Welcome to Reading College
Part of Activate Learning
Settling into College Life
A very warm welcome to Reading College, part of the Activate Learning group of colleges. We are delighted you are coming to work at the college. This is a useful guide to helping you settle into our Reading College community over the summer period. As soon as you join the college, you will be linked to a buddy, an existing member of staff who can help show you the ropes.
Paul Newman (Interim Principal), Cheryl Pennington (Assistant Principal) & Debbie Ferguson (Assistant Principal)
'Go To' College Experts
- Human Resources Team based in room B16/1
- E- Learning Team based in room B62
- Learning & Development Manager - Hannah Tyreman based in room B62
- Quality & CPD Coordinator - Stephanie Moakes based in room B14
- Student Services Team located by Reception
Getting Up To Speed!
Whether you are a new member of business support staff or a teacher new to the college, you can access and complete the Summer Term Essentials Training and read the senior teams weekly communications by clicking on the link below:
Planning for Learning
The better we plan and prepare for September, the better our students learning experience will be next year.
'A goal without a plan is just a wish!'
This is our checklist for 'Planning for Learning' documents:
- Schemes of learning
- Assessment plans
- Induction plans
- Course handbooks
All the proforma as well as useful exemplars can be found on the 'Pass It On' website/ 'Planning for Learning'/ Learning Plans & SOL's tile. Click on the link below to access the site.
Wood Workshop in Construction
Training Kitchen in Hospitality
IT classroom in BITE (Business, IT and Engineering)
Summer Term Learner Journey Videos
During the summer term, our whole college CPD day involved teams of staff making videos about the learner journey. This is just one of many videos made which capture brilliantly the spirit of the journey.
The learner journey - Team 7