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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
TOPICS • Purpose • Questionnaire content • Look at Responses • Future Possibilities
Purpose • Inform Policy Colleagues • Feedback Opportunity for Tutors • Highlight Development Needs
Questionnaire Content • Qualifications Obtained • Teaching Experience • Current Employment • Teaching Patterns • CPD Needs
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.
Current Employer Note: Only For Those Currently Employed as an ES Tutor
Employment Status as an ES Tutor Note: Only For Those Currently Employed as an ES Tutor
Time Since Employed as ES Tutor Note: Only For Those Not Currently Employed as an ES Tutor
Reasons for Unemployment • Availability of Work/Opportunities • Funding • Payment / Teaching Rates • Experience / Qualifications • Other Employment
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
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.
CPD Issues • ICT Training • Use of Resources • Disabilities / Learning Difficulties • Technology • Managing Behaviour • Differentiated Learning • Vocational Training
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