End of year Bulletin

Thank- you.
Your hard work has enabled us to come together to develop a consistent and
planned way forward. We have identified ways of working, priorities and key
actions for the short, medium and long term. In order provide a consistent
service for you, our students and wider stakeholders.
We are committed to these shared values for the way we will work.
If we are not demonstrating the following values with a focus on students we
want to be challenged.
(In no particular order)

Openness
Flexibility
Honesty
Integrity
Professionalism
Commitment
Being respectful
Accountability
Collegiate view
Supporting

Staff Development
In order to assist us all in creating our successful organisation there will be a
rolling programme of support and development.
This will include diarised dates and times (via Outlook) for the following aspects
of everyday life at College. Every learning opportunity will include a Good
Practice Guide (GPG). Dates will be available by September 1 st.
Pro Monitor
Updates
Attendance
processes updates

Pro Solution
Updates
How do I know if a
student is high
risk?

Mindfulness

Attendance
register marks

How do I improve
my customer
service skills?

Destinations, why
its important

Self-evaluation :
everybodys
business

Data what data?

Talking targets:
students

Talking targets:
staf

IAG, what does

that mean

Maths top ups

English top ups

ILT novice to
expert in 4 easy
steps

ILT Expert to
excellent in 4 easy
steps

Action Research
what is it all about
then?

Coaching
conversations

Beyond behaviour

Safe guarding

BTEC assessment
rules

BTEC innovation
ideas

New qualification
. what do I do

Efficiency ideas

Relaxation
workshop

C&G tracking and

assessment
sharing
Management
development

Ideas Bank
Where can you contribute?
An opportunity to identify where your expertise can contribute towards moving
the college forward. See day 1 bulletin for more details..
MDP
A Management Development Programme delivered in bite size chunks.
Further information to follow if youre interested in signing up for this
programme. It will be a combination of online seminars and face to face sessions.
Covering everything from SAP, to having a challenging conversation and
rewarding skills. A programme focussed on enabling people to shine.
Operations
Results day
Level 3 Results: August 13
Members of the Senior Team will be in College preparing our overall success
rates and being prepared to meet and greet students collecting their results.
Level 2 Results: August 20
A representative from the Senior Team will be present at each High School
ofering IAG.
There will also be a team at the Coutanchez helping to advise students and their
families of their options please contact Louise if you would be able to support
this initiative.
Enrolment
Full time students: August 27
A letter will go out to prospective students identifying the time they need to
arrive at LOC.
The process will involve enrolment onto ProSolution, booking for Diagnostics and
Initial Assessments, Results ratified and a transition meeting with the Learning
Support Team.
Part time students and apprentices: September 1
This will follow the format as in previous years and take place between 5.30
8pm at LOC.
Summer Work :
Technical, Estates and IT support teams will be working hard over the summer
break to develop and implement a programme of maintenance and
improvement.
T&L

Thank- you to all those who attended the meeting on OTL and Coaches on
Tuesday. 32 colleagues attended to hear more about how we are leading the
way in ungraded observations and how our amazing approach to supporting
professionals through coaching and professional learning communities has been
positively received in the UK.
Thank you to all those who have said they are interested in being part of these
trailblazing teams.
The T&L coach and OTL team development programme will commence in
September.
NEWS:
Course Developments and Recruitment
There will be a recruitment round for potential students to some new part time
provision over the summer we will be recruiting to a new enterprise course in
retail starting in the autumn. This exciting development is a joint initiative with
the Co-op and other retail organisations to enable people to see the amazing
potential in this industry.
The Certificate in Education will be recruiting potential students for the next
cohort and there will also be a range of additional part time courses.

A College Identity has been targeted as one of our areas for improvement and
September 1st will be the first opportunity to become engaged as part of the future
college.
QIP the new Quality Improvement plan draft 1 has been written. It takes
Watch this space!!
forward the areas of

Quality Improvement Plan

We have been working on this in the last two days and you will be pleased to
know it clearly identifies the areas we all need to prioritise at this point in the
year.
The self-evaluation process will confirm this and identify further areas for
improvement.
The link in Engage takes you to the draft QIP, this is a live document to guide us
all.
Please contribute your thoughts and evaluations...
Calendar
The central calendar will be available on mycfe and the website for September 1