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Functional Skills in Diplomas Suffolk LA 7 December 2009

Functional Skills in Diplomas Suffolk LA 7 December 2009. Contents of the day. National update New Regulatory Criteria Embedding Functional Skills in the Diploma Functional Skills and inspection Developing policy and monitoring progress. Functional skills: a definition.

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Functional Skills in Diplomas Suffolk LA 7 December 2009

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  1. Functional Skills in DiplomasSuffolk LA7 December 2009

  2. Contents of the day • National update • New Regulatory Criteria • Embedding Functional Skills in the Diploma • Functional Skills and inspection • Developing policy and monitoring progress

  3. Functional skills: a definition What are Functional Skills? • Functional skills are those core elements of English, maths and ICT that provide individuals with the essential knowledge, skills and understanding that will enable them to operate confidently, effectively and independently in life and at work.

  4. Where functional skills sit • 14-19 year olds • GCSEs / A levels • Functionality included in new GCSEs • The Diploma • Every Diploma qualification includes all three functional skills • Apprenticeships • Functional skills replacing key skills within all frameworks • Foundation learning • All foundation learning programmes include functional skills

  5. Where functional skills sit • Curriculum • Key stage 3 and 4 Programmes of Study • Key skills replacement • From September 2010, key skills will no longer be available for registration • Adult learners • QCDA are piloting functional skills for adult learners. BIS to decide whether functional skills will replace SfL

  6. Functional Skills Pilot update First two years • Informed the development of qualifications and assessments • This year • Measured the anticipated impact of national roll-out on centres • Teaching and learning • Curriculum planning • Guidance requirements • Adult learners • Assessing suitability of functional skills for adult learners

  7. GCSE and functional skills • The new GCSE criteria do not feature a structural change to the qualifications, and therefore will not require that learners pass level 2 functional skills assessments before they can achieve grades A* - C • New GCSE specifications will require learners to demonstrate functionality as part of their GCSE • New school report card is likely include a requirement to report on FS • It is still strongly recommended that all learners in schools take the functional skills qualifications

  8. 60 glh 10 days 120 glh 120 glh 240 glh 180 glh 80 glh 60 glh 10 days 420 glh 360 glh 120 glh 10 days 540 glh Functional Skills in Diplomas –policy and practice PLTS Functional skills Principal Learning Project ASL Work experience Foundation (600 glh) 60 glh Higher 60 glh (800 glh) No glh, but Level 2 required Advanced 60 glh (1080 glh) glh - guided learning hours 11

  9. Functional Skills in Diplomas – policy and practice How will the delivery of functional skills be managed within the Diploma framework across your organisation/consortium? How will all learners beginning Diplomas achieve the appropriate level in all three functional skills? How will the quality of functional skills teaching and learning be monitored across organisations/consortium How will staff CPD requirements be identified? From the decisions made above: How is the three-stage process of skills developmentachieved for learners?

  10. The Three Stage Process Demonstrate ‘mastery’ in a range of contexts Who will decide when learners are competent? DEMONSTRATING MASTERY Practise applying skills in a range of contexts How will the teaching and learning be applied across the Diploma? PRACTISING AND APPLYING SKILLS BUILDING SKILLS Build the full range of functional skills What teaching and learning will be in place?

  11. Support available • The post-16 strand of FSSP has been refreshed, and was re-launched in September. All support is free and features include: New dedicated programme website www.fssupport.org Refresh of existing resources, materials and training modules New training modules, coming into action in the autumn New networks, including a Secure Estate network, are being developed to encourage practitioner support A practitioner-led approach to support Development projects to encourage collaborative working

  12. Current materials Current materials are available on the FSSP website Search under “resources and materials” www.fssupport.org

  13. Standard modules 13

  14. Sources of information • The new FSSP website: www.fssupport.org • Regional Network events; 9 March 2010 • Regional Centre email: eastern@fssupport.org • Regional Centre telephone: 0148 040 9318 • Regional Facilitator: Jane Williams • E-bulletin and newsletters 14

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