Getting to Grips with Self-Regulation Conference (23 Sept 08) - Afternoon Seminars

Afternoon Seminars

Delegates will have an opportunity to attend two of the facilitator-led seminars listed below during the afternoon of the conference.  Each seminar will cover an area linked to the self-regulation agenda.


(A)    Framework for Excellence

Led by:   David Roxburgh  -  Learning & Skills Council

This session is intended to provide the audience with an overview of the Framework for Excellence, including how it has come about, who is affected and what they will need to do.


(B)    Peer Review & Development

Led by:   Mike Slawin  -   Weston College

The use of peer review and development to validate self assessment, to effectively transfer good practice and to improve performance.


(C)    Training Quality Standard

Led by:   Sue Alvey  -  Cornwall College Business

Cornwall College took part in the original pilot and was one of the first training providers to achieve the Training Quality Standard Part A and Part B - ICT.  This session will give an overview of the Training Quality Standard and the steps that Cornwall College took in preparing itself for the assessment.  It will give an overview of the process from application to achievement and lessons learned along the way. 


(D)    Guidance on the New Self Assessment Requirements

Led by:   Bill Shepley, HMI  -  Ofsted

An introduction to the new guidance on self-assessment that is due out in the autumn and how it links to the self regulation agenda.


(E)    The High Quality Managers Programme

Led by:   Linda Kaye  -  Tribal (& QIA)

A brief description of the High Quality Managers Programme and, then an interactive session exploring how we use professional dialogue to support the development of both ourselves and others within the programme.


(F)    Employer Responsiveness

Led by:   Jon Winter  -  S & B Automotive Academy

Effective partnerships and meeting employer needs: lessons for providers that are relevant for those working with both large and small employers.


(G)    Implementing & Benefiting from IfL & the ITT Reforms - Essential Information for Managers

Led by:   Hilary Read & Sally Garbett  -  SWitch Advisors

The session will include:
1.  The story so far; an update on the regulations.
2.  News from the frontline; what is actually happening on the ground.
3.  Professional formation and recognition of existing staff qualifications and skills; what this means in practice.
4.  Managing the reforms in your organisation; ideas and information to make the reforms work for you.

The session will summarise the reforms to ensure that organisations have accurate information about what they need to do. The benefits of the reforms will be stressed so that managers will be able to motivate their teams by explaining the very real advantages that these reforms bring to teachers in our sector. We will provide the latest information from IfL on Professional Formation and the recognition of existing staff competence and qualifications.

We will give examples of from our experiences as Switch advisors on what is happening in the front line and highlight areas where organisations are making things harder than they need to by adopting a “one size fits all” approach to the reforms. We will explain the best approach to these reforms and how performance management of staff plays a key role in getting the benefits from the reforms.


(H)    Learner Responsiveness

Led by:   Sandra Seldon  -  Norton Radstock College

The aims of this interactive workshop are:

1.  To enable participants to share ideas and current practices.

2.  To provide participants with a basic toolkit on how they can enhance their Learner Voice Strategy and how this dovetails into a college’s improvement plan and self-assessment process.

3.  To enable individual participants to benchmark themselves against best practice in other colleges participating in the workshop and against LSC guidelines.