1 / 15

Northern Counties College

Northern Counties College. Wendy Hawley Programme Manager for Work Skills. Aims of the presentation. To give an overview of Northern Counties College To discuss learning opportunities at the college To answer questions from workshop participants. Background.

dane-hodges
Download Presentation

Northern Counties College

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Northern Counties College Wendy Hawley Programme Manager for Work Skills

  2. Aims of the presentation • To give an overview of Northern Counties College • To discuss learning opportunities at the college • To answer questions from workshop participants

  3. Background • Came about through Percy Hedley & Northern Counties merging • First students – November 2005 • Officially opened on 31 January 2006 • Main campus at Northern Counties and able to access other Percy Hedley sites

  4. College year • The college is open for 38 weeks of the year as a college • Funding for this is usually provided through Young Persons Learning Agency (YPLA)

  5. Students • Our areas of specialism are students with • significant and complex neurological impairment • motor or sensory impairment • hearing impairment • learning difficulties • speech, language or communication difficulties • autistic spectrum.

  6. Student Numbers • 2005/6 15 students • 2006/7 35 students • 2007/8 55 students • 2008/9 56 students • 2009/10 50 students • 2010/11 55 students

  7. Mission • ‘A college for a better life.’ • Our mission at Northern Counties College is to enhance the life chances of young disabled people by developing opportunities together.

  8. Values

  9. Courses • We build our courses around the needs of individual students. • In order to facilitate this our curriculum is broadly split into 4 sections – • Independent living skills • Vocational and Employment skills • Communication skills • Technology

  10. Life Skills Programme at Northern Counties College. The Life Skills Curriculum is focused on the following areas: • Independent Living Skills • Travel and Transport • Learner Involvement • Community Involvement

  11. Work Skills Programme at Northern Counties College. The Work Skills Curriculum is focused on the following areas: • Business Administration • Catering • Horticulture • Arts and Media

  12. Transition • We believe that our students should leave the college better equipped for living independent lives. • In order to support this aim we will undertake a number of activities with students such as – • suitable and safe work experience placements for each student each year • Transition planning with social workers, carers, Connexions advisors, local learning providers and transition coordinators • Individualised support and guidance

  13. Employability Group

  14. Questions Any questions ?

More Related