The updated Functional Skills English subject content, published in February 2018, underpins the qualifications and sets out the purpose, learning aims and outcomes that students need to achieve.
This pack of simple activities encourages your learners to engage with digital technologies and develop digital literacies. The cards outline short (5 – 10 minute) digital skills building activities that you can use at the start or end of workshops, training or education sessions. It builds on the communication and maths cards produced by The Education and Training Foundation in 2017 (https://offender-learning.excellencegateway.org.uk).
A case study of a project designed to build collaboration between the college and employers, to enhance employer-led curriculum innovation and to update college staff's skills and knowledge of current work practices.
KM Training Ltd worked in partnership with six local employers to deliver a series of employer-led masterclasses to upskill teaching staff on current hair and beauty practice and broaden the range of online materials for staff and learner development. Each employer showcased their different skills and expertise in a range of trends, including barbering and colouring techniques. Skills developed by employers were mapped to both the apprenticeship standards and the Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) Professional Standards for Further Education teachers.
Gateshead College worked in collaboration with Enigma Interactive, DevAcademy, Nutshell Apps and Hedgehog Labs, and four local SMEs in the digital technology sector, to support learners and re-align its curriculum to the latest industry techniques. Teaching staff were given the tools to update their industry knowledge and enhance learner induction through employer-led networking events. This ensured that learners were exposed to a variety of industry practice and business needs, and at the same time, employers gained coaching and mentoring skills.
Teaching in Prisons
Questions and answers from SET webinar on 6th July 2017
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Research exploring effective practice in the teaching English and maths.
The findings cover: effective teaching, college leadership, workforce issues and engaging students. While the study focussed on 16-19 students the findings will lend insight which could be transferred to teaching adults.
The research shows the challenges FE institutions have in addressing the English and maths condition of funding, most notably teaching GCSE to those who got a D after years of schooling.
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Teach Too is about encouraging people from different industries to spend time teaching their work and contributing to curriculum development, promoting the practice of teachers and trainers updating their industry experience and helping to build genuine collaborative arrangements between employers and providers. Phase 3 of Teach Too built on the principles identified through earlier work and aimed to embed sustainable Teach Too practice across 12 small scale development projects. The final report provides some highlights from the work and examples of effective practice.
The Education and Training Foundation have produced a series of session planners to support practitioners teaching in offender learning. The aim of the planners is to embed the use of digital skills and collaborative skills development into their delivery. This zipped file includes session planners for: Art and Design, Construction, Functional English, Functional Maths, Hair and Beauty, Hospitality and Catering, Sports and Fitness.
