Matthew Poyiadgi

Regional DirectorCompTIA UK

Marie Taylor

Group Manager – SkillsMicrosoft Education Group

Terry Watts

Chief Operations Officere-skills UK

Colin Biddulph

ITQ LSC Project Director

Cathy Morgan

Ofsted HMI and DFESStandards Unit

Mak Sharma

CISCOCentre Manager for Networks and Communications

Andy Stittle

ICT Business Development& CoVECornwall College

OCR, Ed Excel City and Guilds

Terry Killer

Skills DevelopmentMicrosoft Education Group

CCNT

The ICT Post-16 Curriculum Conference

20 May 2004

Improving Teaching & Learning in ICT

Cathy Morgan DfES Standards UnitCathy Morgan DfES Standards Unit

Improving Teaching & Learning in ICT

- Success for All overview- ICT Project : Background & context- Four strands- Phase 1 : Trial sites - Phase 1 : Aims- Phase 1 : Topics- Expert group- Next steps

The Strategy – Launched 19 November The Strategy – Launched 19 November 20022002

Meeting needs, improving choice

Putting teaching, training and learning at the heart of what we do

Developing leaders, teachers, trainers & support staff of the future

Developing a framework for quality and success

LSC leads on Themes

1 & 4

DfES Standards Unit leads on Themes

2 & 3

Theme 2Theme 2The Priorities

Putting teaching, training and learning at the heart of what we do

•Four Priority curriculum areas in 2003 – business studies, construction, science and Entry to Employment (e2e)

•Priority curriculum areas in 2004 – maths, ICT, health & social care and land-based FE & Training

Theme 2Theme 2The ApproachThe Approach Analysis

Understanding

Identify Best Practice

Priorities

Development of New Approaches

Trials

Pilots

Roll Out

Evaluation

Evaluation

Reflective communities : conferences, one-to-one coaching, seminars, regional events

Working through others: LSC, Inspectorates, SSCs, CoVES, Beacons, ABSSU, LSDA

Champions: secondees – consultants, trials & pilots, Standards Unit Regional network

Theme 2 -Approach

Putting teaching, training and learning at the heart of what we do

Theme 2 - Achievements

Business Studies

CPD – Differentiation

Topic – marketing customer services

Levels 2,3,4

Construction

Health and Safety

Levels 1 & 2

Link to CoVEs

CPD – didactic → interactive

Theme 2 - Achievements

Science

Focus – level 3 hotspots:

Physics – algebra for physicists

Chemistry – enthalpy

Biology – molecules

CPD: assessment for learning

Entry to Employment (E2E)

New Foundation Level programme

Pathfinders

Diagnosing learner need – personal/social development

Training and support materials

Phase Two CurriculumAreas: Initial Focus

• Mathematics: activity-based approaches to learning at

levels 2 and 3 (eg, indices and logs).

• Health & social care: linking practical work in

placements to theory at levels 1 to 3.

• ICT: improving the teaching of aspects of database

theory at levels 1 to 3.

• Land-based studies: the transportation of animals.

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Teaching quality varies by curriculum area

Per cent of colleges graded unsatisfactory

Based on 165 inspections

86 grades 95 grades 03/04 02/03

Grade 1 : 3% 1% Grade 2 : 36% 38%Grade 3 : 56% 51%Grade 4 : 7% 10%

Lesson observations Graded good or better

teaching: 63% 61%learning: 62% 59%attainment: 53% 51%

6.4% unsatisfactory 7%

30 out of 1509 lessons graded 198 out of 1509 lessons graded 5, 6 & 7

Inspection 03/04 to 20 May 2004

ConfidentialICT

Improving the standard of the teaching of theory

Improving the management of workshop sessions

Improving providers links with industry

Improving the management of the ICT curriculum

The ICT StrategyThe ICT Strategy

Trial Sites

Derby College

Wormwood Scrubs

Approach to the project

Feedback from providers

1.Normalisation

2.Systems analysis

3.Fetch Execute Reset cycle

4.Industrial links

5.Networking / OSI

6.Project planning

7.Hardware & software

Aims

developing and trialling materials to support innovative

approaches to the teaching and learning of ICT theory;

supporting named individuals in the development of skills

and techniques needed to maximise the use of new materials;

evaluating the effectiveness of tools and techniques

used in terms of student feedback and achievement;

contributing to the production of multimedia professional

development materials which will take these and other

strategies and materials into all sector ICT providers.

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ICT Expert Group

The role of the expert groups will be to act as intermediary

between the Standards Unit and providers of learning, to

ensure adequate consultation with all partners on the

proposals.

Expert Group members will be asked to provide advice and

comment on emerging proposals and to seek the views

of the bodies they represent.

Next steps

Multimedia company produce Pilot Materials for launch on 6 July 2004;

40 pilot sites identified – includes 13 trial sites, FE & SFC, ACL, School sixth forms, WBL & Prisons;

Multimedia company refine materials & produce electronic versions at all 3 levels;

National roll-out July – September 2005

Cathy MorganCathy Morgan cmorgan@ofsted.gov.ukcmorgan@ofsted.gov.uk

Susan BurnSusan Burn susan.burn@dfes.gsi.gov.uksusan.burn@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

Lawrence FryLawrence Fry lawrence.fry@dfes.gsi.gov.uklawrence.fry@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

Matthew Poyiadgi

Regional DirectorCompTIA UK

Marie Taylor

Group Manager – SkillsMicrosoft Education Group

Terry Watts

Chief Operations Officere-skills UK

Colin Biddulph

ITQ LSC Project Director

Cathy Morgan

Ofsted HMI and DFESStandards Unit

Mak Sharma

CISCOCentre Manager for Networks and Communications

Andy Stittle

ICT Business Development& CoVECornwall College

OCR, Ed Excel City and Guilds

Terry Killer

Skills DevelopmentMicrosoft Education Group

CCNT

Matthew Poyiadgi

Regional DirectorCompTIA UK

Marie Taylor

Group Manager – SkillsMicrosoft Education Group

Terry Watts

Chief Operations Officere-skills UK

Colin Biddulph

ITQ LSC Project Director

Cathy Morgan

Ofsted HMI and DFESStandards Unit

Mak Sharma

CISCOCentre Manager for Networks and Communications

Andy Stittle

ICT Business Development& CoVECornwall College

OCR, Ed Excel City and Guilds

Terry Killer

Skills DevelopmentMicrosoft Education Group

CCNT

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