Diploma implementation update

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Diploma implementation update

• The North West Leicestershire Consortium
• Engineering

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The Delivery Plan

• King Edward VII Coalville, Ashby School and
  Stephenson College
• Diploma Management Group
• Drawn from the partnership with key
  responsibilities for
• Partnership Coordination
• Functional Skills
• Employer engagement
• KS3 awareness raising (crucial for county
  schools)
• Links with Higher Education
• Aligned timetables
• Quality assurance
• Meets every 6 weeks and reports to the Area
  Partnership Group

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Diploma Development group

• Diploma Development group
• Involving key subject specialists representing
  each of the partners
• Responsible for planning and agreeing how the
  curriculum will be delivered
• Committed to the Specialist Schools and Academies
  Trust (SSAT)
• Diploma training

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The commitment

• Engineering diploma meetings
• Diploma management meetings
• New Gateway bids, Construction The Built
  Environment, Hair Beauty
• Area Partnership meetings

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The commitment cont.

• A total of 32 meetings scheduled across the
  academic year
• But in addition
• 3 Specialist mandatory training days SSAT
• Functional Skills training, 4 days x 3 staff
  across all partners
• 3 additional planning days for the engineering
  course team
• Attendance at parents evenings
• Cross institutional interviewing of students
• KS3 and KS4 teacher CPD

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Progress Towards Delivery

• The good bits
• Commitment from all partners heads, principals
  and senior managers
• Unique CPD opportunities
• Positive student interest
• Some excellent practice emerging Student
  conferences
• Strong employer engagement
• Positive high schools who support the IAG process
• Better understanding between schools and FE
• Opportunity to add breadth and variety to the KS4
  curriculum

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Progress Towards Delivery

• The not so good bits
• The financial costs involved
• Aligning timetables across the consortium
• The diploma driving the whole school timetable
• Time taken to develop a cross institution course
  team ethos

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Preparing students to make choices

• The diploma management group are responsible for
• KS3 teacher CPD
• Year 9 assemblies
• Arranging taster sessions
• Focussed presentations to those who are
  interested
• Student interviews/recruitment process
• Management and implementation of a bridging
  project
• Communication with parents/carers

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Student Recruitment

• The Process
• Identify and agree the profile of a Foundation
  and Higher Learner
• Foundation (Level 1) SATs levels - minimum 4 in
  English and Science, 5 in Maths
• Higher (Level 2) SATs levels - minimum level 5
  in English, Maths and Science but recommended 6
  in Maths and English
• Level 1 is for those who are working at GCSE
  grades D-G and is equivalent to 5-6 GCSEs D-G
• Level 2 is for those working at GCSE A - C and
  is equivalent to 7 GCSEs A -C

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Student Recruitment

• Learners should consider this option if would
  they like
• An alternative to GCSEs
• A big qualification with a variety of units
• A course with practical and theoretical
  applications
• A broad understanding of engineering
• A good progression route
• A course supported by industry and Higher
  Education
• A course with good employment prospects
• Experience of Further Education
• A minimum of 10 days work experience
• It is important to have
• A good attendance record
• A good behaviour record
• Adequate basic skills
• Prior experience of Further Education
• Aptitude for engineering
• High school recommendation

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Foundation Level PLTS profile
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Higher Level PLTS profile
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Interviewing students

• In groups of 3. Whilst students interviewed,
  parents have the opportunity to ask questions
• Staff from school and college interview together
• Typical questions
• Tell us a bit about yourself and why you think
  you are right person for this course. Convince us
• So what do engineers actually do? What aspects of
  engineering interest you most?
• What kind of skills do engineers need to be
  successful?
• How do you think engineers can help to make the
  world a better place? Can you think of any
  examples?
• What do you think this course is going to teach
  you?
• What do you think you will be learning and how?
• How do you think your other subjects might help
  you in the Engineering Diploma?

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Diploma Delivery Plan Engineering (Year 10, HL)
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Quality Assurance

• Range of measures designed to develop a
  partnership approach to QA
• Inter-Authority protocols for partnership working
  covering
• CEIAG, recruitment, preparing to teach,
  course delivery, teaching and learning, course
  administration, course review, progression
• Development of a partnership wide student
  tracking system covering
• Attendance and punctuality, unit achievement,
  tutor assessment for parents evening/feedback,
  praise and concern trigger
• Internal moderation/cross institution moderation
  and lead moderator who will liaise with the
  external verifier/moderator

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Costing implications

• Example 1 Partnership costs for 2008/09
• Engineering Diploma
• Monitoring, curriculum development and assessment
  verification
• Course team meetings
  
• 2 meetings per term (1/2 day) 6 staff x 6
  meetings 18 days x 250 4,500
• Cross institutional assessment
• 2 meetings per term (1/2 day) 6 staff x 6
  meetings 18 days x 250
• 4,500
• Internal verification and preparation for
  external verification
• 1day per term 3 staff x 3 days 9 days x 250
  2,250
• Total 11,250
• Hair and Beauty Diploma Implementation (2009
  start)
• Course team meetings
  
• 2 meetings per term (1/2 day) 6 staff x 6
  meetings 18 days x 250 4,500
• Attendance at National training events
• 3 days x 6 staff 18 days x 250
• 4,500
• Additional planning days (based on the
  engineering experience)
• 2 days x 3 staff 6 days x 250 1,500

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Costing implications cont.

• Construction the Built Environment (2010 start)
• Course team meetings (To work on conditions
  outlined in the assessment panel response)
  
• 4 meetings (1/2 day) 6 staff x 4 meetings 12
  days x 250 3,000
• Total 3,000
• Development of Gateway applications for 2010
  start
• Course team meetings
• 2 meetings (1/2 day) x 7 lines 21 staff x 2
  meetings 11.5 days x 250
• 2875
• Bid writing
• 3 days x 7 staff 21 days x 250
• Total 5,250
• Coordination and Management
• Partnership Coordination, KS3, KS4 CPD
  31,272
  
• Functional skills/PLTS, KS3, KS4 CPD
  5,000
• Employer engagement
  5,000
• School diploma leads x 2
  6,000
• Total 47,272
• Total Partnership costs 80,147

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Costing Implications cont.

• Example 2 - School costs
• In addition to the costs outlined in example 1
  the following costs will be incurred for 2008
  delivery of engineering each school in the
  consortium.
• Offsite provision 19,500
• Industry visits, cover 1,500
• Course set up costs including additional
  software, equipment and refurbishment 35,000
• Total 56,000 x 2 schools 112,000
• Total Costs 192,147
• Income
• Uplift funding for pilot diplomas (average 1,000
  per student
• in addition to the AWPU)
• Income based on 64 pre 16 learners across the
  consortium 64,000
• LA Funding (including gateway funding) 69,000
• Total Income 133,000