Colleges Delivering For Wales Annual Conference Julie Skinner Head of People & Performance Exeter College

College Overview The 1st Tertiary College in the UK Very broad Curriculum Offer CIRCA £35 million turnover A Senior Leadership Team of 8, with a further 22 making up the full College Leadership Team 13 Faculties and 10 Business Support Areas 900+ staff City centre sites, with specialist facilities on the edge of the city £40 million invested in College property 2005 – 2012 Highly Effective Partnerships

The college is the community education provider for the city Student Overview The College has around 10,000 learners, the breakdown is approximately as follows: 4350 are 16-18 full-time 200 are 19+ full-time 550 are Apprentices 4000 are 19+ taking part-time qualifications 500 are in work placed learning 500 are 14 – 16 learners The college is the community education provider for the city In addition the college has around 550 on higher education programmes

How to get excellence in Teaching & Learning

Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy

Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment A relentless focus from the top and from Governors to cultivate and deliver exceptional teaching and learning Open and supportive culture to share best practice, open doors viewing panels, learning walks Investment in staff- leadership programme at all levels, talent programmes Innovation - think tank, learning lab, staff development Genuine intervention and improvement – Internal Inspections, Improvement Practitioners

Teaching, learning & Assessment Genuine intervention and improvement - developmental engagements, internal inspections, summative grading system to benchmark, peer working cross region Fair but robust performance management systems Good industrial relationships Low staff sickness and employee relations issues

Teaching, Learning & Assessment A focus on wellbeing, in house Occupational health Quality function interlinked with HR function Student voice

The critical triangle Data Success Rates, Value Added, Attendance etc. Student Feedback Quality of teaching and learning Teaching Observation Profile

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