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ESSENTIAL SKILLS TUTOR NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE JUNE 2009 John McGuigan Essential Skills Branch

ESSENTIAL SKILLS TUTOR NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE JUNE 2009 John McGuigan Essential Skills Branch. TOPICS Purpose Questionnaire content Look at Responses Future Possibilities. Purpose. Inform Policy Colleagues Feedback Opportunity for Tutors Highlight Development Needs.

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ESSENTIAL SKILLS TUTOR NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE JUNE 2009 John McGuigan Essential Skills Branch

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  1. ESSENTIAL SKILLS TUTOR NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE JUNE 2009 John McGuigan Essential Skills Branch

  2. TOPICS • Purpose • Questionnaire content • Look at Responses • Future Possibilities

  3. Purpose • Inform Policy Colleagues • Feedback Opportunity for Tutors • Highlight Development Needs

  4. Questionnaire Content • Qualifications Obtained • Teaching Experience • Current Employment • Teaching Patterns • CPD Needs

  5. Responses Please Note: 257 Questionnaire Responses. Percentages Presented Are Based Only on Those Known Responses for Each Question. Cell Sizes Less Than 5 Have Been Masked to Protect the Respondents.

  6. Qualifications Obtained

  7. Teaching Qualifications

  8. Core Curriculum Awareness Training

  9. Tutor Status

  10. Teaching Experience

  11. Teaching Hours

  12. Current Employer Note: Only For Those Currently Employed as an ES Tutor

  13. Employment Status as an ES Tutor Note: Only For Those Currently Employed as an ES Tutor

  14. Time Since Employed as ES Tutor Note: Only For Those Not Currently Employed as an ES Tutor

  15. Time Since Qualifying to Employment as ES Tutor

  16. Reasons for Unemployment • Availability of Work/Opportunities • Funding • Payment / Teaching Rates • Experience / Qualifications • Other Employment

  17. Teaching Patterns

  18. CPD Courses

  19. CPD Completed • 54% of Tutors Have NOT Completed a CPD Course Relevant to ES in the Last Two Academic Years. • The Most Common Duration of a CPD Course Completed Was One Day. • The Most Common Provider Was LSDA. • PGCFHE/PGDFHE

  20. CPD Self Assessment • 14% of ES Tutors Do Not Feel Confident in Using and Working With the Core Curriculum. • 25% of ES Tutors Feel They Need to Know More About the Relationship Between the Initial Assessment Process and Planning for Learning. • 76% of ES Tutors Agreed, to Some Degree, That Their Use of ILT and / or ICT Required Further Development in Teaching Essential Skills. • 83% of ES Tutors Agreed to Some Degree That They Would Like an Opportunity to Explore How to Improve Assessment for Learning Strategies.

  21. CPD Issues • ICT Training • Use of Resources • Disabilities / Learning Difficulties • Technology • Managing Behaviour • Differentiated Learning • Vocational Training

  22. Key Findings • Majority of ES Tutors are Female and Aged Between 41-59 • 55% of ICT Core Curriculum Training Within Last 2 Years • 90% Have Been Teaching 2 Years or More • Over 3/5 (61%) Employed in FE Sector • Over 3/4 (76%) Were Employed Straight After Reaching ES Tutor Status • Over 2/3 (69%) Not Currently Enrolled on Any CPD Courses • Majority (86%) of ES Tutors Are Confident in Working With the Core Curriculum • 76% Stated They Needed at Least Some Form of ILT or ICT Training • Same CPD Needs Raised Again

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