Post on 25-Dec-2015
Putting entrepreneurship in to practice within VET
institutions
The Entrepreneurial College
Chris McLean
Chris McLean
Background
• Further Education for the last 28 years • North Hertfordshire College for eleven years• Deputy Principal Curriculum & Quality• Strategic responsibility for:
– Teaching & Learning– Quality & Standards– Information Technology and eLearning– Additional Learning Support– Information Services– Marketing & Customer Services
• Gazelle Development Support• Education Performance Solutions
Gazelle
• 5 Founder Colleges• Over £2 million in 2 years
to innovate and develop the workforce
• 15 colleges joined in to form Gazelle Colleges Group
• A unique edge in the entrepreneurial college development
• A driver for co-creation
Our Ethos
The Entrepreneurial College
An entrepreneurial college is a college where the
ethos, values and culture of learning are
distinctively geared towards the task of business
formation and growth, wealth creation and
employment outcomes.
The Starting Point - Entrepreneurial Culture
The Entrepreneurial College
• Include ‘entrepreneurial’ as one of your values• Set high expectations for whole organisation
change• Create a vision and relentlessly pursue it• Create space from the day job for this to happen• Take ‘calculated’ risks• Recognise action trumps everything
What do local employers see?
““LAZY”LAZY”
““UNRELIABLE”UNRELIABLE”
““SCRUFFY”SCRUFFY”
““DEMOTIVATED”DEMOTIVATED”
““CHEAP”CHEAP” ““Inexperienced”
Inexperienced”
““DISINTERESTED”DISINTERESTED”
““WAYWARD”WAYWARD”
““INDIFFERENT”INDIFFERENT”
High quality IAG
Student Centred, Active &
Destination Driven
6 Week plan, do, review
Teaching & Learning System
Resil
ianc
e &
Po
sitivi
ty
Progressionto Intended Destination
Entrepreneurial
Outlook
Aspiration &
Ambition
Qualifications
& Knowledge
Team based,
Collaborative
learning design
Strategic Tutoring
through Coaching
model
Flipped Learning
Destination
Management
Employer links, opportunity to earn while learning
Project Based•Events & activities•Stretch & challenge•Integrated assessment
Hig
h qu
ality
IAG
Plan – Do – Review (~6 week cycle)
PDP
Discuss and agree group outcomes & delivery options(project plan)
Initial knowledgedelivery
Discuss and agree personalised goals, resourcesand deliverables
Outcome Calendar Outcome Calendar
Review Review
Week 1:‘Plan & Prepare’
Weeks 2-5:‘Do’
Week 6:‘Review’
Consolidate Learning
Group & peer review
Personal reviewTarget reviewStrategic Tutoring PDP
Self-assessment (reflection)
Learning Opportunities
Externalspeaker
Online Resources
QualityAssuredweb
Role play
Video
Research
Social media
Wiki
Lecture
TeamDebate
Quiz
Game
Simulation
Practical
Demonstration
Student Services & Cross College Calendar
Around the World BtG WoW Big Student
Takeover
Academy Calendar
Dragons Den Big Bang Venice Royal Opera House Disney
Department Calendar
Employer Work Exp. Citizenship Fund Raising Guest Speaker
External Calendar
NYC Video Conference CCN VLE M. Maker PantrepreneurMADE
Project 1 Project 2
Learning Events & Calendars
Cross academy involvement to enhance patient experience on a weekly basisEmpathy and communication skillsNational media coverage
• Photography & graphic design project involving new public house leases
• Interaction with employers on real project briefs
Sales and distribution team wanted for a nationwidemusic newspaper Closing techniques and sales confidence
• Catering students showcasing skills & shooting footage for a worldwide broadcast TV channel
• Confidence in front of the camera
Stevenage HomesStoryboard and video shoot of service usersCommunication skills and deadline experience
Student takeover cross academy competition to develop and deliver 16-18 summer recruitment campaignPaid three month internship for two winning students in an award winning environmentOne 1 full time position offered
Dual delivery partner for broadcast qual.Live studio experience on an national station
Big Student Takeovers
LE 9
LE 10
Weeks 2 76574 1 1 1
Induction Project
Plan, Do &
Review
Plan, Do & Review
Plan, Do & Review
Plan, Do & Review
Plan, Do &
Review
LE 1 LE 2 LE 4
LE 6 LE 5
Learning Event 8
LE 7 LE 11
Learning Event 12
Learning Event 3
Induction 2 weeks
Assessment & Student Review 3 weeks + daysAssessment & Student Review 3 weeks + daysPlan, Do & Review 29 weeks Plan, Do & Review 29 weeks
Course Review 8 daysCourse Review 8 days
Calendar - 34 Student Weeks
LearningDesignPLE
PDP
Learning DesignTeam based, collaborative learning design and assessment system giving staff and students access to course plans promoting creativity collaboration and sharing of good practice
Personal Development PassportA comprehensive, data-informed and personalised individual personal development plan supporting the development of expert student skills, course progress and destination management
Personal Learning EnvironmentThe heart of the student experience, enabling students to take control of and manage their own learning, using collaboration and communication tools, along with access to resources mapped to the learning project
Technology Ecosystem
Learning Design
Personal Learning
Environment
Personal Development
Passport
Learning Design, Delivery & Support seamlessly working together and interoperable
The Really Smart Bit
Three Horizons
Adaptation of staff structures to introduce commercialisation
Innovation following the integration of service areas
Resilience from true Learning Company organisation
Entrepreneurial students entering the industrial world
Horizon 1Extend and defend core businesses
Horizon 2Build emerging businesses
Horizon 3Create viable options
Time
Learning Company
Learning CompanyCommercial entities, limited by guarantee,
charitable aim of advancing education
Learning Delivery
Mandatory
Expert Student
Skills
Assessment Outcomes
College Income
Desirable
StudentPay
ICT
iMedia
Enterprise
Business
Curriculum Areas
HR ITServices
Marketing
Service Areas
HP
Viglen Microsoft
Dell
Commercial Partners
Confederation of British Industries
Chambers of
Commerce
LEP &UKCES
Industry
The Learning Company Cluster
The IT Store
The Gateway Module
Leadership Programme
• Provides an introduction to entrepreneurial thought and action
• Explores tools and techniques for leaders to develop the entrepreneurial college
• The Babson methodology is at the leading edge • promotes smart action ("act quickly with the means
at hand") as the foundation of innovation and learning
• reframes risk as "a measure of upside and opportunity"
• produces ideas and plans for implementation in colleges