The pedagogic mentoring programme: Learning to teach on the job — Cornwall College Group
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A case study report of providing sustainable reflective and evaluative practice for early career vocational teachers.
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Developing an action research-based model for college-wide professional development
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Support teachers, trainers, and learning support assistants who were not benefiting from general continuing professional development (CPD) to continue improving their teaching by engaging in action research in their everyday practice.
Making the cut in maths, in hair and beauty — Intuitions
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A supported experiment in three training settings designed to improve functional skills maths teaching and assessment for learners in hair and beauty.
Skills for future jobs – supporting learner progression - Petroc College
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This Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment project (OTLA), from 2016 - 2017, was a partnership between Petroc College of Further and Higher Education and Plymouth College of Art. It focused on raising teachers’ and learners’ awareness of Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) and its role in identifying skills gaps. It also explored mindfulness as a way of developing soft skills. Outputs included employability resources and a positive introduction to mindfulness for staff and students.
Meeting individual needs through effective target setting — Hopwood Hall College
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A case study of target setting at an FE college, the development of consistent SMART objectives, and the impacts of new approaches on staff confidence in writing targets and supporting learners.
Self observation and peer coaching — Northern College
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A case study that looked into developing practice in teaching, learning, and assessment by focusing on novel approaches to lesson observations and resulting actions.
Innovation in FE
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This report is based on fifteen interviews conducted by the team into the topic of Innovation. They reviewed practices and successes both inside the FE sector and outside it noting the factors that seem to determine success. Three reports written by the contributors analyse the lessons learnt and point to ways in which Innovation might be improved in the FE sector.
Advanced Practitioner Case Studies
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A summary report and in-depth case studies illustrating how FE providers use advanced practitioner-type roles to improve teaching, learning and assessment (TLA).
Making Great Use of Learning Support Assistants in FE settings
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Learning support assistants (LSAs) are the most commonly used form of support in the FE sector – and the most expensive. That makes it especially important for providers to deploy LSAs efficiently and effectively, so that they have a positive impact on learner progress and independence. We have put together an in-house development activity to help you consider how to make the most of the LSAs in your setting. The activity has been designed to be facilitated by managers with SEND responsibilities and undertaken by teams of tutors and LSAs working together.
Levels of staff engagement
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The aim of this infographic is to prompt and create open and frank discussion about increasing levels of staff engagement in study programmes. This will enable providers to reflect, review and gain a clearer understanding of their own team’s level of engagement.
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