Transcript Specialising in The Citizens of the future

My aim is to persuade you that QE’s future involves
embracing more fully the role Active Citizenship.
And to inform you of the potential of the new family of
project based qualifications at KS4&5 to contribute to
this process.
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Active Citizenship is about • Application of the Skills For Success
• Involvement of students in the community, locally,
nationally, globally
• Involvement of the community in the life of the school
Becoming Responsible Citizens is one of the three
curriculum aims in the QCA big picture.
It is not another subject, nor the responsibility of one
learning area,
It is something we are already good at,
but we could be outstanding!
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For example
At KS3 : Events such as the Environment day (Y7),
Refuge day (Y8) & Lions Challenge (Y9) make
connections across the curriculum and with the wider
community.
At KS4 : All students follow a World Issues course, but
this stops short of actually involving them in projects that
aim to do something about these issues.
At KS5 : Virtually all sixth formers now participate in some
for of CAS@QE activity. But most struggle to find the time
to continue given the competing demands of formal
qualifications in Y13.
The new project qualifications can help here -
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The family of new Project Qualifications
Level 1 : Foundation Project (equivalent to short course GCSE at D
or below).
Level 2 : Higher Project (equivalent to short course GCSE at C or
above).
Level 3 : Extended Project (equivalent to half an A level) carries
UCAS points and contributes to the AQAbacc.
All
• assess learning skills rather than knowledge
• can be in any topic, subject area or interest
• can be completed in any format – written, web based, video,
performance, product, artefact, etc
• embody the S4S, enterprise education and active learning
• can be used to include some form of Active Citizenship
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At KS5 – we are getting there!
• We have been piloting the EPQ for 2 years, this year 14
students completed a variety of projects.
• I am training up 7 sixth form tutors to become project
supervisors, next year our target is 70 projects.
• For 2010/11 my aim is to train all sixth form tutors and to
have 80% of Y13 complete a project.
• Students encouraged to use CAS@QE or work
experience as starting point for project – then look at the
application of their subject based learning to this.
• CAS@QE booklet to become a intranet based resource
of community organisations welcoming involvement.
• Sixth form sabbatical officer role to include maintenance
of this database.
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The AQA Bacc
Is ideal for QE
It combines
CAS@QE with
the EPQ.
We are leading
the field in
already offering
this qualification.
It has great
potential to boost
recruitment and
retention.
The missing link
is AS Citizenship!
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At KS4 – some way to go?
• World Issues course could be developed over next four
years to include level 1 or 2 project options.
• GCSE citizenship (new spec has 60% internal
assessment for project) to be offered as option within a
World Issues framework.
• Level 1 projects could be offered in any subject area for
those students unlikely to achieve many GCSE
qualifications.
• Level 2 projects could be offered in any subject area in
Y10 for G&T students.
• Level 1 or 2 projects could be included in Youth Award
and/or linked to work experience.
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Final words • The community is a resource we do not
need to “buy into”
• Project Qualifications and the AQA Bacc
represent additionality, - they do not need the same level of
investment in staff time.
•In terms of “value added” Project
Qualifications can reach parts that other
Qualifications can not.