TGIF ' Thank goodness its Friday

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Creating a Skill-based Curriculum at KS4
Friday 27th March 2009 Mary Hurlstone, 14-19
Adviser

• TGIF . Thank goodness its Friday!!
• And only half-an-hour to go!!

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Linking the experience

• What are you going away with?
• An exciting qualification or units to consider
• Stimulating resources
• Appointments in the diary
• Lots of pieces of paper
• A number of business cards and contact details
• A long list of things to do!

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Dont forget to include

• Experiences from part-time work
• Voluntary work
• Fundraising activities
• Extra-curricular activities e.g. drama
  productions
• Enrichment programmes
• Tasters

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Education Business Links

• How are you using partner organisations such as
• Young Enterprise?
• Setpoint?
• Herts Chamber of Commerce?
• Businesslink?
• HCS?
• Youth Connexions?
• pfeg?

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KS4 Alternative Provision
Catalogue

• A printed Catalogue (now with guidance and
  information)
• Online version with further detail found at
• www.hertschoices.org.uk
• Provision commissioned by HCC and assessed by
  panel
• No guarantee of work or funding schools, ESCs,
  CSF teams are the purchasers
• Ensuring legal requirements have been met e.g.
  health and safety, CRB checks

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What makes for effective delivery of a
skills-based curriculum?
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Key messages Effective delivery

• Use a wide range of staff, not exclusively
  teachers
• For both formal and informal situations
• In support of individuals and groups
• Having accommodation fit for purpose
• with access to materials and specialised
  equipment
• Involvement of employers

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Effective delivery (2)

• Functional skills embedded into real life and
  vocational activities to give relevance
• Keeping records of small steps of progression
• Employability skills effectively developed in
  real life contexts following practice
• Ensuring young people are aware of the
  transferability of the skills

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Some useful websites

• National Database of Accredited Qualifications
• www.ndaq.org.uk
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• www.qca.org.uk
• 14-19 (Hertfordshire)
• www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/14-19
• Diploma Support
• www.diploma-support.org
• Excellence Gateway Learning and Skills
  Improvement Service (LSIS)
• www.excellence.qia.org.uk/functionalskills
• www.excellence.qia.org.uk/126598 (Key
  Skills)
• Ofqual
• www.ofqual.gov.uk/788.aspx (Diploma lines of
  learning criteria)