An e-book with links to resources developed by The Adult Learning Improvement Network (ALIN) as part of the Education and Training Foundation funded Study Programme, Work Experience Readiness Project.
This project from the Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region (ACER) supported tutors and assessors to use learning technologies to improve the delivery and assessment of maths and English within apprenticeship and traineeship programmes. The team also worked with governors and senior leaders to develop tools to embed learning technology within strategic planning and decision-making.
Read the final report to discover how the CPD resources have supported staff to increase their knowledge and use of learning technologies.
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This outstanding e-learning resource, created by Abingdon & Witney College, brings together a series of resources providing a toolkit that helps build teacher confidence in developing their own technical and professional network using LinkedIn and then transfer those skills to their students.
Use this resource to:
• Explain why having a Linkedin profile is important to students;
• Create CPD events about professional profiles for staff, students and employers;
• Use and tailor your own Linkedin profile template;
The Professional Development Profile (PDP) has been specifically designed to help organisations develop the skills of learning support assistants (LSAs) who are supporting learners with additional needs.
Note The tool is available from Pearson publishing at cost of £395+VAT
Service design is an approach that can be used to improve Further Education (FE) provider services and strategies. This guide describes how FE providers can apply service design processes and tools to improve recruitment, attainment, achievement and progression figures. The tools and process contained here were put into practice by five FE providers that took part in the Design for Improvement programme. Funded by the Learning, Skills and Improvement Service and designed and delivered by Uscreates, Design for Improvement is a learn-by-doing training programme.
These materials can support teachers/trainers and tutors in thinking about introducing safeguarding to learners. They were produced for LSIS by the National Association for Managers of Students Services in Colleges (NAMSS) and they look at safeguarding both within the college (or any learning environment) and outside. The materials include presentations to use with learners, as well as a lesson plan, icebreaker activity and tutorial template.
This resource comprises the report and resources developed by the Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by the National Union of Students (NUS). The overall aim of the initiative was to support staff and learners to tackle real and perceived tensions between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equalities, and religion and belief equalities, in FE colleges. The project focused on dialogue as a means to increase and improve inter-personal communication between learners relating to the subject of faith and sexuality.
This resource comprises the report and resources developed by an Equality and Diversity Partnership Project led by the Friends Centre. This project focused on how best to promote LGBT equality in line with race, gender and disability equality within an adult and community education setting in Brighton & Hove. It involved consultation with adult learners, staff, volunteers, other learning providers and the wider community on LGBT equality, identify key issues and concerns, and developing a whole organisation approach to promoting LGBT inclusion.
The resources included are:
This Equality & Diversity Partneship project undertook research into factors affecting academic under-achievement by identified ethnic groups in post-16 further education in the Swindon area and recommended actions to address these. The principal focus was on 16-19 year old minority ethnic students studying for long courses. The aim was to enable the colleges to improve student experience and success at college.
The resources included are:
• Final report
• Flyer
• Going to College project resource
The 'Green Families Project' took forward work across two contrasting local authorities to develop skills and motivation, creating and embedding resources within Family Learning programmes. The combined effect of tjhese activities would be to bring about small changes in behaviour, realising more sustainable practices in the home of all participants and in the organisations that they engage with. A significant number of individual learning resources were brought together or developed and these are included here. Search 'Stepping Up in Sustainability' to find similar projects.
