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FOUNDATION LEARNING: What is it and how does it benefit our learners? Sue Owen-Evans. Session overview. Who is Foundation Learning for ?. This could include those; not yet ready to achieve the Level 2 threshold with ‘spiky profiles’
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FOUNDATION LEARNING: What is it and how does it benefit our learners? Sue Owen-Evans
Who is Foundation Learning for ? • This could include those; • not yet ready to achieve the Level 2 threshold • with ‘spiky profiles’ • at risk of disengagement • who would previously have been on Key Stage 4 Engagement or E2E (Entry to Employment) programmes • with learning difficulties and/or disabilities • who are returning to learn. Learners working predominantly at entry level or level 1
How is a Foundation Learning programme structured? Initial engagement Level 2 learning Apprentice- ships Employment/ supported employment Independent living Information, advice and guidance Adapted from QDCA Provider Delivery Guidance August 2009
What are the benefits? Addressing personalised learning Increasing engagement, participation and achievement Creating greater coherence and flexibility Foundation Learning Supporting progression and RPA Improving recruitment on to Level 2 programmes 6
What qualifications can be used? Schools Qualifications included in 2014 Key Stage 4 performance tables. ‘Schools may offer qualifications that are approved for teaching pre-16 but are not included in the performance tables, and are encouraged to do so where they judge this to be in the best interests of a particular pupil.’ Colleges For FL learners working at Level 1 and below providers design programmes using qualifications that are on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). Register of Regulated Qualifications: http://register.ofqual.gov.uk/ 7
How does the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) support delivery? 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 1 Entry 1,2,3 Entry1,2,3 Entry,1,2,3 Entry 1-3 Diploma Award Certificate 13 – 36 credits 37 plus credits 1 – 12 credits Challenge Size
Nesting of units within qualifications Diploma e.g. Level 1 BTEC Diploma in WorkSkills 37 credits Award e.g. Level 1 BTEC Award in WorkSkills 3 credits Certificate e.g. Level 1 BTEC Certificate in WorkSkills 13 credits
Meeting the needs of learners with spiky profiles Example: Edexcel Level 1 BTEC Certificate in Workskills * A minimum of 8 credits are required at level 1 or above. ** 13 credits are required in total to achieve the BTEC certificate 10
Approaches to delivery LeadProvider Some or all aspects sub-contracted Individual Provider Holistic in-house delivery Partnership Delivery Complementary approaches and programmes; shared offer
Implementing FL within the mainstream curriculum One approach adopted by a group of Manchester schools E3 and L1 part of option system Vocational/ subject learning PSHE PLTS Citizenship PE RE Personal and social development 3 x Functional Skills All learners, cross curricular
Implementing FL within an extended Key Stage 4 Aspects delivered as part of the KS4 Curriculum supported by some discrete delivery via option system
Meeting the needs of different groups of learners Motivating disengaged learners Vocational/ subject learning Personal and social development 3 x Functional Skills
Meeting the needs of different groups of learners Overcoming barriers to learning Personal and social development Vocational/ subject learning 3 x Functional Skills
Some implications to consider • Review your current Entry and Level 1 provision, what is appropriate and what needs amending? • Consider where the design of personalised programmes at Level 1 and below interface with other provision e.g. delivery of functional skills within English, mathematics and ICT lessons and the PSHE curriculum • The need to focus on destination led planning – ‘work backwards’!
