Session 4 - Strand 4

Abstract:

This session will be based upon our year-long project when we were awarded funding through BaL’s Teaching and Innovation project launched last Spring. The focus of our bid was to design and implement a structured induction and upskilling training programme for new and existing colleagues teaching BaL DAs. The training aim was to provide a clear, structured introduction to DA pedagogy, regulatory requirements, and work-based learning approaches to ensure all staff were equipped to deliver high-quality apprenticeship education. As part of the project, we delivered 2 day-long workshops to colleagues who teach on our DA programmes – we were fortunate and reached colleagues who had taught for many years and also those new to DAs. In our sessions we had focused time considering the pedagogies of DA teaching - during discussions these pedagogies were identified as being vital when teaching all our learners, not just DAs. In our sessions, we also introduced key regulatory impacts, including Ofsted, and reviewed their 3 I’s (intent, implementation, and impact), which, although essential within our DA courses, can be relevant within mainstream teaching. Within our sessions we also wanted to highlight learning walks; these are expected on DAs, and although there are varying versions within UoP we wanted to discuss and work collaboratively with our colleagues to review what would be expected during an Ofsted lesson observation and to identify any barriers and challenges that may be raised during the roll-out of the learning walks. Therefore, it is planned in our presentation that we will review the success of the project, examine how lessons learned can be transferred from our DA programmes to other courses, and discuss the importance of collaborative working when introducing new learning and teaching processes.