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NQF BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

PLANNING

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AGENDA

1. Recruitment2. Planning3. Tutorial Support4. Assessment and Tracking5. Final Major Project (FMP)6. Internal Standardisation7. Course Handbook

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Planning

• Recruitment and Student Centred Learning

• Key dates: Stages and Assessment points

• Team

• Course content and delivery plan

• Tutorial plan

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Recruitment

• With integrity

• Full understanding of the qualification aims and objectives

• Student understanding of the level of personal responsibility

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Year Planning

• Stages: projects, duration and assessment points

• Physical resources

• UCAS applications + Slade/Ruskin etc

• External visits/educational trips

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Team

• Meetings

• Recognition of FAD as a mixed level qualification

• Integrated to Specialist delivery

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Team Roles and Responsibilities• Identify team strengths

• Agree together who does what, where and how

• FAD is an ‘atelier’ studio-based qualification

• It’s important to reflect

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Delivery Methods• Play to team strengths

• Map projects to the units, stages and criteria

• Modify project lengths

• Allow for differentiation between students

• Start broad, end focussed, diagnostic initially to individual maturation.

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Tutorial Support

• Support and prepare students throughout the programme

• Encourage reflective practice• Issues you might consider include:

• Assessment guidance• Group Crits/peer assessment • Self Assessment• Building confidence, providing clear feedback

and an overview• UCAS Application

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Maintaining Tutorial Support

Will typically require the team to:• Agree aims• Map and track activities to the unit/grading criteria

When doing so tutors should promote support for:• Working with others, group crits seminars etc• Encouraging an independent approach• The HE application process (Route A and B)• Writing personal statements for application

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Assessment and Tracking

Formative and Summative assessment:• Formative: regular ongoing supportive feedback to

ensure continuous individual progress and development

• Summative: concludes each of the three stages

• Grading is ONLY required for the Final Major Project Units 8 and 9

• Assessment timetable: An agreed time frame should be planned for each assessment point.

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Assessment and Tracking

• Use unit criteria

• Focus on evidence and reflective practice

• Record in course file

• Effective tracking documentation to demonstrate that criteria for all units have been met.

• Referral work set achieved and signed off.

• Provide written feedback and/or action plan

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Final Major Project (FMP)

• Successful completion of Exploratory & Pathway Stages

• The Statement of Intent (SOI)

• Self initiated theme or title

• Uses template or SOI outline

• Checked by the Programme Leader who completes FAD2A

• Sent to the FADEX accompanied by projected grades

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Final Major Project (FMP) - 2• Should provide ALL the evidence to cover the

assessment criteria for Units 8 and 9

• Internally assessed and standardised

• Externally FMP will usually be an exhibition

• ONLY Units 8 and 9

• Relevant support materials should be presented together with the Statement of Intent.

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Final Major Project (FMP) - 3

• Must build on student experience and development throughout the qualification

• Centre set timeframe

• Internally assessed

• An IS meeting must be completed three days prior to the FADEX visit

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Internal StandardisationThe Purpose:• To ensure that assessment is rigorous and fair• To resolve any internal assessment disputes and

anomalies• To balance a variety of different Pathway assessments• To collectively interpret the national standards for FAD

How to do it:• Complete internal Confirmatory Stage assessments

(Pathway Based)• Identify a 20% sample (all grades) of assessed work to

re-mark

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Internal Standardisation -2

• Teaching team re-marks a sample across Pathways

• Uses FAD COM to record assessment decisions

• Share outcomes at IS meeting

• Discuss and agree to grade moderation

• Record process for scrutiny by FAD Examiner

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Internal Standardisation -3

Internal Standardisation meeting considers:• How your internal grading profile compares to the

national figures?

• Do any issues emerge in relation to grading any Pathways?

• Are there any villains or halo students?

• How have you managed any/all referrals?

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National Grading Profile for FAD 2006/7• 47% Pass• 33% Merit• 20% Distinction

Statistics drawn from BTEC Benchmarking

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COURSE HANDBOOK

Will typically contain coherent information in relation to:

• The structure of the course • The teaching and technical (learning) support teams• The learning resources (physical and environmental)• Assessment Guidance: units, evidence, criteria, grading,

formative and summative assessment• External Examination – how it works• Tutorial support for students – progression, etc.

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Course Handbook - 2

Remember:• Reflects of your team philosophy and qualification

ethos

• Provides support and guidance

• Is a powerful marketing tool with feeder Schools and Colleges

• Will be scrutinised by the OFSTED inspectorate.

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Project Writing

Will typically:• NOT be task based• Discretely weave in grading opportunities• Promote the use of:

- research skills- self-critical awareness when developing ideas- organisation skill when planning and preparing- reflective practice (SWOT self-audit)- group critiques to balance opinions- initiative and self evaluation to move forward- inventiveness when solving problems

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Project Writing - 2Provide:

- deadlines and timescales- a brief or rationale (purpose)- physical resources requirements- work needed for assessment- contextual references and locations

Will:• Confirm units and criteria to be addressed• Provide a theme• Identifies time scales• Indicate the resources• Allow scope for variable outcomes

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Project Writing - 3

• Signpost the project to the unit assessment criteria

• Allow for differentiation

• Be submitted for internal verification

• Present to the students in a clear format

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Edexcel ContactsCustomer Service Team0870 240 9800

Tricia BurtonQualification Manager 0207 190 4940tricia.burton@edexcel.org.uk