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Advance briefing

Consultation on future CCEA Awarding Body provision of qualifications for learners with S pecial E ducational N eeds. Advance briefing. Aims of this briefing. S hare information about the consultation E ncourage you to contribute

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Advance briefing

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  1. Consultation on future CCEA Awarding Body provision of qualifications for learners with Special Educational Needs Advance briefing

  2. Aims of this briefing • Share information about the consultation • Encourage you to contribute • Nominate the most appropriate staff to take part in research workshops

  3. Why is the consultation necessary? • Approaches from schools • Information from latest scoping exercise by DE • 63,100 learners with SEN i.e.19% of school - going population; • 13,500 of these learners also have statements • 70% of learners are in mainstream schools

  4. More than an SEN issue • “11,000 Northern Ireland children - 44% of all school leavers - who left school in 2008/09 without achieving five good GCSEs, including English and Maths. • More than a fifth of working –age population have no qualifications” Price WaterHouse Cooper report May 2010

  5. The context Every School a Good School Entitlement Framework 2013 EF Audit CCEA consultation ALC Action Plans V Q Reform CEAIG STEM

  6. Focus of the consultation • The appropriateness of existing qualification provision at Entry Level and Level 1 • Additional qualifications & accreditation that may be needed • The appropriateness of current assessment approaches and possible alternatives

  7. What we know so far • Diversity of opinion about accreditation • Unanimous agreement about the need to recognise and reward all learners …find ways to recognise achievement across the horizontal as well as the vertical curriculum” …get away from the deficit model of assessment

  8. Some Suggestions: • External recognition • of in-house schemes by use of criteria and accredited centre status • Charting progression routes • from Pre-Entry to Level 1 with assessment linked to pre-requisite skills • CCEA “wrapper” • to bundle individual learner’s achievements • What core content should be included?

  9. When? • September – advance briefing to stakeholders • October – on-line questionnaire (6 weeks) • Oct & Nov – research workshops • Dec & Jan – data analysis • End Jan 2011 – report to CCEA committee

  10. Who should complete the questionnaire? • Ideally all teachers – all will encounter learners with SEN at some stage in career • Particularly teachers with specific responsibilities • Other stakeholders: • Area Learning Communities • SENCOs • Learners, Parents, Employers • Wider education community and advocacy groups

  11. Who should attend research workshops? • Invitation to all schools & EOTAS – 2 teachers nominated by principal • KS4 class teacher ; SENCO; curriculum leader; learning support teacher etc • Parents and Learners, FE, Teacher Training Institutions, Employers will also be involved in parallel work

  12. Format of the workshops each ELB area • ½ day (by request) • Brief opening presentation by a practitioner • Workshops and data collection led by CCEA Research and Statistics • Closing panel discussion

  13. What you can do • Take part • Share this information within your ALCs, your staff, your Board of Governors and wider school community • Encourage all staff to participate in the questionnaire • Send the most appropriate people to represent your learners’ needs at the research workshops

  14. Contact Details Bernie Kells CCEA 29 Clarendon Road Clarendon Dock Belfast BT1 3NG E mail bkells@ccea.org.uk Tel: 02890261200 x 2372

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