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LITERACY NUMERACY & ILTEmbedding Functional Skills

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Aims

By the end of this session you will be able to:• Give examples of literacy/numeracy/ICT skills required in your area.

• Explain literacy/numeracy/ICT needs could be supported.

• Record this support on your lesson plans.• Explain the referral process for needs which cannot be met within your own teaching.

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What are Functional Skills?

• Take a minute to think about the first half hour of your day this morning.

• Did you use your literacy, numeracy or ICT skills in any way?

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The First Half Hour

Activity Skill

Wake up to alarm clock Numeracy – had to understand how to tell the time

Showered and washed hair

Literacy and Numeracy – estimated volume of shampoo. Recognised bottle due to writing/pictures on the front.

Made a cup of tea Numeracy – made estimations of measurement and volume (amount of water in kettle/milk and teaspoon of sugar).

Check diary ICT – Used calendar function on smart phone.

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Why Bother?

• Literacy, numeracy and ICT skills underpin everything we do.

• Embedding these skills into our teaching should lead to improved success rates/learner satisfaction.

• It is an OFSTED requirement that these skills are embedded across all curriculum areas.

• These skills are often referred to as:

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

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Literacy, Numeracy & ICT in Your Own Teaching

• Take 10 minutes to think about the literacy and numeracy and ICT needs in your own area.

• Jot these needs onto the literacy, numeracy and ILT ‘trees’ provided.

• Now think about how these needs might be addressed within your own teaching. What could you do to help?

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Your Lesson Plans

• Several ways to show how you have embedded literacy, numeracy and ICT skills into your teaching.

• How you show this on your plan will depend upon your own teaching area

BUT

• Should be as specific as possible

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Example Lesson Plan 1 (original on college VLE)

If you look at this example you will note:• Literacy needs mentioned in the differentiation column on the front.

• Separate column on main body of lesson plan ‘How is literacy, numeracy embedded?’

Now consider:• How well does this plan demonstrate the embedding of literacy and numeracy?

• Are there any changes you might make?

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Example Lesson Plan 2

If you look at this plan you will note:• A separate area for literacy/numeracy/ICT on the front page of the lesson plan.

• Notes regarding embedding of literacy, numeracy and ICT included with the differentiation column of the main body of the lesson plan.

Now consider:• How well does this plan demonstrate the embedding of literacy, numeracy and ICT?

• Are there any changes you might make?

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Referral

What if the needs are too complex for you to deal with?

• Refer to your Curriculum Manager. He or she will then consider whether the student should be referred to the college’s literacy/numeracy courses or whether some kind of in-class support would be appropriate.

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Conclusion

• Literacy, numeracy and ICT skills are required in every curriculum area.

• We all address these areas as part of good teaching practice.

• We need to demonstrate that we have embedded literacy, numeracy and ICT within our own teaching areas.

Remember these are all

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS