June 26th - the Functional Skills newsletter
This week we have news about the September Ofsted Inspection Guidance and how Functional Skills features, news of another OCR/Guroo webinar, you chance to get involved in the next Functional Skills Annual Survey Report, details of a Functional Skills conference organised by Neil Stewart Associates and finally updates to the Wednesday Webinar recordings.
This week we have news about the September Ofsted Inspection Guidance and how Functional Skills features, news of another OCR/Guroo webinar, you chance to get involved in the next Functional Skills Annual Survey Report, details of a Functional Skills conference organised by Neil Stewart Associates and finally updates to the Wednesday Webinar recordings.
And don't forget that Guroo's
innovative Functional Skills Direct initiative is running successfully and
includes self-service access to the free trial system, something which is proving
incredibly popular.
The OCR/Guroo Functional Skills Webinar
Series
We're absolutely delighted to announce
a new partnership that brings together Guroo's extensive Functional Skills
network with the curriculum and qualifications experience of OCR.
The next webinar will be on Wednesday
July 11th at the usual time of 4.00pm. It will be hosted by Jonathan
Wells of Guroo with the "core" being delivered by Garry Haynes, OCR's
qualifications team manager for Functional Skills and the new Proficiency
Qualifications.
The first one last week went well but
we understand from some of the audience that the sound wasn't as good as
normal. We promise to try to fix this! To play back
"Transition from KS/SfL to Functional Skills", simply click here, enter any name and the password is
"guroo".
Book your place now by emailing info@guroo.co.uk
Functional Skills Annual Survey Report
for 2012
One the biggest jobs of the year that
we do is to design, deliver, analyse and publish the Annual Functional Skills
Survey. Last year, we had more than 350 responses making it the biggest and
most comprehensive survey of its type. Click here to read last year's report.
We plan to launch the 2012 survey with
a link in the next newsletter scheduled for July 10th but this is a chance to
suggest questions we should include - what would you like to know about
Functional Skills?
Please email jwells@guroo.co.uk direct with your suggestions and we'll take
the most relevant and interesting and include them where we can.
Ofsted handbook for the inspection of FE and Skills from Sept 2012
There are some really interesting references to Functional Skills in
this document which is available in full from here. They include:
- Section 148 (personal, social and
employability skills)
- Section 160 (achievement of learning goals and
career aims)
- Judging the quality of teaching learning and
assessment
Perhaps the most relevant mention is in section 173 which judges whether
leaders and managers successfully plan programmes that meet the needs of
learners, employers and the community. In this section the inspectors
will assess:
"whether learning programmes contain appropriate attention to
improving learners’ English, mathematics and functional skills and ensuring
development of their employability skills"
From policy to implementation - Functional Skills event on
July 11th
The conference is being chaired by
Maureen Emmett who was a leading light on the development of Functional Skills
at QCDA with Jonathan Wells of Guroo and Jill Lanning of FAB amongst the
speakers.
Maureen now heads EMSkills which
delivers cost effective training for Functional Skills delivery including
training programmes and workshops delivered by a highly experienced team.
Click here for a link or call EMSkills on 01992
306862 or info@emskills.org.uk
The Functional Skills Wednesday Webinar
A return to the webinar hot seat for
our support team in the shape of Andy this week who will focus on data, admin,
reports and groups.
So if you're a new Guroo user, a trial
user, or just need a refresher, a great chance to get right up to speed with
all the latest developments.
Email info@guroo.co.uk and we'll send you the link on Wednesday.
As always, the Wednesday 27th June
Guroo webinars will start at just after 4.00pm
Replay previous webinars at the links
below. Simply enter your name and use guroo as the password.
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