1 Dysgu ac Addysgu Teaching and Learning

2 Ian Dickson Vice Principal Deeside College

3 Aims and objectives Why aren’t we achieving excellence in teaching?To identify what strategic changes colleges need to make to achieve excellence in teaching and learning (from a Teacher, Observer and Learner perspective) Sharing best practice from Coleg Gwent on “Leading Learning”

4 Robert Evans Vice Principal Bridgend College

5 Estyn The proportion of ‘excellent’ teaching has remained staticAcross the last six-year cycle of inspections only 21% have been awarded ‘excellent’ in teaching No ‘excellent’ grades were awarded in 2009/10 In England, Ofsted inspected 84 colleges in 2010/11, no college was rated as outstanding for teaching and learning

6 What are the issues? Main driver has been on dataWhat can we do strategically to improve? Should we have a collective strategy for improvement? Do we need to evaluate how we appoint teachers? Are our quality procedures too staff friendly?

7 Learning and Development ManagerSue Snowball Learning and Development Manager Vicky Stockton Learning Mentor Coleg Gwent

8 Workshop Activity Teacher / Observer / LearnerWhat are the problems? Why aren’t we achieving excellence in teaching? What strategic changes do we need to make to overcome these issues and move forward?

9 ColegauCymru’s initiatives for 2012/13Set up a new Teaching and Learning network Organise Peer Assessor training focused on classroom observations with input from FE Peer Inspectors and Estyn Teaching and Learning conference Teachers’ Toolbox

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