Development DayTuesday 4th January 2011

Time: Content: Room: Delivered by:

8:30am Coffee The Toast

9:00am ILPs, PDPs and Tutorial – Target SettingDebbie, Joan and Judy visual PDPs C41

Beckie DunsbyFiona Morey

10:30am Coffee The Toast

11:00am Functional Skills (FS), Progress Monitoring/Tracking – input from Lucy re:

FS ILP/PDP targets and monitoring

C41Anne-Haig Smith

Lucy Greer

12:30pm Lunch The Toast

13:30pmPA Improvement Plan:

Work on ILP/PDP targets in course teams C41Tutors

Programme for Day

Brief from Jim Evans The morning session is for you to focus on tutorial, target

setting, ILPs/PDPs and functional skills.  Fiona Morey and Anne Haig Smith have sent briefing notes.  These are designed to guide your discussions and focus your efforts.  The e-learning advisors will be available during the morning to offer guidance and support on the use of PDPs and other e-learning technologies.

  The afternoon session is for your Programme Area to update

Improvement and Teaching for Learning Plans.  Course Teams should ensure that their own action plans are clearly integrated into the overall PA plan.  Please ensure that certain key initiatives are embedded e.g. ILP/PDPs, target setting, tutorial and functional skills.

 

Brief from Jim Evans

Programme Areas will be working on the three main campuses and Teresa, Mike, Di and Miranda will be visiting areas throughout the day. 

Dennis Carey, Jenny Craig and Caroline Craft will be visiting Programme Areas at some time during the afternoon to promote employer engagement.

I do hope that you have an enjoyable and productive day and that you are able to make good use of this opportunity.   

Finally, please ensure that you forward updated plans to Jill Dewe so that she can place them on the shared area.

ILP/PDP Targets

SMART Targets: Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time related

ILP/PDP Targets

Long term target: progression pathway route:

I. Supported LivingII. (Supported) EmploymentIII. Further study Medium term target: this year at

College Core targets: half termly/termly targets

to support medium and long term goals Communication, maths and IT targets

and subject specific targets e.g. cookery, hortic

Recording ILP/PDP targets

N:\ILPs\Core ILP.docx N:\ILPs\ILP recording sheet-core 2 xtarge

ts.doc N:\ILPs\ILP termly review.docx

How and when are you using PDPs?

Step 3 TW and Step 4 groups using to record targets but not manage targets

Step 4, Witney to record 1:1 tutorials

Problems with PDPs?

Access to IT Responsibility for students to manage Recording on a daily basis Unreliable information from learners Not used by Step 1, 2 and TI : No images available Language too complex

Solutions…

Use daily paper based PDP for recording targets.

Use electronic PDP for half-term/termly reviews

Beckie to upload SLDD termly review sheet on PDP

Beckie to enrol LSA’s on to their courses

Maximising Employer Links

We are looking to maximise the benefit to college students and to curriculum areas of the Taking the Plunge events scheduled for March 2011. We hope to exploit the events to maximise employer links with the college.

Each Taking the Plunge event usually involves 16-20 employers.  We have agreed with James from Working Knowledge that he should try to recruit from companies that we specify.  Even though not all Programme Areas are involved in Taking the Plunge it provides an opportunity for all programme areas to specify employers that they would like to work with in the future.  If we get those employers involved in Taking the Plunge, we have a greater chance of getting them involved in the wider curriculum. 

You will already have existing employer contacts, this is primarily an opportunity for us to initiate contact with new employers on your behalf.  If there are existing employer contacts that you would like to be invited to take part in Taking the Plunge that is OK too. 

Maximising Employer Links

Employer involvement could include: Delivering presentations to students Providing real life projects/assignments Providing work placements Providing job interview role play Providing employment Advising on course content – making it more relevant to the

industry Advising on current practices in the industry – what’s hot! Advising on future course development Providing industrial placements for staff Providing apprenticeship openings ... and much more. On College Development Day on 4 January 2011 Jenny Craig,

Caroline Craft or I, will endeavour to visit you and/or your staff in the afternoon to capture your requests. Maximising Employer Links through Taking the Plunge Dec 10.docx

In groups please discuss the following questions:

1. How can ILP/PDP targets be used to support student success in the classroom?

2. How can ILP/PDP targets be used positively to support student success in one to one Progress Review meetings tutorials?

3. How can we make ILPs/PDPs accessible for SLDD learners?

Target SettingCDD.docx

Setting an ethos for success – Six key elements for a student

Clear Purpose – I am clear about what I am expected to achieve High Expectations – The institution sets high standards for

students and staff that challenge us Recognition – my achievements are recognised and praised

regularly Empowerment – I am expected to take responsibility for my own

learning and teaching Support & Challenge – I am set challenging targets and my

progress is closely monitored Co-operation – student and staff are collectively a mutually co-

operative and supportive unit

Questions: How would your students feel about each of the statements above

in relation to their experience at college? What strategies do you have in place to meet these student

needs?

Functional Skills

Embedding Functional Skills Project Abingdon and Witney College

Task: 14 questions to generate discussion about current progress in functional skills within your area. For most questions  there is a comments box in which you can add extra information generated by the discussions.

Functional Skills Survey January 2011