Welcome to the Conference

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• Welcome to the Conference
• 9 July 2009

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Programme

• Welcome Introduction
• Partnership Update
• Assessment, Reporting Discipline
• Rewards A Case Study
• Self Assessment Quality Assurance
• The issues for us
• Priorities for us
• Lunch

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Where have come from?

• Set up in 2004
• 3 original partners
• Offered 4 courses
• Grown organically to involve 7 partners

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Our Successes

• Highly committed staff team
• Continued excellent outcomes
• Appointment of Jane Bowen
• Integrated IT system
• Quoted as an example of good practice within the
  County
• Careers Convention
• NEET Project (MK I II)

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The Challenges Ahead

• To embed the New way of working
• Curriculum Entitlement
• Diplomas and Gateway
• Foundation Learning Tier
• Accommodation
• Workforce Development
• Protocols
• Entitlement

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New way of working

• Steering Group
• Management Group
• Regular meetings of Management Group
• Overseeing all activity from other working groups

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Curriculum

• National Entitlement by 2013 that all KS4 / 5
  pupils can study 14 diplomas
• 2014 17 diplomas
• LA responsibility
• Do not have to offer everything
• Collaborative working

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Diplomas

• 2009 Creative Media Level 2 Post 16
• 2010 Creative Media Level 2 Pre 16
• 2011 Construction the Built Environment
• 2011 Society Health Development
• 2011 Environmental and Land Based
• 2011 Sport Active Leisure

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Foundation Learning Tier

• Reforms
• New layer that existing qualification will fall
  into

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Foundation Learning Tier

• personalised learning programmes that will engage
  and motivate learners,
• access to full qualification outcomes
• qualification outcomes to improve work and life
  opportunities
• establish more flexible and coherent
  qualifications that recognise achievement at
  Entry level and level 1
• increase access to nationally accredited
  qualifications that will help motivate and reward
  learners
• encourage providers to work together to deliver
  learning programmes
• ensure that all vocational qualifications at
  Entry level and level 1 of the QCF meet the needs
  of employers through consultation with sector
  skills councils (SSCs)
• provide joined-up and achievable progression
  routes through the 1419 learning landscape
• provide clear post-16 funding arrangements that
  support the aims of the FLT.

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Accommodation

• Short Term
• Love Lane unit
• Long Term
• New facility

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Workforce Development

• Pathway ready
• Diploma
• FLT
• Apprenticeship
• GCSE
• A level

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Entitlement

• Looking to develop for all pupils (County wide
  initiatives)
• IAG
• Learner Profiles
• Work Related Learning
• Enterprise
• Employer Engagement

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Protocols

• Next 12 months priority
• Common procedures for pupils
• Trips and visits
• Uniform
• Recruitment
• Looking to consult with all partners to develop
  these

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SCP Website

• www.southcotswoldpartnership.org.uk
• Assessment
• Login
• Enter your userID
• Enter your password

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• Enter Pastoral comments
• on the day of the course if possible

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Pastoral Recording

• Importance of completing a register
• Positive or Negative comment
• Mark for action
• Log on the day of course if possible
• Log as much as possible

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Behaviour

• See Page 8 of the Pupil Handbook
• A work in progress
• Working group to ensure that the system works
  across all institutions
• Welcome contributions

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Changes to Reporting and Assessment

• Assessment
• Target Grade
• Distinction, Merit, Pass, Fail
• Progress Check
• Exceeding Target, On Target, Behind Target
• Behaviour
• Excellent, Good, Needs Improvement
• Effort
• Excellent, Good, Needs Improvement
• Reporting
• To ensure that parents receive better information
• During Term 1 for Year 10 pupils a call from the
  tutor to introduce themselves, and give initial
  feedback report on how the pupil is settling in.
• Two written reports in Terms 2, and 5 (Year 11)
  or 6 (Year 10). And a report in Term 4 with
  current achievement grades.
• We would like to promote a culture where parents
  can email or call the relevant programme leader
  or Pastoral Manager to raise any concerns rather
  than wait for a Parents Evening. To this effect
  we have removed Parents Evening form the
  calendar for the Partnership as we feel it would
  be more beneficial to address any issues as
  early as possible.
• Page 4 of the handbook contains all the contact
  details for the staff.

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Activity

• With the person next to you spend 2 minutes
  thinking about how you could reward pupils on
  partnership programmes

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Rewards Trial in Land Based

• 2 Commendations (SCP Blue Commendation card
  issued straight to the pupil for each and
  recorded n the register) - a bar of chocolate
• Pupils should only be rewarded if the
  commendations are for consecutive weeks so that
  we do not reward one good week at a time with
  gaps in between
• Class Commendation   - tray of biscuits
• The Pupil with the most commendations at the end
  of term - 5 voucher  
• Feedback from Phil Tanner
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Land Based Rewards System

• The group have been split into three teams of
  four that I selected. The teams have separated
  all students with whom we have had issues.
• There is an individual table and a team table.
• Individuals score plus points for improved
  attitude, good class work, quiz winners, extra
  effort practical work and behaviour over and
  above that which expected.
• They lose points for repeated misbehaviour, poor
  attitude to other pupils or staff, behaviour that
  is of a health or safety issue.
• Their individual points go into their team total
  score to provide
• pier pressure and an incentive for weaker members
  to pick up points.
• They also collect team bonus points in team
  quizzes and practical
• work they do in their teams.

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Groups

• Group 1
• Emily
• Hazel
• Phil
• Cheryl
• Janet
• Group 3
• Adrian
• Michelle
• Mary
• Laura

• Group 2
• Penny
• Paul
• Katie Jane
• Michele
• Charmain
• Group 4
• Sue
• Kim
• Dale
• Val