As part of our continued support, we are running a series of national quality improvement events aimed at all vocational sectors delivering new apprenticeship standards and EPA with City & Guilds. A workshop filled with engaging practical and other activities, aims to provide ideas for further developing your individual and centre practice when working with new apprentices in preparing them for their EPA professional discussion or interview.
The workshop is aimed at;
- Assessors/Trainers
- Curriculum Managers
- IQAs
- Apprenticeship/WBL Managers
- Quality Managers
- Others who may have a teaching, learning and/or assessment role within the delivery of the new apprenticeship standards.
Employers are also welcome to attend.
2 October – Warrington
8 October –Taunton
17 October –London
29 November – Wakefield
This one day workshop style session is an opportunity to keep ahead of assessment developments following the latest guidelines from Regulators and City & Guilds. This session is designed to be a highly interactive experience for Assessors to reflect, share best practice and collect practical tips and guidance from our expert Facilitator.
The event is aimed at those with some knowledge of Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) practice.
5 October – Glasgow
16 November – Cardiff
Finance & Curriculum Drivers
14 November – Warrington
Managing performance
5 December – Warrington
Leading Learning and Organisational Performance
9 January – Warrington
Leadership in an FE context
30 January – Warrington
Project Management
20 February – Warrington
This one day workshop style session is an opportunity to update your assessment practice to keep ahead of assessment developments following the latest guidelines from Regulators and City & Guilds or to introduce you to the use of assessment in many situations.
This session is designed to be a highly interactive experience for Assessors to reflect, share best practice and collect practical tips and guidance from our expert Facilitator.
The event is aimed at those who have some knowledge of assessment practice which they wish to update or wish to develop an understanding of the practice. This is also a useful CPD experience.
4 October – Glasgow
- Beneficial for staff working in a variety of vocational settings
- One-day events comprising of two linked themes/topics that providers tell us they would like support with
- Standalone days or attend all in the series
- Practical, hands-on workshops aimed primarily at non-specialist English staff
- Some events also give valuable CPD for specialist English staff: topics such as digital learning or stretching and challenging learners.
Who is it for?
- Practitioners responsible for the delivery of maths, English and ESOL including Functional Skills
- Non-specialist English Tutors
- Vocational Learning Practitioners who embed maths & English in their teaching
- Learning Support Staff
- Curriculum Managers.
Teaching & Learning English in a vocational setting
7 September – London
Teaching & Learning – Digital tools in English teaching
8 October – London
Teaching & Learning English – Master problem solving/How to effectively use task based learning
22 October – London
Teaching & Learning English – Reading & Writing toolboxes
9 November – London
Teaching & Learning – How to understand English criteria to develop achievable learning aims
12 December – London
Teaching & Learning – How to make the most of digital tools in English teaching
7 January – Wakefield
Teaching & Learning – How to master problem solving in the English class/How to effectively use task based learning
11 February – Wakefield
Teaching & Learning – How to read criteria to develop achievable learning aims/How to boost your confidence and develop your English skills
11 March – Wakefield