Credit Value: 15

Qualification: Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training

Unit Title: Wider Professional Practice and Development in Education and Training

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ASSIGNMENT REGULATIONS

1. Learners are required to submit their work using the National Academy Assessment cover sheet.
2. You are required to submit your assignment by the date shown in your VLE Calendar
3. If you have any special requirements these must be communicated to your tutor prior to the commencement of the assignment
Learning outcomes Assessment criteria

On successful completion of this unit the learner The learner must demonstrate the ability to:
will:

1.Understand professionalism and the 1.1 Define the concepts of professionalism and dual professionalism in
influence of professional values in education and training
L01 education and training
1.2 Explain ways in which professional values influence own practice in own
area of specialism
2.1 Explain ways in which social, political and economic factors influence
2.Understand the policy context of education policy
education and training
L02
2.2 Analyse the impact of current educational policies on curriculum and
practice in own area of specialism

3.1 Explain the roles of stakeholders and external bodies in education and
training
3.Understand the impact of
accountability to stakeholders and 3.2 Explain how being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies
external bodies on education and impacts on organisations in education and training
training
3.3 Explain why it is important to work in partnership with employers and
L03 other stakeholders in education and training

Analyse the impact of being accountable to stakeholders and external

3.4 bodies on curriculum design, delivery and assessment in own area of
specialism

4.1 Explain key aspects of policies, codes of practice and guidelines of an

4.Understand the organisational context organisation
of education and training
L04
4.2 Analyse the impact of organisational requirements and expectations on
curriculum and practice in own area of specialism

5.1 Analyse the quality improvement and quality assurance arrangements of

an organisation

5.2 Explain the function of self-assessment and self-evaluation in the quality

cycle
5.Be able to contribute to the quality
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improvement and quality assurance
5 5.3 Evaluate a learning programme taking account of the quality arrangements
arrangements of an organisation
of an organisation

5.4 Identify areas for improvement in a learning programme taking account of

the outcomes of evaluation
Module 5 Chapter 1 Understanding professionalism and the influence of professional values in
education and training

1.1 Define the concepts of professionalism and dual professionalism in education and training.

1.2 Explain ways in which professional values influence own practice in own area of specialism

Scenario Activity 1.1 and 1.2

Your organisation has decided to recruit a new member of staff to teach on the Travel and Tourism learning programme. Your
line manager believes that it is more important to have industry knowledge and thinks that teaching experience will not be so
important.
You and your colleagues attended a meeting creating strong debate about why teaching experience is also important to teach the
subject.
Your line manager has agreed that “yes she sees why teaching experience is also valuable for the role, she would like you to
create a draft guidance document for future recruitment to ensure that other teachers are recruited in the same way, avoiding any
discrimination.
These are the areas she has asked you to cover:
1.What does professionalism involve within the teaching role
2.Why dual professionalism is important.
3.Using yourself as a case study: Explain how your professional values influence your teaching practice.
Use clear headings in your guidance document. Although this is a draft document, you will be submitting this to your line
manager so it needs to be to a high standard.

Module 5 Chapter 2 Understanding the policy context of education and training

2.1 Explain ways in which social, political and economic factors influence education policy

2.2 Analyse the impact of current educational policies on curriculum and practice in own area of specialism

Blog Activity 2.1 and 2.2

Your organisation has recently secured a very good partnership with a company in the UK. You and your colleagues have been
asked to familiarize yourself with their policies, which are very different to your organisation. There are a lot of questions about
why the policies of the UK partner are so different to yours.

You have decided to write a blog to help your colleagues and others to understand the social, political and economic factors
influence education policy in a country.
It might help if your present your information in a table. You should identify at least 2 factors under each heading and then
explain how it affects educational policy.
After reading your blog, your colleagues have asked you to produce a specific article on how educational policy affects the
curriculum and practice in your own area of specialism.
Use the following headings to help you:
● Introduction
● A brief overview of educational policies you will discuss in this article
● The impact of these educational policies on learning outcomes, curriculum content, design, and planning
 ● The impact of these educational policies on lesson planning, learner differentiation and inclusive strategies, lesson
delivery, assessment, and evaluation.
● Conclusion

Module 5 Chapter 3 Understanding the impact of accountability to stakeholders and external bodies
on education and training

3.1 Explain the roles of stakeholders and external bodies in education and training

3.2 Explain how being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies impacts on organisations in education
and training
3.3 Explain why it is important to work in partnership with employers and other stakeholders in education and
training
3.4 Analyse the impact of being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies on curriculum design, delivery
and assessment in own area of specialism

Stakeholder impacts on Education and Training Activity 3.1-3.4

The quality director in your organisation has asked you to liaise with internal and external stakeholders and compile a
policy document which outlines the scope of the roles of stakeholders for your organisation and looks at the impact
of the stakeholder requirements on your curriculum. You have permission to use your own curriculum area as a case
study for illustration purposes. Your document needs to cover the following key areas:

1. Explain the role and impact of each stakeholder and external body involved.
2. Explain why it’s important to work together in partnership with stakeholders and employers
3. Outline and explain the impact of these stakeholders on on curriculum design, delivery and assessment in own area of
specialism
● Remember to use clear headings and use a report format to cover all the key areas.
● Use tables and images to illustrate your answers where necessary
● Ensure you include an introduction and summary/ conclusions of the report.
● You may use a cover page and references for any websites or sources you have used.
● If you conduct any interviews, include your interview questions and answers in appendices

Module 5 Chapter 4 Understanding the organisational context of education and training

4.1 Explain key aspects of policies, codes of practice and guidelines of an organisation

4.2 Analyse the impact of organisational requirements and expectations on curriculum and practice in own area
of specialism

Raising Awareness of Policies and Codes of Practice Activity and Impact the Curriculum 4.1

You have been asked to design an induction programme for new teaching staff on the key aspects of policies, codes of
practice and guidelines of your organisation. You may present the information in a format you think will be suitable.
You don’t need to include all the information in each policy but need to briefly explain the key (most important)
areas. Your task has got you thinking about how policies impact you in your role. Choose one policy and explain
how it impacts your curriculum and role. In an email to your director of quality, explain the above in a precise and
 easy to read format. Is there any room for improvement in the way this policy is implemented and managed? Add
any recommendations into your email.

Case study-IT Policy and Impact on Curriculum 4.2

Adam works in a local college teaching Business related subjects

In his lessons he requires learner to research different businesses, often these external websites are blocked. Adam is
required to send a service request to the IT helpdesk to unblock specific web addresses.
In addition ‘You Tube’ is blocked for teachers and learners. This means that Adam cannot show video clips which would
be useful to enhance teaching and learning.
Adam has working with these problems for 4 weeks since the start of the academic term. This week learners are
researching a company of their choice in different industry sectors. Adam asked each learner for the company
website they would like unblocked and submitted an IT service request before the research lesson began. During the
lesson several learners wanted to change their company or investigate competitor companies. Adam quickly submits
IT service requests. Whilst learners are waiting several have logged onto a gaming site via a proxy server which
bypasses the college’s IT security. Adam quickly deals with the issue, reminding students that they have signed the
IT policy and this action breaches their contract which may leave them without access to the internet at college.
After the lesson Adam is very frustrated that the policy creates more work for him but the security is vulnerable from
learners who are very savvy with technology. He decides to write to the Head of IT with his concerns and
recommendations.

Make a list of what Adam could say in his email to explain how this policy is affecting his curriculum, teaching &
learning. Use the following headlines as guidance.
● Current access for teaching and any problems this creates
● Current access for learning and any problems this creates
● Access needed for teaching for the curriculum
● Access needed for learning for the curriculum
● Any other factors for consideration
● Recommendations

Module 5 Chapter 5 Contributing to the quality improvement and quality assurance

arrangements of an organisation

5.1 Analyse the quality improvement and quality assurance arrangements of an organisation

5.2 Explain the function of self-assessment and self-evaluation in the quality cycle

5.3 Evaluate a learning programme taking account of the quality arrangements of an organisation

5.4 Identify areas for improvement in a learning programme taking account of the outcomes of evaluation
 Raising awareness of Internal Quality Assurance Activity

Each organisation will have specific quality improvement and quality assurance arrangements.
You have been tasked by your quality manager to explain and analyse the quality assurance arrangements in your own
organisation. This will be published to staff, internal and external stakeholders and will be used as part of you
external quality review process with your awarding body. (5.1)

In your document add a section on self-evaluation and how it supports the quality assurance cycle. (5.2)

As a case study to test the quality assurance process; evaluate a learning programme that you are familiar with, using the
quality assurance process in your organisation. Make some suggestion for areas of improvements based on your
evaluation.(5.3 & 5.4)

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