Welcome to the Annual Foundation Learning Conference: Putting Principles into Practice

1. Welcome to the Annual Foundation Learning Conference: Putting Principles into Practice

2. The key Hertfordshire principles • Involve effectively all provider sectors to secure • the FL entitlement in Hertfordshire • Place progression destinations at the heart of • the collaborative design of quality, personalised • FL programmes to ensure continuity and • coherence for learners across the 14–19 age • continuum (25 years for learners with learning • difficulties and disabilities)

3. A few more principles • Focus FL provision on learner needs, with due • regard to equality and diversity • Build on the best practice and strengths • Provide workforce support and training

4. The attendees

5. Conference Objectives • Give you an opportunity to: • Find out more about the latest FL developments • Consider curriculum development in light of the • challenges facing us all • Consider the critical success factors to enable • successful progression and transition for • learners from KS4 to post-16 • Gather resources and information • Network with colleagues from all sectors

6. Outline of the Day • Conference Packs • Programme • Slide presentations • Reflective log • Evaluation form • Housekeeping • A mixture of interactive workshops and • presentations • Questions you wish you knew the answers • to!

8. Some of the achievements to date • Establishment of Foundation Learning • Development groups with FL leads • Development of new programmes at entry level • and level 1 across providers • A programme of continuous professional • development • Production of toolkits of resources and websites • Tracking the learners’ progress

9. What next? • Improving the communication channels (as part • of Raising the Participation Age) • Providing the curriculum models and resources • Developing the pre-apprenticeship pathway • Building in the lessons learnt from the LSIS • projects • Introduction of City and Guilds into schools • Filming the provision and developing the • teaching and learning resources

10. The format of the resource CD and online available as a series of clips for use with all stakeholders Including all 3 components: Functional skills Personal and social development Vocational/subject learning Across a range of providers

11. The context • Activity • Learning provider • Learner age group (pre-16, 16-19, 19-25) and • number • Qualification title and level • Progression route(s) • Learner group location • Contact person • Learning environment location • Employer engagement

12. Building the provision • Qualifications, levels, credits, point scores • Curriculum models • Progression pathways • Identifying key elements of good practice that • apply across a range of provision • IAG to support progression • Transition planning

13. And the part you play … • Importance of continuous feedback • Learning visits • Identification of training needs and the • support you require eg themed workshops

14. From today …