A case study exploring a project to embed a sustainable and aspirational culture which improved teaching practice, and to develop a small, grass roots study that could be used to inspire staff to further develop positive outcomes by focusing on developing growth mindsets
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
This outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) project developed a series of projects for use in the training of Civil Engineers and Building Services Engineers.
A project aiming to improve attendance, retention and progression of any learners who have challenging lives and to provide learners with a range of coping mechanisms that enable them to focus on a positive future. It also aimed to improve tutors' resilience in ways that help them to deal with and recover from challenging situations with learners.
Using action research to promote more effective partnerships between teachers and student support assistants.
This action research project, which trialled new exemplar Functional Skills maths and English activities, was part of the ETF Phase 3 Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment programme in 2017/18. The aim was to investigate the newly created activities, to evaluate their effectiveness, and to identify training other teachers might need before using them. The project found that an experienced subject specialist teacher would be able to use the activities but an inexperienced teacher would struggle without guidance.
All seven prisons in the North East of England and Cumbria took part in this NOVUS offender learning Outstanding Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (OTLA 3) project in 2017/18. The aim was to design and implement a “teach-meet” approach to promoting outstanding practice through teach-meet events, focusing on maths, English and ICT. Participants included maths and English teachers, learning support specialists, managers and vocational trainers, representatives from the prison and probation services, and prisoners.
The Creative Futures outstanding teaching, learning and assessment technical skills project aimed to drive
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.
Building on existing policies and procedures they used a combination of approaches, which included opportunities for groups of staff to openly discuss the challenges and opportunities which the general subject of E and D presented. This encouraged them to develop a bank of locally tested and validated resources and reworked ideas for E and D teaching alongside attendance at relevant community events such as College Pride. Learners contributed by exploring how E and D in teaching, learning, and assessment might better reflect their concerns, experiences and gaps in knowledge.
