Engaging providers to deliver RPA: lessons learnt and

models developed

LEACAN Conference

Wednesday 25 April 2012

In the next 45 minutes …

• Exploration of the challenges and the opportunities

• Interview extracts from key personnel working on RPA

• Ten lessons and creative models developed or in development

• Sharing of practice from the RPA pilots• Reassurance

What does this mean for you?

Lesson 1: Deliver a clear RPA message

Please click on link below to view video by Andrew Simmons, Services for Young People, Hertfordshire Council.

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson1.wmv

The key points of the message

• Dispelling the myths• Economic viability and lifelong learning• Across the sectors at all levels• Clear identification of the target groups • Clear pathways and progression

opportunities – illustrative models• Joining up the strategies and

implementation plans eg SEND pathfinder, DSPL, NEET etc

Lesson 2:Promote joint responsibility

Lesson 3:Keep the focus on destinations

HE provision

Apprenticeships

EmploymentIndependentliving

Supported employment

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Employment with Training

Community based activity

PHASES OF LEARNING

DESTINATIONS

Enhanced Quality of LifeEconomic Viability

Further Education Alternative Provision

OUTCOMES

Day Care

Primary and Secondary Education

Slide adapted from a presentation by the Head of Inclusion and LDD – Hertford Regional College

Lesson 4:Consider the profile of the young people

Please click on link below to view video by Jane Davis, Education Consultant working at Romanfields Pupil Referral Unit and Dave McGachen, Curriculum Deputy, Pinewood MLD School.

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson4.wmv

Lesson 5:Build a seamless transition

• Sharing learner information (Learning for Living and Work)

• Combining the expertise and the skills of the teaching staff

• A destination-led curriculum designed in partnership (City and Guilds 7546 pilot)

• Agreeing ‘Principles for Progression’ and Progression Agreements

Lesson 6:Find the ambassadors

• Reflecting the importance and value of the ‘bridging’ organisations to secure:– Apprenticeships– Employers– Self-employment– Voluntary sector

The apprenticeship providers

Please click on link below to view video by Anna Morrison, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Provider Network.

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson6a.wmv

Social enterprise and self-employment

Please click on link below to view video by Sharon Gaffney, WENTA.

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/media/learning/14-19/participation/herts_strategy/engaging_lesson6b.wmv

Tactics for engaging the providers

• Adaptation of existing programmes

• Putting in place the right support systems and training programme

• Showcase their practice

• Link with their targets and agendas

• Question the sustainability

• Join them up to work together on progression for learners

Lesson 7:Develop resources in partnership

Lessons 8, 9, and 10

• Build on what you do already

• Find the ‘can do’ people across the country and bring them into your team – steal their ideas so you don’t have to go it alone!

• Break a few rules for as long as you can!

Finding the materials

• Herts site:

www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/1419/

participation

• DfE site:

www.education.gov.uk/16to19/

participation/rpa

Want to know more:

• Mary Hurlstone

14-19 Progression Manager, SfYP, Hertfordshire

mary.hurlstone@hertscc.gov.uk

07785 594701• An invitation for you all –

14-19 Annual Conference: RPA and Progression

Wednesday 14th November, 2012

Stevenage