Standards Unit - Entry to Employment

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The supporting materials on this CD-ROM include:

Examples of skills checklists templates
Session plans
Handouts
Good practice self assessment checklist

Stage one: Preparing to assess and develop personal and social skills

Activity 1.1 What are personal and social skills and what can be
observed? (PDF 39kB)

Activity 1.2 From broad skill areas to observable behaviours (PDF 61kB)

Activity 1.3 Choosing 'dual purpose' activities for learners (PDF 26kB)

Activity 1.4 Adapting activities for different learners (PDF 36kB)

Handout 1.1 Possible personal and social skills framework (PDF 15kB)

Handout 1.2 Translating the framework into observation checklists (PDF 22kB)

Handout 1.3 From broad skill areas to possible assessments (PDF 22kB)

Handout 1.4 From possible assessments to observable behaviour (PDF 22kB)

Stage two: Using observation to gain evidence about personal and social skills

Activity 2.1 Distinguishing between objective and subjective
observations (PDF 37kB)

Activity 2.2 Recording observations (PDF 32kB)

Handout 2.1 Observations - objective or subjective? (PDF 23kB)

Handout 2.2 What we think about the observations (PDF 27kB)

Stage three: Making objective assessments

Activity 3.1 Using observations from different sources as the basis for
writing a short assessment (PDF 36kB)

Activity 3.2 Setting priorities and targets (PDF 35kB)

Activity 3.3 Action planning (PDF 25kB)

Handout 3.1 Setting SMART targets (PDF 21kB)

Handout 3.2 Where's the evidence? (PDF 15kB)

Stage four: Giving feedback

Activity 4.1 Guidelines for effective feedback and review sessions (PDF 36kB)

Activity 4.2 Giving feedback to tutor in video role-play (PDF 58kB)

Activity 4.3 Running a feedback and review session using real data
about learners (PDF 33kB)

Activity 4.4 Setting SMART objectives (PDF 26kB)

Handout 4.1 Sal - a pen picture (PDF 15kB)

Handout 4.2 Transcript of video role-play (PDF 21kB)

Handout 4.3 How to run effective feedback and review sessions (PDF 23kB)

Handout 4.4 Making targets SMART (PDF 15kB)

Handout 4.5 SMART versions of targets (PDF 23kB)

Processes: Using flowcharting to design and improve the initial assessment process

Processes Activity: Flowcharting the initial assessment process (PDF 37kB)

Processes Handout 1 Hints on devising a flowchart (PDF 17kB)

Processes Handout 2 Basic flowchart symbols (PDF 23kB)

Processes Handout 3 Questions to ask in drawing up a flowchart (PDF 15kB)

Improving processes: Self assessment checklist for managers (PDF 42kB)

Annex

Guidelines for developing schemes of work and session plans (PDF 202kB)

Session plan template (RTF 23kB)

Session plan template (PDF 21kB)

Glossary of terms (PDF 29kB)

Continuing Professional Development text in nine sections

Title, Disclaimer, Foreword and Contents page (PDF 107kB)

Introduction (PDF 475kB)

What's in the CPD video (PDF 333kB)

Stage one: Preparing to assess and develop personal and social skills
(PDF 336kB)

Stage two: Using observation to gain evidence about personal and
social skills (PDF 250kB)

Stage three: Making objective assessments (PDF 220kB)

Stage four: Giving feedback (PDF 228kB)

Processes: Using flowcharting to design and improve the initial
assessment process (PDF 181kB)

Annex (PDF 215kB)