Dawn BuzzardLearning Technology Adviser

Our areas of work

• Professional Standards and Workforce Development.

• Vocational Education and Training.• Leadership, Management and Governance.• Research and Innovation.

Our priorities• Boosting our national capacity to teach maths and English

excellently post-16.• Supporting leaders across the system at all levels, helping them

successfully lead change through the challenges ahead.• Developing a top quality Vocational Education and Training

(VET) system which meets the needs of industry and supports rapid growth in apprenticeships.

• Supporting practitioners with our individual professional membership service, the Society for Education and Training.

maths and English support for post 16 providers

Teachers, Trainers and Assessors

• Two programmes on Foundation online learning

• A level 5 CPD Course

Leaders, Managers and Governance

• Leading GSCE English and Mathematics

maths and English tools

• Free at Foundation online learning

• Improving the teaching of maths and English

• Mathematics self-evaluation tool

• In development, completes at the end of October

Level 5 CPD CoursePreparing teachers to deliver GCSE resits

• Two packages one for maths and another for English

• Off the shelf programmes• Scheme of Work• 10 Session plans• Power Points• Resources• Rationale

Association of Colleges in the Easter Region

• An action research project digitising good practice in the delivery of maths and English within apprenticeships and traineeships

• Targets teachers, trainers assessors, leaders, manager and governors

• Released at the start of November via the learning futures website

Learning Wheel Blackburn College

Other Digital Learning ActivityUfi MoocBlended Learning Essentials• A free course for the Vocational

Education and Training sector to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning

• Starting in November

ELMAG – Level 5 Digital Leadership

Useful links• Foundation online learning – maths & English• Excellence Gateway – Level 5 CPD• Leading GCSE English and Mathematics• Twitter Learning Wheel• Learning Futures • The Education and Training Foundation• Ufi Mooc • ELMAG