This day will give you a better understanding of the vocational alternatives to GCSE courses – what is available, how it is measured in Progress 8, which course is suitable for your school and students and how to plan and teach it.
Whether you are already teaching vocational qualifications, or are exploring alternatives to GCSE, or are planning to teach them in 2017 - this is the day for you!
Presentations
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Senior representatives from all exam boards will present their new courses and assessments, including WJEC/EDUCAS Level 1/2 Hospitality and Catering, AQA Level 1/2 Food and Catering, NCFE Level 1/2 Food and Cookery, City and Guilds Level 2, and BTEC.
- How to get better industry support to bring your vocational course to life and make learning accessible and relevant for your students, and improve attainment.
- Where does the Level 1 and 2 lead to? How to recruit for your courses by demonstrating rich career prospects and give up to date careers advice
- Free resources and ideas from those writing course materials and textbooks
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A choice of workshops on how to plan and teach Choose either: WJEC/EDUCAS Level 1/2 Hospitality and Catering, or AQA Level 1/2 Food and Catering, or NCFE Level 1/2 Food and Cookery or City and Guilds Level 2 Technical Award in Cookery and Service for the Hospitality Industry, BTEC qualifications (workshop tbc if enough requests for this when booking).
Held at Westminster Kingsway College, Victoria, London
"the best catering college in england" ( according to Jamie Oliver)
DRAFT PROGRAMME
9.30 Welcome and Introductions
9.45 The Vocational Pathway (Louise Davies)
- overview, what are Technical Awards and who are they for?
- planning for success, Progress 8, choosing from the options, teaching alongside GCSE, why the vocational route is not ‘easier’, resourcing a vocational course
10.30- 11.30 New accredited alternatives to GCSE for Food 14-16 and beyond
- NCFE Level 1 / 2 Food and Cookery VCERT
(by Caroline Gallagher and Pauline Bland, NCFE)
- EDUCAS/WJEC Level 1 / 2 Hospitality and Catering
(by Fiona Graham, EDUCAS/WJEC)
- AQA Level 1 / 2 Food and Catering Technical Award (by Bev Saunder, co-author of AQA's Technical awards student book and digital resource)
- City and Guilds Level 2 Technical Award in Cookery and Service to the Hospitality Industry (Jason Benn, City and Guilds)
- BTEC (Melanie Williams Browne, Subject Advisor for Skills Qualifications, Pearson)
11.30-11.45 Break
11.45-12.15 Why these qualifications are important for the industry. Resourcing vocational pathways with support from the sector (Dee Smith, Springboard Futurechef programme)
12.15-12.45 Where can students go after Level 1 and 2? Courses available, career opportunities and prospects, open days and encouraging parents and schools (Paul Jervis, Westminster Kingsway College)
12.45- 1.45 LUNCH
1.45- 3.30 Planning and teaching vocational pathways – WORKSHOPS
Choice of one of three:
1. NCFE Level 1 and 2 Food and Cookery VCERT
(Caroline Gallagher and Pauline Bland, NCFE)
2. EDUCAS/WJEC Level 1 and 2 Hospitality and Catering
(Fiona Graham, EDUCAS/WJEC)
3. AQA Level 1 and 2 Food and Catering Technical Award (Bev Saunder, co-author of AQA's Technical awards student book and digital resource)
4. City and Guilds Level 2 Technical Awardin Cookery and Service to the Hospitality Industry (Jason Benn, City and Guilds)
5. BTEC qualifications (Melanie Williams Browne, Subject Advisor for Skills Qualifications, Pearson) (workshop tbc if enough requests for this when booking)
