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    Stepping Up - quality standards for young deaf learners in further education

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    These six quality standards have been drafted to ensure greater consistency of provision and to improve outcomes for deaf young people. They are supported by case studies and further resources. They apply to young people with all levels of deafness including those without Education, Health and Care Plans. The six standards are relevant to all providers across the FE sector. They aim to support further education providers to: • evaluate the quality of their provision for deaf learners • inform the development of policies and plans • promote good practice.

    An ‘end to end’ technical route from entry into prison to entry into employment, education or apprenticeship on release — Weston College

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    Taking a proactive and creative approach that aimed to unlock potential and transform prisoners' lives, this national technical outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) project by Weston College Prison Education Service sought to carve a pathway from entry into prison to entry into an apprenticeship on release from prison. The project focused on the hospitality and catering vocational sector.

    The Natspec English resources to help learners keep safe from extremism

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    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

    Natspec English resources to explore British values for learners with autism

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    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

    Teaching with virtual reality — Plumpton College

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    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).

    Placing soft skills at the heart of community learning — West Berkshire Council

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    This Placing Soft Skills at the Heart of Community Learning  2017/18 Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA 3) project involved five of the unitary Berkshire authorities; West Berkshire, Reading, Bracknell, Wokingham and Slough (including Windsor and Maidenhead). They designed and piloted an impact tool to measure learners' development of soft skills at the start, mid-point and end of accredited and non-accredited adult and community learning courses. The tool was produced in visual and linear formats to meet the needs of different learners.

    Google G Suite for education — GBMET

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    This 2017/19 GBMET Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA 3) project used digital technology to improve teaching and learning by generating greater awareness of the use of Google tools for education and of digital technologies. Through the project, they created resources and services, including instructional videos, a study skills site and drop-in sessions for students, as well as staff templates and face-to-face training and a G+ Community.

    Raising standards in post-16 English — GBMET

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    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.

    Digital recording of English and Maths — Eastleigh College

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    Digital badges offer a way of accrediting skills often unrecognised by formal qualifications; skills essential to success at college and beyond. The aim of this 2017/19 digital recording of English and maths (DREAM) outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA 3) project by Eastleigh and East Sussex colleges was to see if using digital badges towards Functional Skills and GCSE qualifications in maths and English improves learner motivation, achievement and employability. By the end of the project, nearly 400 learners across the two colleges enrolled with the Open Badge Academy.

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