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OTLA Final evidence collation document Nov 17

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Kevan work shadowing was carried out with a private construction company -
Richardson Installations - Stephen 07734555791.

I went back into industry and renovated a private house in Writtle, Chelmsford.

I was able to work with specifications, drawings, clients, and other trades.

Install boiling hot water tap, this knowledge then had impact on lecturers and students.

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Open events and inviting employers into the college to discuss their needs , also employers have attended giving demonstrations of work products. Links have been made to ensure that work placements are in place. 

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Open events and inviting employers into the college to discuss their needs , also employers have attended giving demonstrations of work products. Links have been made to ensure that work placements are in place. 

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New ventures have been set up with HIGGINS Construction, City Electrical Factors are now engaged in taking on 2 students week for work placement. They have attended college for a day and brought in tools / equipment and gave talks and demonstrations. Engex has now engaged with the college and have arrange visits to 2 factories where resources are now made to meet City & Guilds requirements.

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New ventures have been set up with HIGGINS Construction, City Electrical Factors are now engaged in taking on 2 students week for work placement. They have attended college for a day and brought in tools / equipment and gave talks and demonstrations. Engex has now engaged with the college and have arrange visits to 2 factories where resources are now made to meet City & Guilds requirements.

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All changes that were made had a positive impact on teaching and learning. Sharing resources with members of the OTLA project and visiting other colleges. New block timetables were introduced , the sessions are now 3 hours and 15 minutes, allowing for a 15-minute break. Short 20 minute activities were introduced. All SOW – and assessment plans were put in place. T- LEVELS have been discussed at briefings but no delivery plans have been set.

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All data and grades are fed back through 1-1 meetings. College has also started walk through inspections where feedback is recorded electronically. CPD records are recorded electronically.

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The college and construction SAR includes reference to improve teaching and learning 15 staff in construction were formally observed through the academic year, with only 53% of sessions judged to be good or better. The majority of teachers whose sessions were judged at grade 3 or 4 engaged with the support put into place with each teacher allocated a Learning and Teaching Coach. All seven members of staff were re-observed, with all staff being judged a grade 2

Too few students were successful in work placements, data bases are now improvement. Currently there is only a small amount of females recruited across the curriculum.

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New technology was introduced to support learning in all sessions. On open events employers provide staff to attend and give demonstrations.

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City Electrical and Engex attended EFC . They displayed tools and equipment used in Industry. They also gave talks to student groups and provided information about resources used on site

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Induction reviews were completed

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Staff development has been constant; RLC Education Consultants are delivering 4 half day sessions on enhancing learning and teaching. Assessment dates have been planned across the department. All 14 members of the construction staff have been involved in CPD.
·      Several members of staff have used Padlet and Slack.

Edmodo and QR codes have been introduced

Ideas have been passed through team meetings and briefings.

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from the OTLA project