The screening package is a set of resources designed to help identify learners who may be new to ESOL as opposed to those who might join an Entry 1 ESOL class. This screening pack has been developed primarily for non-ESOL specialists. The guidance provides an overview of how to use the screening tool and some general information about the characteristics of learners who are new to ESOL.
The learner profiles are descriptions of real ESOL learners who are new to ESOL and Entry Level 1. The profiles contain samples of their writing, information about their background and details about their engagement in ESOL.
In this Education and Training Foundation National Technical Programme outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) project Blackburn, Bolton, and Nelson and Colne colleges trialled an approach to employer engagement to boost the skills of digital teachers and align technical qualifications with the Post-16 Skills Plan and T-levels. The project supported teachers to bring real-world learning into the classroom; deliver an employer-led curri
The Natspec/ ETF English resources: Keeping safe from extremism resources
Natspec have worked with Orchard Hill College, Trinity Specialist College and Homefield College to develop Engish resources to keep learners safe from extremism.
In the folder entitled Natspec Keeping Safe from extremism resources you will find:
1. Keeping safe from extremism PDF: a guidance document for staff
The Natspec/ ETF english resources to explore British values
Natspec have worked with Orchard Hill College, Trinity Specialist College and Homefield College to develop British values resources for learners with autism.
In the folder entitled Natspec British values resources you will find:
1. Making British values meaningful for learners with autism: a guidance document for staff
Entry-level immersive technology has reached a price and complexity point where it is now accessible to the average classroom, but how can teachers effectively integrate immersive technologies into their lessons? It's this question that a partnership of Sussex training providers sought to answer in 2018 through the Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment programme (OTLA 3).
In response to the new 9-1 grade English GCSE, this Outstanding Teaching, Learning and assessment (OTLA 3) project in 2017/19, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (GBMET) wanted to raise standards in post-16 English. They wanted responsibility for developing English skills to be shared across curriculum areas by making a core group of staff confident of improving students' reading, research, planning and assignment writing skills.
The toolkit has been specifically designed for the post-16 sector, exploring approaches to phonics teaching, the essential concepts, how to assess learners’ needs and resources designed for adult learners.
The three parts of the toolkit introduce some of the terms used in phonics to describe key aspects of spoken and written language, describe what phonics looks like in the post-16 classroom and explain how to put post-16 phonics approaches into practice in your setting, adjusting the pace and sequence for your learners.
Shrewsbury Colleges Group together with HM Prison and Probation Service have produced teaching and learning resources for use in offender learning. The subject areas covered are brickwork, carpentary and joinery and mental health. Alongside the resources are guides for both practitioners and learners. In addition to downloading the zipped file of resources you will need the Zappar App.
This Outstanding Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (OTLA 3) project, led by Newcastle College working with Community First North East, from 2017 to 2019, was initially designed to encourage collaboration and research among practitioners working in alternative education. It gave practitioners opportunities to explore the ingredients to create truly ‘alternative’ education programmes for young people not in education, employment or training. Early findings revealed the potential the alternative curriculum also had for improving most programmes targeting 16-19-year-olds.
