SOUTH LONDON LEARNING PARTNERSHIP Improving employer engagement:

1. SOUTH LONDON LEARNING PARTNERSHIP Improving employer engagement: Working towards the New Standard for Employer Responsiveness and Vocational Excellence Thursday, January 17th, 2008 [1030-1300] Fairfield Halls Conference Centre Croydon Recognising Excellence

2. Introduction to the New Standard Update on the New Standard Signpost further information and support Objectives Recognising Excellence

3. QSE (Quality South East): the regional quality centre for the South-East. Trish Fraser is MD and Project Director Margaret Adams (Principal Consultant) Rod Haveland-Smith (Principal Consultant) Chris Moore (Project Manager) Who We Are Recognising Excellence

4. Or, rather, WHERE you are Who YOU Are Recognising Excellence

5. Email: info@newstandard.qse.org.uk Website: www.qse.org.uk Telephone: 0870 7270572 How to Contact Us Recognising Excellence

6. A4BC Action for Business Colleges Standard NS The New Standard CFE Centre for Enterprise (designed the New Standard) QSE Quality South East (designed the A4BC Standard and implemented it) SSC Sector Skills Council Acronyms Recognising Excellence

7. Skills shortages Skills White Paper (2005) & FE Reform White Paper (2006) Leitch Report (2006) Introduction to the New Standard: Beginnings Recognising Excellence

8. Taken from the LSC Annual Statement of Priorities [November, 2007]: “The LSC aims to promote the New Standard to employers as a way of simplifying the process of comparing and selecting training providers.” Introduction to the New Standard: Updates Recognising Excellence

9. Two linked (but different) delivery competencies: Part A: Employer Responsiveness Part B: Sector Expertise Introduction to the New Standard: Structure Recognising Excellence

10. New Standard Assessment Criteria Recognising Excellence

11. Is mandatory Assesses all parts of the organisation that are employer facing Assesses your responsiveness to the needs of employers and individual customers Part A (Employer Responsiveness) Recognising Excellence

12. Is optional – can be more than 1 Focuses on organisational areas/departments (not individual courses or programmes) with sector expertise SSCs help set frameworks to assess development and deployment of products to address individual sector needs Part B (Sector Expertise) Recognising Excellence

13. Introduction to the New Standard: Process Recognising Excellence

14. New Standard Accreditation Process Recognising Excellence

15. Pass Marks Conditional Accreditation Deferred Accreditation Accreditation Recognising Excellence

16. Testing phase is complete 5 PTPs and 21 colleges accredited 13 Part As 15 “Part A with expertise in…” (5 Construction, 6 Engineering, 4 ICT) Introduction to the New Standard: Updates Recognising Excellence

17. No name confirmed No ownership confirmed Part Bs not completed (16 available) No fundamental changes announced Stronger messages on the importance of the NS Introduction to the New Standard: Updates Recognising Excellence

18. Strategy – Approach – Results Rigour – the bar has been raised Different assessment methodology ‘What’ not ‘How’ Fundamental view of the employer as customer Introduction to the New Standard: Learnings Recognising Excellence

19. Activity 1: Getting to know the New Standard Recognising Excellence

20. Break Recognising Excellence

21. Activity 2: Lessons from the pilot and early assessment rounds Recognising Excellence

22. Next steps and support available Recognising Excellence

23. CfE: www.newstandard.co.uk QSE: www.qse.org.uk (info@newstandard.qse.org.uk) QIA: qiaemployerled.org.uk Support with the New Standard Recognising Excellence

24. Email: info@newstandard.qse.org.uk Website: www.qse.org.uk Telephone: 0870 7270572 How to Contact Us Recognising Excellence

25. Plenary Recognising Excellence

26. SOUTH LONDON LEARNING PARTNERSHIP Improving employer engagement: Working towards the New Standard for Employer Responsiveness and Vocational Excellence Thank You Recognising Excellence