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Essential Skills – Quality . Presented By Angela Whiteside Quality Improvement Adviser. Review of Quality September 2008-August 2009. Good Practice (literacy/numeracy/ICT) Areas for Improvement/Recurring Themes in Training for Success/ApprenticeshipsNI
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Essential Skills – Quality Presented By Angela Whiteside Quality Improvement Adviser
Review of Quality September 2008-August 2009 • Good Practice (literacy/numeracy/ICT) • Areas for Improvement/Recurring Themes in • Training for Success/ApprenticeshipsNI • Further Education – Priority Skills Areas Level 2 • New Deal/Steps to Work
TfS/ApprenticeshipsNI • 37% good • 25% satisfactory • 38% inadequate/unsatisfactory
TfS/ApprenticeshipsNI • Where it is good • Good commitment from leadership and management to meeting the essential skills needs of all learners • Good planning to meet the essential skills needs of individual learners • High standards in literacy, numeracy and ICT (Apprentices) • Excellent success rates in literacy and numeracy • Good one to one support
TfS/ApprenticeshipsNI • Areas for Improvement • Initial/diagnostic assessment not used effectively • Planning for the integration and development of essential skills in the professional and technical areas • Tracking and monitoring of learner progress in essential skills • Training Learning and Assessment Strategies
ApprenticeshipsNI Time-tabling arrangements??? Making it happen Outcomes
Further Education – PSA Level 2 • 6 colleges • Some good practice identified – • Good leadership and management, ie shared management • Improved opportunities for CPD including Lecturers into Industry, participation in the numeracy project and in-house mentoring • Essential skills applied well to enhance work in professional and technical areas
Strengths . . . • Good or better quality of teaching and learning • Good evidence of marking for improvement in written work both in essential skills and professional and technical activities • Satisfactory or better retention
Areas for Improvement . . . • Poor leadership and management – lack of coherent policies and procedures • Learning plans not used well to monitor and review individual progress • Poor standards in written work (grammar, spelling – not always identified or corrected) • Little use of formative assessment and feedback • Lack of opportunity for lecturers to share good practice
Areas for Improvement . . . • Lack of contextualisation/integration into professional and technical areas • Teaching and learning strategies • ILT/TEL
Areas for Improvement . . . ATTENDANCE OUTCOMES SELF-EVALUATION