Industry Insights are work placements and work shadowing opportunities for staff delivering T Levels.
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T Levels are new qualifications, launched in September, which prepare learners for entry into skilled employment, or higher-level technical study or education. The courses have been developed in collaboration with employers and businesses so that the content meets the needs of industry and prepares learners for work.
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is the expert body for professional development and standards in Further Education (FE) and Training in England. We have been commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to develop and deliver the T Level Professional Development (TLPD) offer.
There are six elements of professional development support:
The high quality TLPD offer is shaped around the needs of the education workforce (leaders, managers, teachers, trainers and support staff) alongside relevant regional, employer and curriculum requirements.
Industry Insights form part of the TLPD offer and allow staff involved in the delivery of T Levels to gain valuable experience and understanding of the subject they will be teaching by undertaking placements and virtual activities within a relevant industry. This means that learners undertaking T Levels are taught by staff with the most up-to-date knowledge from future employers.
The activities have been designed to be as flexible as possible so it can adapt to your needs, timescales and preferences.
Placements
Industry mentoring
As an industry expert, this is an opportunity for you to mentor a member of staff from the FE sector. Working on a one-to-one basis, you would help them understand your industry, plus current industry practice and challenges. Staff would share their mentoring aims and objectives with you and be responsible for shaping the areas of discussion at each mentoring session you have with them. There will be eight hours of direct contact, conducted virtually, spread over an agreed period, up to a maximum of eight months.
Group Industry Collaboration
An opportunity to offer four in-depth sessions to a small group of FE staff, outlining different aspects of your business/industry, including the key skills, knowledge and behaviours you need from the pipeline of young people entering your industry. It’s also a chance to set them a small project or challenge, one that you might face regularly, to help them better understand current industry practices. We will support you through structuring the sessions and setting the project or challenge.
Employer-led industry workshops are an opportunity for you to engage and make links with FE staff, providing them with updates about your area of industry.
These are one to two hour virtual events which could be a demonstration, a talk through an approach or system your industry adopts, a Q&A session, or something you feel is relevant for FE staff to be aware of. We can support you in shaping the content and focus for the audience.
If you would like to discuss anything in more detail please email our Employer Engagement team: industryinsights@etfoundation.co.uk