This short presentation gives an introduction to apprenticeship curriculum planning in Stedfast. Under OfSTED's new Education Inspection Framework colleges and training providers need to be able to plan and manage curriculum intent, implementation and impact.
1. Curriculum Planning for Apprenticeship
Providers
OfSTED Framework 2019
Capella Systems Ltd
Osborne House
20 Victoria Avenue
Harrogate
HG1 5QY
2. Inspection Framework 2019
The new OfSTED Education Inspection Framework was released in
September 2019. One the most important changes has been the
introduction of the Quality of Education judgement.
With the introduction of Apprenticeship Standards, 20% off the job training
requirements and the new inspection framework, providers will need to
plan, in much more detail, the curriculum that they intend to deliver.
3. Quality of Education
“Inspectors will take a rounded view of the quality of education that a provider
delivers to its learners. Inspectors will consider the provider’s curriculum, which
embodies the decisions the provider has made about the knowledge, skills and
behaviours its learners need to acquire to fulfil their aspirations for learning,
employment and independence. They will also consider the way teachers teach
and assess to support learners to build their knowledge and to apply that
knowledge as skills. Finally, inspectors will also consider the outcomes that
learners achieve as a result of the education they have received.”
What will inspectors be looking at?
4. What is an apprenticeship curriculum?
Providers will need to identify what is going to be delivered, not how it is going to be delivered. It
should be the overarching plan of what apprentices need to know in total.
● Apprenticeship standards should be broken down into events / modules / subjects or courses
● All activities need to be sequenced and linked to workplace development
● There should be a curriculum plan for each apprenticeship standard or framework
● Consider what resources you have available for each activity
● Apprenticeship curriculum plans should also feature cross curriculum links - how do you link
Functional Skills, Careers Advice and Prevent guidance?
Remember - this is not just an exercise to please OfSTED - well developed curriculum plans will
benefit the learner and employer
5. Curriculum Intent - 5 areas to consider
1
Is the content useful
and taught in a logical
and systematic way
that allows learners to
develop the planned
apprenticeship
standard knowledge,
skills and behaviours
2
How well does the
curriculum sequencing
support a broad range
of knowledge and
skills. Does the
sequencing take into
account workplace
learning activities
3
How well the
curriculum support
future development.
Does it support career
progression. Does it
provide digital skills to
support workplace
innovation
5
How well the
curriculum builds on
current KSBs and
maps to workplace
development. How
much will be
remembered in the
future.
4
How skills and
knowledge are
transferable and offer
cross curricular
learning. How the
delivery links to
planned workplace
training
6. Creating a curriculum plan in Stedfast
Stedfast makes curriculum planning really easy. It has been designed to support education
and training providers plan their curriculum intent, implementation, impact, sequencing and
mapping.
It is a two step process:
● Creating an assessment plan
● Creating the curriculum plan
7. Creating the assessment plan
What
This is really important as it sets out the
curriculum intent. Providers need to
consider:
● The knowledge, skills and behaviours
outcomes that learners need to
achieve to be successful.
● What learners will be required to do
and why. What is required to
demonstrate learning and skills
development?
● How will you measure that they have
achieved the intended outcome?
19. Lesson Plans
The purpose of curriculum planning is to set out the content and skills contained within an
apprenticeship standard that are applied across sequential stages of learning. It is designed to set
out the educational / training experience.
The next step is to break each module / activity down into deliverable lesson plans or for
apprentices, natural workplace learning activities or additional training planned by the employer.
When creating a workshop / lesson plan consider the purpose, who you are delivering to, what you
are delivering and how to get learners to engage with you.
“Teaching staff should plan their lessons as usual. Ofsted does not require staff to provide
inspectors with individual lesson plans, or to provide previous lesson plans. Ofsted does not
specify how planning should be set out, the length of time it should take or the amount of detail it
should contain. Inspectors are interested in the effectiveness of planning rather than the form it
takes.”
20. Content
There is no strict template for session / lesson
plans but they should link with the curriculum
activity.
Session / lesson plans should:
● State the outcomes
● Summary of Tasks / Action
● Materials / Equipment
Providers are free to create their own
templates
21. 20% Off the Job Learning
Providers should also consider using the curriculum plan to identify their 20% off the job learning
activities
Using the curriculum plan providers can plan the 20% off the job training and then use this for their
Commitment Statement planning
“A commitment statement must be in place from the beginning of the apprenticeship, setting out the
training content an apprentice will receive and which elements count towards the off-the-job training.
The apprentice’s evidence pack needs to demonstrate what training has been delivered against the
commitment statement.”
23. Conclusion
● Don’t ignore this fundamental change to the OfSTED Framework 2019
● Take time to develop your curriculum
● Start curriculum planning early
● Consider your 20% off the job when developing your curriculum
● Create lesson plans and allocate the most appropriate resources
24. Stedfast
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