Weekly Update
Directorate: Skills, Support and Standards - June 1st 2015
Croeso! Welcome to our weekly directorate update of news and information.
Things are hotting up and I know we're all busy enrolling students for next year, mopping up qualifications and supporting learners. Many thanks for your continued hard work at this busy time of year.
We won - Two Colleges Wales Awards - Teaching and Learning, and Innovation Award
WEST Update - Important
We've decided, after long consultations with Tribal, that WEST isn't going to be ready for learners to use in September. Our first behaviour is being "learner focussed" and we've got to put learner experiences first.
So... all the points relating to how we do initial assessment are still relevant, i.e. it will be done in English and Maths classes, and by vocational tutors where learners are not doing these. The assessment, however, will be BKSB .
Through the year we will trial WEST in WBL and Traineeship classes.
Txt Tool
We've been busy trialling the new student txt tool. If a register is marked in the first 30 minutes and a student is absent and hasn't called in, they will get a txt reminding them to come to class. The first guinea pigs have been Sport, and results show that it's improving register completion at least! We're rolling it out this week for the term with all the Services to People Directorate. Feedback so far from students is that their mobile phone numbers held on EBS are often out of date, and that our txt message is too polite. We'll keep you posted on how this trial goes.
Keeping Learners on 'Trac'
Passport to Success - new CPD Tool
Team Updates
School Links Update
Coleg Cambria app
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Directorate Google Community Page
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Carys Davies
Email: carys.davies@cambria.ac.uk
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Phone: 01244 831531 6011