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LWI Citizens’ Curriculum  Non-Directive Coaching Guide

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LWI Citizens’ Curriculum  Non-Directive Coaching Guide

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Practical guidance on how to use non-directive coaching techniques to support and add value to the Citizens’ Curriculum approach.

Useful in supporting learners to develop a range of Citizens’ Curriculum skills and capabilities – including health, financial, civic and digital – in a range of less formal learning settings in the community, and in the workplace

Includes tips on using coaching with ESOL learners with low level language skills

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Citizens' Curriculum Coaching Guide | Learning & Work

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This resource offers practical guidance on how to use non-directive coaching techniques to support and add value to the Citizens' Curriculum approach. It will be particularly useful in supporting learners to develop a range of Citizens' Curriculum skills and capabilities - including health, financial, civic and digital - in a range of less formal learning settings in the community, and in the workplace.

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City and Guilds initial and diagnostic assessment 

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City and Guilds initial and diagnostic assessment 

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Along with 3 subject guides, the March 2018  handbook below is the ‘go to’ resource for  the City & Guilds’ Functional Skills qualifications.

See page 20 re: initial assessment - NB further suggested inks take you round in a circle.

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ForSkills’ initial assessment measures:

Learner’s overall working-towards level from Pre-entry to Level 2, and

Their spiky profile.

The English initial assessment shows the levels for reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar

the maths initial assessment displays the section levels of number; measures, shape and space; and handling data.

The assessments include a built-in dyslexia and dyscalculia screener.

Approved NCFE Functional Skills centres access ForSkills via an online form.

NB. Not always clear, but NCFE owns ForSkills.

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SkillsBuilder - the industry-leading suite of assessments and resources

SkillsBuilder is our unique suite of initial and diagnostic assessments and learning resources in Functional Skills English, maths and ICT, and GCSE English and maths. Both programmes are in line with the appropriate national standards allowing for simple and efficient tracking. Our packages also include assessments in ESOL, learning styles, PLTS and mechanical comprehension.

Initial and Diagnostic Assessments

Our initial assessments will accurately identify not only each learner's overall working-towards level but also their spiky profile as well. The assessments are adaptive, responding to learner answers and offering correspondingly easier or harder questions. The questions are banked so a learner will never sit an identical assessment twice.

Our Functional Skills initial assessment will accurately assess a learner's level from pre-entry to level 2, and includes a built-in dyslexia/dyscalculia screener. Our GCSE assessment will precisely measure a learner's ability on the new 1-9 system.

In addition, our diagnostic assessments also contain banked questions and will identify a learner's skills gaps, producing a unique individual skills plan (ISP) that will signpost the resources each learner needs.

Our resources package includes our vast bank of ground-breaking video resources - many of which include challenges. The videos cover all of the key topics in Functional Skills and GCSE, and have been carefully crafted to engage your learners. The videos are available free through our unique ForSkillsGo app and are backed up with information pages, illustrating key points and examples before a learner puts their knowledge to the test with our practice skills.

Our practice skills questions are self-marking, providing your learners with hints and feedback just like their own online tutor. Where a question requires a longer, written answer, feedback is provided in the form of a model answer.

Our summative assessments are the final part of the process and will assess a learner's competency in a topic and then automatically sign it off the learner's ISP.

Tracking and progression

Our individual skills plans (ISPs) allow easy tracking of the learner journey. Targets may be set, both individual and group targets, and portfolio evidence recorded. The system will recommend when a learner is ready to take a diagnostic at the next level, allowing for smooth and easy progression. Alternatively, a distance-travelled diagnostic may be set to measure progress by topic.

Reports will capture and measure progression by individual learner, topic, group or whole institution - a key area for Ofsted. The system supports blended learning as tutors can upload their own resources and mark topics as complete for individuals and groups, for work done offline or online, in the classroom or remotely.

The benefits for the learner

Personalised learning programme in Functional Skills or GCSE

Interesting and engaging interactive assessments which are adaptive to individual abilities, providing a positive learning experience

Personalised learning materials including our superbly engaging video resources which match the learning gaps identified by the diagnostic assessment, and are accessible on the Internet from anywhere

The system will recommend when the learner is ready to take a diagnostic at the next level, allowing for smooth and easy progression

The benefits for the tutor

Robust and engaging initial assessment which provides a dyslexia/dyscalculia screening process

Reliable suite of self-marking assessments, thus cutting the tutor's workload

Diagnostic system which identifies the learner's individual strengths as well as individual skills gaps

Individual Skills Plan (ISP) automatically generated from each learner's diagnostic results

Reports which measure progression by group and topics within a group, and reports which gauge the group need to help organise and focus group teaching

The benefits for the employer

Effective, accurate initial and diagnostic assessments

Allocation of only those learning resources which are relevant will cut time and cost of raising learners' skills to the appropriate level

The benefits for the organisation

Oversee the whole organisation's assessment process and results

Oversee the whole organisation's progress

Track site usage and performance by learner, tutor and group

Seamlessly integrates with your own management information systems

Read our factsheet

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Industry-leading suite of assessments and resources

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SkillsBuilder - the industry-leading suite of assessments and resources SkillsBuilder is our unique suite of initial and diagnostic assessments and learning resources in Functional Skills English, maths and ICT, and GCSE English and maths. Both programmes are in line with the appropriate national standards allowing for simple and efficient tracking.

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Pearson initial functional English and maths up to level 2 assessment tool

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Pearson initial functional English and maths up to level 2 assessment tool

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To screen a learner’s existing skills, giving an indication of their ability in these areas from Entry Level 1 up to Level 2.

Comprises 20 questions, taking a maximum of one hour. On completion, both teacher and learner will have a broad idea of what level will be an achievable challenge during their course of study.

Can be used as part of IAG.

Try the test:  http://onscreen.edexcel.com/iat/
Delivery guide : https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Functional-skills/teaching-support/Initial-Assessment-Tool-Deliverers-Guide-FINAL.pdf

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Initial Assessment Tool (IAT) | Pearson qualifications

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Our free Initial Assessment Tool (IAT) can help teachers and tutors decide which level of Functional Skills English and maths a learner should study.

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Improving initial and diagnostic assessment for functional skills CPD module

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Improving initial and diagnostic assessment for functional skills CPD module

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Excellence Gateway

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The aim of this module is to explore initial and diagnostic assessment within functional skills. It is aimed at practitioners who are teaching or supporting functional skills development on embedded and discrete programmes. It may also be useful for managers when planning functional skills programmes or programmes which require functional skills, eg apprenticeships.

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There is a special version of the App for ULRs and others in similar roles that can be used offline - it will upload the data into the SkillCheck database once the device is reconnected to the internet. Please contact your unions to arrange access to the offline version.

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Real-life career videos, advice and information to inspire your career

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Get ideas for your future with free career videos, job information, plus advice on career options and the world of work. Click here to learn more