AELP WebinarTraineeship Staff Support
Programme (TSSP)
Commissioned and funded by
Facilitated by:
Paul Warner, AELP
Guest Speakers:
Anna Morrison, KEITS Training Services
Victor Farlie, Executive Chair, LWBLA
2 July 2014, 10.30am-11.30am
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• Objectives of this webinar:
• To showcase TSSP
• Understand its aims
• Develop an awareness of emerging
findings
• How to engage with the project and
benefit from its outputs
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• The Education and Training Foundation
• Increase the quality and capacity of staff
delivering traineeships
• Design and delivery of innovative and high
quality professional development
resources
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• Four strands
• Improving the quality of teaching
• Employer engagement with a focus on
securing and managing work placements
• Initial assessment processes
• Quality of provision for vulnerable learners
and those with protected characteristics
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• Partnership with AOC, 157 Group, Holex ,
NIACE and Spirit Pub Co.
• Provider bids invited in January 2014
• Kick-off meeting for projects in Birmingham,
1st April
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• Robust assessment and allocation process
• £715,000 funding awarded to 15 projects
• Range of provider types – colleges, ITPs, local
authorities
• Single and consortia
• Good sector and regional coverage
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• Wide range of outputs e.g.• Resource pack on running an employer briefing
• Video case studies, Apps, ‘How to use’ videos
• Tool kits & guides – employer engagement, managing
work experience, delivering English & maths
• Research activities & impact surveys
• Workshops – dissemination and testing
resources
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• Project 1
KEITS Training –
Anna Morrison
• Project 2
London Work-Based Learning Alliance –
Vic Farlie
AELP WebinarTraineeship Staff Support
Programme (TSSP)
Commissioned and funded by
Facilitated by:
Paul Warner, AELP
Guest Speaker:
Anna Morrison, KEITS Training Services
2 July 2014, 10.30am-11.30am
KEITS - Traineeship Support Project
Toolkit 1
Toolkit 1 – Effective Employer Engagement
• Innovative ways to involve employers
• Particularly SMEs
• Introducing the concept of Traineeships
• Effective marketing & recruitment
• Involving employers in the design
• Utilising electronic feedback tools
• Planning progressions
• Continuation of placements
Toolkit 2
Toolkit 2 – Initial Assessment
• Research, test and evaluate free tools
• How can we tell if they’ve got what it takes to be a successful Trainee?
• Paper based and online
• Using technology to enhance IA
• Using technology to share results
• Occupationally relevant tools
Toolkit 3
Toolkit 3 – Supporting Vulnerable Learners
• Guidance on supporting learners
• Improve the quality of the experience for the learner and employer
o Autism Spectrum
o Physical Disability
o Learning Disability
o Mental Health
o Social Need
o Sensory ImpairmentWorkplace support and guidance
for individuals with additional needs
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AELP WebinarTraineeship Staff Support
Programme (TSSP)
Commissioned and funded by
Facilitated by:
Paul Warner, AELP
2 July 2014, 10.30am-11.30am
TSSP projects• West Berkshire Training Consortium – resource packs
on running employer briefings for Traineeships including video
case studies and schemes of work
• BCTG Ltd – English and maths initial assessment tools and
lesson plans, sector-specific IA materials
• PETA Ltd – English and maths confidence-building
workshops for tutors, learner engagement templates
• Loughborough College - Digital ERR booklet, examples of
best practice in embedding English maths and employability
TSSP projects
• East Durham College – CPD modules focusing on
supporting vulnerable and excluded learners
• Derby CC Adult Learning Service – Research among
young people from vulnerable and excluded groups to inform
marketing tools, plus video engagement of SMEs
• KM Training – web-based eligibility resources, app to enable
better management of work placements
• Grantham College – CPD resources and “communities of
practice” to facilitate collaborative staff development
TSSP projects
• St Helens Chamber – Employer Task Force focusing on
SME engagement plus good practice manual
• HIT Training – Work placement employer resources
including advice guides and factsheets, workshops on conflict
management and supporting vulnerable learners
• Bedford College – Staff self-assessment tools and cascade
workshop templates
• Cambridge Regional College – 5 x “How to...” guides
focusing on contextualised and embedded resources and
approaches to learning
• In Touch Care – Online CPD courses with quality standard
supportive documentation and a package of IA tools.
AELP WebinarTraineeship Staff Support
Programme (TSSP)
Commissioned and funded by
Facilitated by:
Paul Warner, AELP
Guest Speaker:
Victor Farlie, Executive Chair, LWBLA
2 July 2014, 10.30am-11.30am
My Pocket Tutor
Victor Farlie, Executive Chair,
LWBLA
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Purpose
Update on progress
Structure of website and apps
Customer groups
Provider engagement in the project
Summary of progress to date
Close collaboration between LWBLA and JISC.
Working Group agrees the brand logo following a design competition.
‘Modern English’ the digital design agency appointed to design, build and launch My
Pocket Tutor. This followed a tender brief and competitive process including, a two stage
interview process and references.
Competition Winning Logo –
designed by a Traineeship Learner
The Digital Design Agency
Modern English
Familiar with our sector & learners
Designed ‘Maths Everywhere’ app
An award winning agency
See www.modern-english.co.uk
Design strategy: total coverage
Website/Microsite:
• Providing desktop accessibility
• Ideal for employers and training providers in potentially restricted working environments
App for mobile:
• Providing access on the go
• At convenient times & places
• Personal devices predominate in younger age groups’ web browsing
• IOS and Android
Developing interactive website and mobile app in parallel
Key tasks underway
Defining the schematic of the project.
Agreeing the headlines each customer
journey experience.
Content to be scripted and tested.
Resources to be commissioned ie;
videos.
Our 3 Customer groups
Learner
Employer
Provider
Headline Learner Experience
Strategic Objectives
Take the individual through all the stages of a Traineeship from the outset - why be a
trainee right the way through to progression.
Maximising the learning experience and effectively prepare the learner to achieve
with progression into work and/or an Apprenticeship.
Learner JourneyHeadline Content
I want a job – traineeships a step on the way.
I need to learn
Who do I talk to
Preparing – doing the right things.
Getting the opportunity
Making the most of it
Learning at work
Getting to work
Doing what’s expected of me
Learning at home
How am I doing
It worked! I got a job - I’m an apprentice
My story
Employer JourneyEmployer experience = stimulating demand
What’s a traineeship
Why bother
Where do I find one
Choosing the right young person
Do’s and Don’ts
Creating the Win win situation
I want another one
Feeding back my experience
Promoting/showcasing my business
Provider Journey
Matching employer demand with supply
Sourcing the employer
Making the offer attractive
Assessing a suitable learner
Getting the learner to want this
What makes it work
Designing tutor tools
Designing and delivering the right personal learning experience
Checking & monitoring progress
Improving the learning experience
Engaging Provider staff in the project:
Each customer journey will have written script, images, video and learning
material.
LWBLA overseeing the content.
Membership open to all.
Opportunities for providers to showcase.
AELP WebinarTraineeship Staff Support
Programme (TSSP)
Commissioned and funded by
Facilitated by:
Paul Warner, AELP
2 July 2014, 10.30am-11.30am
CONSULTANCY
• 30 free days on offer
• Providers at different stages of
Traineeship offer
• Consistent messages about JCP issues
• Learner reviews
• Maths/English issues
• Final report will be published.
‘Developing staff to achieve the best
outcome for learners’
• TSSP website
www.traineeship-staff-support.co.uk
• Project pages, blogs, news
• Resources – ‘beta’
• Sector involved in testing and trialing
• Final set resources – library
• Excellence Gateway
‘Developing staff to achieve the best outcome for learners’
Traineeship Staff Support
Programme
Project Conference
30th October 2014
Holiday Inn, Birmingham
Commissioned and funded by
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www.traineeship-staff-support.co.uk
[email protected] 491 3479
[email protected] 161685
www.aelp.org.uk
Future AELP Webinars10 July Embedding E&D in learning activities
Marina Gaze, Ofsted
16 July Blended Learning
Helen Hayes, Learn Direct
21 August An Introduction to Harnessing Google applications in
work based learning,
Carolyn Lewis, Vocational Innovation
11 Sep Approaches to delivering maths and English learning
in apprenticeships (particularly maths)
Karen Adriaanse HMI, Special Adviser (Improvement),
FE and skills, Ofsted
Visit www.aelp.org.uk/events for more information