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Progress File e-Widening Horizons Information Seminar Anne Cromie and Paul Wright June 2011. Learning Intentions. Participants will be aware of : Current information from the Department of Education regarding Progress File; - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Progress File e-Widening Horizons Information Seminar
Anne Cromie and Paul Wright
June 2011
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Learning Intentions
Participants will be aware of : • Current information from the Department of Education regarding
Progress File; • Northern Ireland e-Progress File developments; • The rationale and content of the e-Widening Horizons (e-WH) modules; • Pilot schools’ experiences;• The advantages of an electronic Progress File; • CCEA contacts, help and support; and • Have a ‘hands on’ opportunity to use the pilot e-WH material;
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Overview of the Day
10.00 am Introduction to Northern Ireland e- Progress File developments
10.30 am
11.00 am
Introduction to e- Widening Horizons (e-WH) Learning from the ‘Pilot’ Experience
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 pm
2.45 pm
‘Hands on’ Opportunity
Plenary Session
Session 1
The Progress File
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Reporting Summative Information
Circular Number: 2009/15
Subject: Pupil Reporting Regulations
2009
11th November 2009www.deni.gov.uk
Progress FileReporting summative information in the final years of key stage 4 and sixth form: “Schools are required to ensure that the following information
is included in addition to the annual report :• any qualification, award or certificate gained by a pupil, including
any credit towards a qualification that a pupil has received from the school, or on behalf of the school via another provider…..
• This information should also set out the name of the qualification, award or certificate, the highest result and the year achieved;
• brief particulars of any school societies, clubs or activities in which the pupil was involved, including at another school; and
• any positions of responsibility held by the pupil in the school or any of the above school clubs or activities.”
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ETI Report 2010
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The Progress File Process
“ The progress file process complements the careers education, information, advice and guidance curriculum; pupils continually update their career plan, and at each transition stage complete a standard career plan for inclusion in the progress file. The progress file is then used to inform careers advice and guidance, the selection of work-related learning opportunities, mock interviews and the development of personal statements.”
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Components of Learning Guidance
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Effective use of the Progress File
PUPILS: • Reflect on their achievements; • Set targets for progression and achievement in
their learning and to inform their career decision making;
• Review their target setting process at the twice- yearly pupil appraisal interviews; and
• Report a strong sense of ownership of the process.
Effective use of the Progress File
TEACHERS: • Facilitate year 8 pupils to complete a review of their KS2
achievements and using this information as a baseline from which to set targets for their new post primary school;
• Focus sharply on developing the pupils’ target setting skills;
• Embed the development of the skills within a series of lessons within the pastoral programme; and
• Review the target setting process at the twice-yearly pupil appraisal interviews.
Possible Progress File Content
• Annual Report• Personal Statement/UCAS Statement• Career Plan• Curriculum Vitae/List of Achievements
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Objective of CEIAG….
“ The overall objective of effective CEIAG provision is to enable learners to become effective career decision makers, empowered to manage their own career development successfully, confidently and with due respect and care for their own needs, those of others and of their communities.”
‘Preparing for Success a Guide to Developing Effective Career Decision Makers.’ DENI 2010
The Entitlement Framework
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Curriculum Integration
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Underpinning Principle
Progress File is a process: to support learning; personal development; and career planning.
How?
Reflecting Reviewing
Identifying Actions and Target Setting Recognising
Recording
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The e-Progress File Project:
Development and user-testing of e-Progress File for pupils in Northern Ireland.
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E-Progress File Pilot Project
• Career Wales• 2009-10:To develop and user-test a customised
version of e-WH in selected post-primary schools.
• 2010-11:To user-test and pilot the customised version of e-WH and to develop the content of e-MO and e-GS with selected post-primary schools.
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E-Progress File – Versions
Getting StartedHome Page
Moving OnHome Page
Log On
Starting Out
SEN
All About Me
My Learning
Learning for LW
Transition Planning
Post-16 - SchoolHome Page
Starting Out
Reflecting onMe
My Learning
Learning for LW
TransitionPlanning
Induction
Reflecting onMe
My Programmeof Learning
Learning for LW
TransitionPlanning
All AboutMe
My Learning
PreparingFor
Life & Work
TransitionPlanning
• Introduction to Section
•Starting Out Create profile identify and locate support team
•What Next - Year 8 - Year 9 - Year 10
•My Best Subjects
•How I learn best
•What I want to Achieve in Year 8 (9) (10)
•Setting Goals, Targets and Making an Action Plan
StartingOut
• Introduction to Section
• My Likes and Dislikes
• My Hobbies and Interests
• My Personal Qualities
• My Skills and Personal Capabilities
• Skills Log
•Introduction to Section
•The World of Work
•Investigate the World of Work
•How can I tell people about me?
•What have I learned?
• Introduction to Section
• Planning for Learning - Time Management - Create a study Timetable - Using time effectively - A place to study
• My Assessment Results • Review my Results
• My Revision Plan
• My Learning Blog
• My Awards and Qualifications
• Introduction to Section
• My Careers Ideas
• Skills and Qualities for Work
• Year 11 Options
• Subjects – what I Like What I am Good at
• Linking Subjects to Courses and Jobs
•Dos and Don’ts of Selecting Subjects - Options Checklist - My Choices and Reasons
• Taking Action
Getting StartedContent Map
Final Version
• Introduction to Section
•Check yourself Out! edit/update profile identify and locate support team • My Best Subjects
• My subject choices in Years 11 and 12
• How I learn best
• What I want to Achieve in Year 11 (12)
• Setting Goals, Targets and Making an Action Plan
•Introduction to Section
•What kind of person am I?
•My Interests
•My Personal Qualities
•Skills and Personal Capabilities
•My Skills Log
•Introduction to Section
•Planning for Learning - Time Management - Create a study Timetable - Using time effectively - A place to study
• My Assessment Results Record my results
• Review my Results
• My Revision Plan
• My Learning Blog
• My Awards and Qualifications
•Introduction to Section
•What is the world of work all about?
•What will people expect of me in the world of work?
•Preparing for the world of work
•Researching work experience opportunities
•Preparing for work placements
•What have I learnt about the world of work and me?
•Introduction to Section
•My career ideas
•Skills and qualities for work
•Year 13 options
•Taking action
StartingOut
ReflectingOnMe
My Learning
PreparingFor
Life & Work
TransitionPlanning
Moving OnContent Map
Final Version
• Introduction to Section
• Check yourself Out! - Add personal details, profile, find create friends/ groups, identify support team
• What Next - My reasons for remaining at school - My hopes and worries - What can I expect in Years 13/14
•How I learn best
•What I want to Achieve in Year 13 (14)
•Setting Goals, Targets and Making an Action Plan
• Introduction to Section
• Strengths and Weaknesses - Strategies to enhance strengths and weaknesses
• My Interests
• My Personal Qualities
• My Skills - What are skills? - Skills used in different settings - Opportunities to develop your skills •Review and Action Planning
Post-16 in SchoolHome Page
ReflectingonMe
Planning My Learning
PreparingFor
Life & Work
TransitionOptionsInduction
• Introduction to Section
• Planning for Learning - Time Management - Create a study Timetable - Using time effectively - A place to study
• My Assessment Results - Record my results - Review my Results
• My Revision Plan
• My Learning Blog
• My Awards and Qualifications
• Introduction to Section
• How many lives do I have anyway?
• Where is my life going?
• Laying down the life plans
• Making the move
• Working life begins
• Opportunities to develop my skills
• Collecting my evidence
• Introduction to Section
•My Careers Ideas
• Skills and Qualities for Work
• Linking Subjects to Courses and Jobs
• My Career Plan
• Transition Options - More education - Gap year - Work
•Transition Planning• Making Applications UCAS, FE, Training, Employment Gap year opportunities•Interviews• Presenting Myself
Final Version
Session 3
e-Widening Horizons: Learning from the Experience of the
Pilot Schools.
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The e-progress file Pilot in Hunterhouse College
Introduction• Hunterhouse College is a Cross Community
Grammar School for girls.• Prior to e-progress file the paper version was and
is still in use with all Key Stages.• In Sixth Form it has been used for the following
purposes• Personal Development • Career Planning and Application to HE• As a hook to hold together the various challenges
in the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness.• When provided with the opportunity to pilot e-
progress file NI it seemed appropriate in light of our Personal Development ethos in Sixth Form
Hunterhouse College Pilot• Our pilot of e-progress file involved
• 8 members of staff – 4 Personal Development Tutors and 4 Careers Tutors
• 100 Year 13 pupils• All available ICT facilities in the school• The lesson was conducted at lunchtime in order to
free up ICT facilities• Training for Staff happened in August
Advantages and Challenges• A big advantage for the pupils was a place
to put everything that related to personal development
• A big advantage for staff was being able to monitor progress
• A big challenge for staff was teaching at lunchtime in order to have the required ICT facilities
Sixth Form Personal Development
• August Induction
• Initial review and target setting
• Tutor Period - PD, COPE and Careers • Enrichment Time – Skills development
• Lecture Time – HSE
• February and November Review Meetings
Hunterhouse College teaching/facilitation time
Total PD Time4hrs
Tuesday 2hrs
Placements/Enrichment Sept-Dec Jan-April
Thursday1hr
Lecture TimeSept-April
Friday1hr
PD Time/CareersSept-Dec Jan-April
How does Progress File fit in?
• It is a hook to hang personnel development, skills development and the independent learner mindset on.
• It encourages a new way of thinking.• It encourages planning and espouses the plan-do-
review road to success.• It engages pupils in a continuous progress
monitoring, checking and reviewing process.• It engages pupils in assessing their skills, looking
to their strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for improvement and developing the skills they lack.
• It supports life long learning and the collection of evidence.
Where does Progress File fit in?
• Progress File links all
the strands of Personal Development together
• We use Progress File for
• Self management • Skills development• Careers and
employability
• Sixth Form Induction• Tutor time• CEIAG
What does Progress File do?
• Induction provides pupils with the tools they need for approaching their learning from a plan-do-review mindset looking at how you learn best and how you can improve your own learning and performance
• Checking and Reviewing Progress and Preparing for a Review leaves them in the correct mindset for review driven employment and EMA
• Goal, Target setting and Action Planning provides the tools for all manner of planning and preparation from educational to personal, social and career plans
• Thinking about opportunities to explore employment, Volunteer and develop skills encouraged pupils to think about how they can prepare themselves for work
• Gathering and collecting evidence engenders a preparedness culture
Active Learning
• Induction – Video Clip How do I learn best?• Reflecting on Me – Evaluate my skills
• Planning my learning –Try a Web link My Revision Plan• Preparing for life and work – Animation• Class Forum
Mapping• Used in August for Induction and
continuous pupil monitoring• Induction (check yourself out, what’s next, My
subject choice, what I want to achieve in Year 13 and 14, Goals, targets and action planning)
• Used in early September for preparation for the year ahead
• Planning my learning ( planning for learning, my assessment results, my revision plan)
• Used in preparation for Career problem solving and planning Activities in Sixth Form
• Planning for life and work (how many lives do I have, where is my life going, making the move)
• Used in Career problem solving activities
• Reflecting on me (Strengths and weaknesses, my interests, personal qualities, my skills) and Planning my learning (my qualifications, my learning log)
• Used in Career research activities• Transition Planning (my careers ideas, job skills,
Gap year, work, more education, applications to higher education)
Preparing for life and work• How many lives do I have?• The purpose is to establish need for balance and life priorities• Where is my life going?• The purpose is to focus on the problem facing the student and
explore ways of solving it• Making the Move• The purpose is to prepare the student for whatever the move or
transition might be• Opportunities to develop your life and work skills• The purpose is to allow the pupil to explore ways to improve their
profile in general but in particular their skills profile
Widening Horizons
my experience……….
Context….• Girls Voluntary Grammar School• YR 13• 3 staff• Induction Day• CEIAG lessons• 40 minute class• Learning centre 80+ computers• Independent use at home encouraged
The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to
achieve theirpotential and to make informed and responsible choices and decisions throughout their
lives.
Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance
CEIAG
CEIAG context….• e-Progressfile fits neatly into
the CEIAG aims • Use of e-Progressfile
encouraged by ETI
Objective of CEIAG….
“ The overall objective of effective CEIAG provision is to enable learners to become effective career decision makers, empowered to manage their own career development successfully, confidently and with due respect and care for their own needs, those of others and of their communities.”
‘Preparing for Success a Guide to Developing Effective Career Decision Makers.’ DENI 2010
There are 3 main aims needed to realize this objective and
e-Progressfile provides a way to evidence each of these aims.
Essential for ETI inspection
Aim 1: Self-Awareness and Development
Identifying, assessing and developing the skills and qualities necessary to choose and implement an appropriate career plan.
Self-Awareness and Development
Aim 2: Career Exploration
Acquiring and evaluating information, and reviewing experiences to identify and investigate appropriate career pathways and learning opportunities in education, training and employment, locally, nationally and internationally.
Career Exploration
Feedback on evaluating strengths and weaknesses
Developing skills in career planning, and employing effective career decision-making strategies to manage transition and
make suitable career development choices, with the appropriate support, advice and guidance.
Career management
Information on jobs and courses and links to find out more
Advantages…for the pupil• Lifelong process• Information is accessible any place any
time • Personal management information safely
stored• Can be used in all subject areas• Of significant use at transition points in
education (GCSE, A-level, leaving school)• Can be used independently elsewhere
Advantages…for the teacher• Fits perfectly with CEIAG and new
curriculum aims• Can easily provide evidence of reflection
and target setting in all subjects• Teachers and pupils can access the
materials both in school and at home• Encourages independence
Challenges for pupils…• Commitment to the process and sustained
use is essential • Understanding the importance of self
evaluation and recording evidence of achievement
• Loss of individuality• Not having access to a computer and the
internet
Challenges for teachers…• Access to computers• Giving control to the pupils• Monitoring outcomes• Making it relevant
Is electronic better?• Easily accessible in and out of school• Can be used independently• Information is transferable to other
e-portfolio systems (university etc)• Interactive exercises and links • Templates for letters of application,
CV, Personal Statements, Career Plan
Your turn……..
Section 5 Transition Options• My Careers Ideas• Selecting a Career• Link to www.careersserviceni• Register • Get Career Ideas• Get Career Ideas 13-19• Match Careers to my likes and dislikes
Section 4 Preparing for Life and Work• Activity - Write about it!• Start or edit my journal entry• Write a short comment about
today’s research
New-Bridge Integrated College
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Advantages of e-WH
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Advantages of e-WH
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Session 4
e-Widening Horizons:
Log on to:
https://training.nicurriculum.org.uk
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Session 5
Plenary Session
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ETI Report 2010
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ETI:Using the Progress File
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ETI:Using the Progress File
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“In the majority of schools, the progress file is not used well to inform any robust target-setting, and does not inform a regular collaborative review process between the teachers and the pupils. In these schools the management of the progress file has not developed sufficiently from that of the record of achievement and there is a persistent lack of integration between the progress file and other aspects of the curriculum; there is little evidence that the progress file is valued by pupils”
Effective Use of Progress File
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“is used effectively by pupils to reflect on their achievements, to set targets for progression and achievement in their learning and to inform their career decision making. In the best practice, the progress file works effectively because it is fully supported by the senior management team, and is sharply focused on developing the pupils target setting skills”
E-progress File: Plans
• e-Widening Horizons Pilot Completed• Widening Horizons Section Amended• Career Wales Contract extended June 2012• ‘Getting Started’ and ‘Moving On’ Sections• SEN Meeting November 2011• Removal of paper version??• Your opportunity to Participate
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