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 National programme: iTQ - School Staff    and    ICT Passport - School Staff          

Our national progrmme is delivered via distance learning material and suitable for all school staff that have a basic+ base level of ICT skills.


Course Overview

iTQ - the national qualification in information technology for all IT users in schools.

Available at Level 2 Certificate on the new Qualification Credit Framework (QCF).


ICT Passport - School Staff   our equivalent course to iTQ. Suitable for school staff  that do not require a national  qualification. We accredit the ICT Passport with our own certificate.


Both courses are suitable for all school staff and are adaptable to meet individual, or whole school, training needs.

Achieving these qualifications will enable staff to support pupils more effectively and contribute to school improvement.

 

Course Details

Participating staff are able to achieve the iTQ and ICT Passport qualification by completing real school based tasks that will enable them to support pupils more effectively and contribute to school improvement. Learning is delivered in bite-sized chunks to suit the needs of participants, and schools.
Normal completion time is between 3 to 6 months.

 

Complete our 3 easy steps to begin your learning journey with iTQ.


Step 1 - choose the areas of ICT use that suit your needs from our 3 main courses.

 

Step 2 - choose your Study Platform

 

We realise that whilst some school staff will require access to ICT training they may not require a nationally accredited qualification and we have developed a variety of additional iTQ based study platforms to cater for this:


Personal Independent Study – suitable for individual staff wishing to make use of our training material but not requiring formal certificates.  Cost £50


Partner School Programme   – suitable for schools that have a large number of staff requiring ICT training and have a member of staff able to co-ordinate the training. 

Cost £200


ICT Passport - School Staff     – our equivalent course to iTQ, suitable for individual staff  that do not require a national qualification. We accredit the ICT Passport with our own certificate. Cost £250

 

iTQ Level 2 Certificate - Cost £400  including qualification registration with OCR.


All our courses include additional benefits for participants and represent ‘best value’ for professional development budgets.

 

News 

Cool cats Computing are now able to offer their unique distance learning iTQ training courses to schools throughout the UK. All our courses are delivered via our online Study Centre and supported by our specialist School ICT Tutors.
We have developed  the UK’s only bespoke

iTQ for School Staff.

 

Over 300 school staff have now successfully achieved their iTQ qualification using our bespoke school staff courseware. The key to this success is our online ‘Study Centre’

that provides members with high quality individualised support programmes; and schools with a vast array of

training resources.

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Step 3 - complete an application form.

 

Download an application form and further details here

or complete our online form below.

 

Application Form 

Contact Name *
Study Platform *
Course (only required if selecting iTQ or ICT Passport)
School name *
School address *
Post code *
Tel no *
email *
Additional information