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Baljit Kaur – Family Learning St Luke’s Primary

"Having worked for most of my life when I had my children, I became a stay-at-home mum. When my boys started school, I had some free time during the day so I joined a group at my son's school where I engaged in voluntary work, assisting the class teacher and the children with their work. An activity that I really enjoy doing.

This experience then led me to attending and completing a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Diploma at Adult Education Wolverhampton (AEW) back in 2020. Subsequently, the COVID-19 pandemic had taken hold and everything locked down, putting my hopes of applying to become a teaching assistant on standstill.

In 2023, AEW started to deliver Family Learning classes at my Children's school giving me another opportunity to gain further skills that would help my progression back into the workplace and give me more confidence with English and Maths which I was lacking.

Currently, I am attending an English Grammar for parents class and have recently completed the Maths for parents. The Family Learning sessions have been great, they have given me confidence and a great deal of knowledge, as well as meeting other women in the same group. These skills have enabled me to help my children with their schoolwork which is very rewarding. My newfound confidence has given me the motivation to apply for a job and I now work as a lunchtime supervisor at a primary school. Which will motivate me to pursue a career as a Teaching Assistant.

Family Learning has given me the enthusiasm to continue my learning and to pursue work. I hope to go on to gain further English and Maths qualifications with AEW and I will be applying for jobs to work as a teaching assistant.

Adult Education offers the opportunity to better your skills and your career prospects. For me being with like-minded adults of a similar age has made for a very rewarding learning experience. It is also encouraging to know that I am not alone in pursuing my career options through further learning."

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