dfes developments in vocational education edexcel and jisc-cetis [email protected]
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English Government Initiatives
• Every Child Matters• Building Schools for the Future• E-learning strategy • 14-19 Specialised Diploma• ‘Leitch’ Review of Vocational Education
(Qualifications to be employer led: ‘personalised’ aggregation from approved ’10 hour units’)
To support Leitch 1: existing Competency Based QualificationsNational Vocational Qualifications (NVQS)
Assessment by ‘verified’ evidence (principally form observation) of a ‘competency’
• What you must know
•What you must do
•What you must cover
Unit: Maintain the Reception Service
Element: Prepare the Reception Service
K7: What services are available to customers
1. Make sure you have sufficient staff with the necessary skills to maintain the reception service
2. ……….
Helping to develop and communicate procedures to cover the following:
• Room allocation
• Customer arrivals.
• ………
Can the candidate prove he/ she can do something
To support Leitch 2:Vocational ‘unit’ specification (10 hours of study)
Outcomes Assessment criteriaTo achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate an ability to:
1. Explore organisational structure and culture.
compare and contrast different organisational structures and cultureanalyse the relationship between an organisation’s structure and culture and the effects on business performanceanalyse the factors which influence individual behaviour at work.
Can the candidate prove he/ she knows how to do something
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GCSE
HE
Edexcel
Qualification and Curriculum Authority
National
Assessment
Agency
Pearson
Pearson Assessment and Testing
Longmans Penguin
FT
Pearson Phoenix
The Influences on a Qualification Awarding Bodies
City and Guilds OCR
Regulator To modernise the exam and testing system
Promissor
PearsonVue
….the big challenge…… the 14-19 Specialised Diploma
Principal Learning
(sector related)
Skills development in work based environments
Additional/ Specialist Learning.
Units from framework for achievement
Functional Skills (Numeracy, Literacy, IT)
Personal Learning and Thinking Project
10 days work experience
Level 3 48% 33% 19%
DIPLOMA
OCR(a Component Awarding Body)
City and Guilds (a Component Awarding Body)
Edexcel (a Component Awarding Body)
Edexcel(a Diploma Awarding Body)
First Delivery of first phase September 2008
2010: part of GCSES
NEED FOR STANDARDS
Ken Boston, chief executive of the QCA, has signalled the end of A-levels as the "gold standard" exam for teenagers wanting to go on to university. Dr Boston said he hoped the new specialist diplomas would take over from A-levels as the main route to higher education.
The Independent 18 January 2007
QCA Framework Database
Approved vocational credits (10 hours of study): assessment method as appropriate
Awarding Bodies (Edexcel etc.)
Submit units for approval
MIAP Database
Student details including ULN
Minerva
Stores all Learner Achievements
Selects a Unit
Registers and is assessed by Awarding Body
The Vocational ‘Credit’ System
The Leitch World
The Barratt Site Managers Diploma
10 hour QCA Credit 1203
10 hour QCA Credit 1227
10 hour QCA Credit 1221.8
10 hour QCA Credit 1223
Barratt
Culture
Barratt
Technical
Barratt
Materials
Achievement Stored on Minerva
Recruitment Services
Qualification and Credit Framework
• Coverage: England, Wales and Northern Ireland (Scotland qualifications to be linked)
• Full implementation: September 2008• National unit databank: all non-HE vocational qualifications (excludes A
Levels and GCSEs but includes Specialised Diplomas) to be assembled from units (generally 10 hrs of learning) with a credit rating. The units can be delivered and assessed as stand alone courses.
• Regulated Awarding Bodies: submit units, assess units and make appropriate combinations for qualifications (Certificates and Diplomas) and have them approved by Qualification and Curriculum Authority. (any submitted and approved units can be used by any awarding body).
• Learner Achievement Record: repository of all student achievements provided by awarding bodies. Enables lifelong learning students to build up qualifications over time with units achieved with different awarding bodies.Key systems : MIAP for student details (with Unique Learner Number, December 2006??) QCA Framework for accredited units Minerva for Learner Achievement Records.
Qualification and Curriculum Authority
National Assessment Agency
Responsibility for UK Vocational Programme:
Including..,,,,,,,,,
to maximise the compatibility of vocational systems across the UK, enhance co-operation in vocational education and training across Europe and increase UK global economic competitiveness
The Vocational Qualification Review Board
Five Sub Programmes make up the UK:
•Sector Qualification Reform (led by Sector Skills Development Agency and influenced by Leitch)•Framework Development (led by QCA on behalf of the regulatory partners)•Planning, funding and delivery of provision (led by the Learning and Skills Council on behalf of the planning and funding bodies)•Preparatory rationalisation of existing qualifications (led by Federation of Awarding Bodies on behalf of the awarding bodies)•Communications (led by DfES).
Completion 2010