Engaging providers to deliver RPA: lessons learnt and models developed
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Engaging providers to deliver RPA: lessons learnt and
models developed
LEACAN ConferenceWednesday 25 April 2012
In the next 45 minutes …• Exploration of the challenges and the
opportunities• Interview extracts from key personnel
working on RPA • Ten lessons and creative models
developed or in development• Sharing of practice from the RPA pilots• Reassurance
What does this mean for you?
Lesson 1: Deliver a clear RPA message
Please click on link below to view video by Andrew Simmons, Services for Young People, Hertfordshire Council.
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson1.wmv
The key points of the message
• Dispelling the myths• Economic viability and lifelong learning• Across the sectors at all levels• Clear identification of the target groups • Clear pathways and progression
opportunities – illustrative models• Joining up the strategies and
implementation plans eg SEND pathfinder, DSPL, NEET etc
Lesson 2:Promote joint responsibility
Lesson 3:Keep the focus on destinations
HE provision
Apprenticeships
EmploymentIndependentliving
Supported employment
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Employment with Training
Community based activity
PHASES OF LEARNING
DESTINATIONS
Enhanced Quality of LifeEconomic Viability
Further Education Alternative Provision
OUTCOMES
Day Care
Primary and Secondary Education
Slide adapted from a presentation by the Head of Inclusion and LDD – Hertford Regional College
Lesson 4:Consider the profile of the young people
Please click on link below to view video by Jane Davis, Education Consultant working at Romanfields Pupil Referral Unit and Dave McGachen, Curriculum Deputy, Pinewood MLD School.
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson4.wmv
Lesson 5:Build a seamless transition
• Sharing learner information (Learning for Living and Work)
• Combining the expertise and the skills of the teaching staff
• A destination-led curriculum designed in partnership (City and Guilds 7546 pilot)
• Agreeing ‘Principles for Progression’ and Progression Agreements
Lesson 6:Find the ambassadors
• Reflecting the importance and value of the ‘bridging’ organisations to secure:– Apprenticeships– Employers– Self-employment– Voluntary sector
The apprenticeship providers
Please click on link below to view video by Anna Morrison, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Provider Network.
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson6a.wmv
Social enterprise and self-employment
Please click on link below to view video by Sharon Gaffney, WENTA.
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson6b.wmv
Tactics for engaging the providers
• Adaptation of existing programmes• Putting in place the right support
systems and training programme• Showcase their practice• Link with their targets and agendas• Question the sustainability• Join them up to work together on
progression for learners
Lesson 7:Develop resources in partnership
Lessons 8, 9, and 10
• Build on what you do already• Find the ‘can do’ people across
the country and bring them into your team – steal their ideas so you don’t have to go it alone!
• Break a few rules for as long as you can!
Finding the materials
• Herts site:www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/1419/participation• DfE site:www.education.gov.uk/16to19/participation/rpa
Want to know more:• Mary Hurlstone 14-19 Progression Manager, SfYP,
[email protected] 594701
• An invitation for you all – 14-19 Annual Conference: RPA and Progression Wednesday 14th November, 2012Stevenage