PGCE yr 2, Group Assignment by https://padlet.com/annthomas/ugdls0tg7tu2 Made with charisma en-us 2016-10-20 12:43:27 UTC 2016-10-20 13:09:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Accreditation   Accreditation can be broadly divided into four areas:                                                                           1.       course accreditation;                                               2.     college wide accreditation;                                       3.     school accreditation; and                                                 4.     participating company accreditation.                                                                                                                       There are at present a multitude of accreditation bodies operating in the UK in General and Wales in particular so we need to determine which to use.   Course accreditation   By definition, an accredited course is one with a qualification attached to it and a non-accredited course one without a qualification attached. It is also possible to have a partially accredited course. One suggestion might be:   1st summer is as a stand-alone non-accredited course or perhaps accreditation by a less prestigious body while the second summer provides accreditation by a highly prestigious body if completed.   Under the new over-arching standards for Professional Standards for Teachers, Tutors and Trainers in the Lifelong Learning Sector in Wales a qualification should follow the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) which is superseding the National Qualification Framework (NQF) . [?Still valid, though].   College wide accreditation   CAVC is affiliated with the following organisations. Described in the affiliation section of the home page as “our partners.” Some of these are accreditation bodies per se; some are potentially accreditation bodies and others are may be non-accrediting affiliates.   School accreditation   The partnership schools will doubtless have some accreditation. There may be some difficulty to pick a school which harmonises with similar accreditation to the college, in particular, it may be difficult to properly accredit a course if the school still follows the NQF framework. [Or vice versa].    Participating Company accreditation   If a company is to visit, we will need to ensure that it is professional, etc.    There’s also Estyn, which white not accreditation per se seems to be looming in the background.   The purpose of Estyn is to inspect and report on the quality and standards of education and training provided in Wales, including:   ·         how far education and training meet the needs of learners and contribute to their development and wellbeing; ·         standards achieved; and ·         the quality of leadership and training. Andy.   This is a great start. I was thinking that we would need to decide on an ESOL exam to be the accreditation eg Trinity or similar, so that the ss have a clear indication of their level of English to present to the college. There are a few. Are we sticking with Skills for Life? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skills_for_Life We all know what Cambridge did pulling out of ESOL Skills for Life but other bodies running ESOL Skills for Life are: ESB http://esbuk.org/esol-skills-for-life-sample-materials City & Guilds ESOL Skills for Life (QCF) (4692) NOCN    Then there's Agored/Open College Network, the Cambridge KET, PET FCE and CAE exams, National literacy test, Citizenship test and London Chamber of Commerce which I have to mention because I used to be an oral examiner for them.   apatterson18 https://padlet.com/annthomas/ugdls0tg7tu2/wish/132047043 2016-10-20 13:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/annthomas/ugdls0tg7tu2/wish/132047043