The functional skills support programme is a workforce development programme preparing practitioners to be fully competent and confident to teach functional English, functional mathematics and functional ICT in the pilot centres from September 2007. Support is free and available to all centres participating in the QCA pilot, including:
The programme is delivered in partnership with National Strategy, Secondary (NS).
The initial focus of the programme is on preparing and supporting practitioners participating in the functional skills pilot. The support programme will include the following elements:
The support programme will also provide a comprehensive package for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). This will consist of
The CPD package will be coordinated by QIA's regional coordinators and NS strategy managers. Support will be managed by QIA and NS and delivered by the Learning and Skills Network (LSN) or NS strategy managers.
You can download the following teaching and learning resources to support the delivery of functional skills:
Further information may found at:
For QCA guidance on understanding the Functional Skills standards go to:
You can find this page and download any referenced resources from the Excellence Gateway at http://excellence.org.uk/functionalskills.
