Developing Excellence in Offender learning delivered by sector experts
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data collection, analysis & evidencing learners’ softer skills and wider outcomes / data collection and analysis in shaping and informing the curriculum offer / data management to inform decision making and improve and enhance future performance / improving attendance and allocations in prisonsa whole organisational approach to the induction and assessment process / improving outcomes by taking a whole organisational approach to problem solving / creating an ‘inspection ready’ organisation / everything you need to know about learning & skills, but were too afraid to ask
a whole organisational approach to quality improvement – from strategy to classroom / quality improvement plans that are developed and owned by the whole organisation / performance management, lesson observations and self-assessment reports / creating an ambitious organisation
Views from an Ofsted secondment - reinforcing the value and impact of the self-assessment process in the improvement agenda / creating a rigorous and reliable and self-assessment report / maximising the use of the virtual campus / Looking up and broadening horizons: Innovation, Evolution and Adaptation
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data collection, analysis & evidencing learners’ softer skills and wider outcomes / Who is this workshop for?
- All prison managers and curriculum leads
- Identify and appreciate the importance of partnership working across the prison
- Consider the range of priorities and look at opportunities for collaboration
- Discuss data collection and analysis focusing on how to identify the value added benefits of learning and skills both in prison industries and within OLASS
- Take away some practical tips and ideas for implementation
data collection and analysis in shaping and informing the curriculum offer / Who is this workshop for?
- All prison managers and curriculum leads
- Work with delivery teams to understand and make use of data to raise standards
- Work with teams to better understand delivery variables and how these impact on learner progress
- Shape and inform the curriculum offer by having an improved understanding of how to make the best use of data
data management to inform decision making and improve and enhance future performance / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers,heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, activities hub managers, curriculum administrators, teaching teams, industries managers/workshop supervisors and resettlement managers
- Evaluate your current practice and share ideas to improve and enhance future practice
- Develop your skills in curriculum planning; data collection & analysis
- Use data to inform decision making & performancemonitoring
improving attendance and allocations in prisons / Who is this workshop for?
- The workshop will be aimed at everyone who is involved in the allocation and attendance process. This will include: learning and skills managers, heads of reducing & reoffending, education managers and residentialmanagers
- To gain a better understanding of thecomplexities of allocation and attendance
- To appreciate the pressures and priorities for each individual role involved with allocation and attendance
- Understand why it is so important to foster better partnership collaboration
a whole organisational approach to the induction and assessment process / Who is this workshop for?
- The workshop will be aimed at those that are involved in the induction and assessment process. This will include: learning and skills managers, heads of reducing reoffending, education managers, activity managers, offender management unit managers and residentialmanagers
- Develop the sequencing of the offender journey whilst at establishment through the effective use of skills action plans and OASIS sentence planning
- Identify areas within your own establishment that would profit from more effective partnership working such as improved attendance, success rates and retention
improving outcomes by taking a whole organisational approach to problem solving / Who is this workshop for?
- Prison SMT, education managers and NCS managers
- Understand the benefits of a whole organisation approach
- Develop and apply a joint approach to increasing attendance in education
- Understand how to use this to demonstrate effective leadership and management at inspection
creating an ‘inspection ready’ organisation / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers, heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, activities hub managers, allocations, curriculum administrators, teaching teams, industries managers/workshop supervisors and resettlement managers
- Evaluate your current practice and provoke new ideas to improve and enhance future practice
- Prepare your staff for inspection
- Present accurate evidence during inspection
- Anticipate and respond to challenges
- Network with colleagues and share effective practice
assistant director compliance & standards
Everything you need to know about learning & skills, but were too afraid to ask / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers, heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, activities hub managers, allocations, curriculum administrators, teaching teams, industries managers/workshop supervisors and resettlement managers.
- Develop the knowledge of prison staff in terms of learning & skills
- Support staff that are new to learning & skills to work more effectively in the sector
- Develop your knowledge in the three critical zones. The training will cover key elements of the OLASS contract: curriculum / funding / assurance & governance
a whole organisational approach to quality improvement – from strategy to classroom / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers,heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, activities hub managers, allocations, curriculum administrators, teaching teams, industries managers/workshop supervisors and resettlement managers
- Develop your skills so that you can contribute to raising standards across the regime with a focus onintegrated curriculum design and planning
- Support the skills development within prison industries
- Respond to national priorities at a regional and local level
quality improvement plans that are developed and owned by the whole organisation / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers, heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, activities hub managers, allocations.
- Work with your staff team to build and deliver improvement plans with a focus on;
- Staff involvement and engagement
- Develop best practice in quality improvement
- Work with and within the regime- challenging preconceptions of what can be done
performance management, lesson observations and self-assessment reports / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers, heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, activities hubmanagers, allocations, curriculum administrators, teaching teams, industries managers/workshop supervisors and resettlement managers.
- Evaluate current practice and develop new ideas to improve and enhance future practice in :
- SAR & QIP; Lesson Observations; Performance Management & IQA
quality manager, Weston college
creating an ambitious organisation / Who is this workshop for?
- Leaders and managers from the prison, OLASS and NCS providersincluding prison SMT, education manager and NCS lead
- Work together to raise ambition
- Prepare for inspection, including recognition of shortcomings and good practice
- Improve leadership and management practice
- Raise awareness of the role of Governors and the senior management team
Views from an Ofsted secondment - reinforcing the value and impact of the self-assessment process in the improvement agenda / Who is this workshop for?
- Band 6 learning & skills managers, heads of reducing reoffending
- OLASS education managers
- Anyone with responsibility for producing an establishment SAR
Apply this learning to your own planning and leave with a series of actions to take forward
- Reflect on your prison’s self-assessment process and improvement action plans
- Understand how valuable self-assessment is
- Recognise theappropriate strengths and areas for development
- Userobust evidence to make evaluations and formulate judgements
head of learning & skills
creating a rigorous and reliable and self-assessment report / Who is this workshop for?
- Learning & skills managers, heads of reducing reoffending
- OLASS education managers
- Anyone with responsibility for producing an establishment SAR
- Develop a rigorous and reliable Self-Assessment process toensure an integrated approach in raising standards
- Understand the key considerations when developing a SAR
- Unpick the complexity of prisons and prison interventions/ activity
maximising the use of the virtual campus / Who is this workshop for?
- Curriculum managers, heads of reducing reoffending, learning and skills managers, curriculumadministrators, teaching teams, partner organisations and resettlement managers.
- Undertake an evaluation of current practice and ideas to improve and enhance future practice
- Develop your knowledge of enabling access to VC and supporting qualification delivery
- Networking with colleagues and sharing effective practice
Looking up and broadening horizons: Innovation, Evolution and Adaptation / Who is this workshop for?
- Heads of reducing re-offending, learning, skills & employment managers, OLASS cluster, prison and curriculum managers, NCS and NOMS managers
- Identify key external organisations with which you'd like to build new or improve existing relationships (e.g. Local Enterprise Partnerships, employers and the wider FE sector)
- Identify potential opportunities and threats
- Confirm up to 3 priorities on which to focus, all aimed at innovation which is ultimately aimed at benefiting offender learners
- Identify risks and how these can potentially be managed
- Incorporate innovation into your prison wide self assessment process and report.