.

*Note: Eligible students are required to complete Working with Children Check or Blue Card (applicable for their state/territory in which they will be conducting work placement). Any costs for these checks will be paid by the student. Students are advised that the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recommends immunisation for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and influenza (as applicable in accordance with local jurisdictions), prior to commencing any work placement. Students to check with their workplace on all or specific requirements for the centre.

Work Placement

Following units require completion of work placement hours:

CHCEDS056-Provide support to students with autism spectrum disorder

CHCEDS059-Contribute to the health, safety and wellbeing of students

CHCEDS045-Support student mathematics learning

CHCEDS046-Support student literacy learning

CHCEDS047-Assist in facilitation of student learning

CHCEDS048-Work with students in need of additional learning support

CHCEDS051-Facilitate learning for students with disabilities

The total number of hours may be applied collectively across these units and will be observed by your supervisor.

Direct Observation

Following units require Direct Observations conducted by the RTO Assessor:

CHCEDS045-Support student mathematics learning 

CHCEDS046-Support student literacy 

CHCEDS047-Assist in facilitation of student learning 

CHCEDS048-Work with students in need of additional learning support 

CHCEDS051-Facilitate learning for students with disabilities 

CHCEDS056-Provide support to students with autism spectrum disorder 

CHCEDS059-Contribute to the health, safety and wellbeing of students 

RPL and Credit Transfer is available for all students to consider. Students will be provided with information about RPL and Credit Transfer prior to enrolment. Australian College will recognise the AQF qualifications and statements of attainment issued by other RTO’s, upon verification with the issuing organisation.

For more information on RPL and Credit Transfer email us at [email protected]

Course Fees – $4,000

PAYMENT OPTION 1 – $1,400 on enrolment, $1,400 on week 2, $1,200 on week 3
PAYMENT OPTION 2 – $450 deposit, then $80 weekly (for 50 weeks) = $4,450
PAYMENT OPTION 3 – Zip Money or customise your own payment plan