KEY SKILLS LEVEL 1 IMPROVING OWN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE

CANDIDATE WORKBOOK

Centre Number: Candidate Number:

Centre Name: Candidate Name:

Part A: These are the skills you need to know before you can begin to complete this Workbook
Confirm your targets and plan how to meet these Work with an appropriate person, such as your tutor, supervisor or adviser, to: make sure you understand what is meant by targets, action points and deadlines, and the importance of reviewing your targets and trying different ways of learning develop an individual learning plan that includes: o targets that clearly show what you want to achieve in your learning, work or personal life, and how you will know if you have met these o the actions you will take (action points) and dates for completing them (deadlines) to help you meet each target o how to get the support you need, including who will review your progress and where and when this will take place.

Follow your plan to help meet targets and improve your performance work through your action points to complete these on time use different ways of learning to find the methods that best suit you (e.g. learning though pictures/diagrams, reading/talking/writing, listening to others, watching, or doing something practical) make changes suggested by your supervisor to improve your performance (the quality of your work, the way you work) use support given by others to help meet your targets.

Review your progress and achievements Work with an appropriate person, such as your tutor, supervisor or adviser, to: give your opinions and discuss: o what you learned o how you learned o what has gone well and less well identify the targets you have met, by checking your plan to see if you have done what you set out to do identify your achievements check what you need to do to improve your performance (the quality of your work, the way you work).

Part B

Improving Own Learning and Performance at Level 1

You must show TWO examples of improving your learning and performance.

Your evidence in this Workbook must show you can:

1 LP1.1 2 Confirm your targets and plan how to meet these with the person setting them. 3

Make sure targets clearly show what you want to achieve Identify clear action points and deadlines for each target Identify how to get the support you need and the arrangements for your reviewing process Work through action points to complete these on time Use ways of learning suggested by your supervisor, making changes when needed, to improve your performance Use support given by others to help you meet targets Say what you learned and how you learned including what has gone well and what has gone less well Identify targets you have met and your achievements Check what you need to do to improve your performance

4 LP1.2 5 Follow your plan, to help meet targets and improve your performance. 6

7 LP1.3 Review your progress and achievements in meeting targets with an appropriate person.

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TO THE CANDIDATE REMEMBER:

Include any evidence with this Workbook that supports what you have done, such as photographs, 'witness statements', reports, minutes of meetings, audio/video recordings, Ask your teacher or trainer for help if you are having difficulty producing your evidence or when completing this Workbook. Acknowledge any help you receive from anyone other than your teacher or trainer along with information taken from books, leaflets, videos/CDs, the internet, The work you submit must be your own, If you copy from someone else or allow another person to copy from you, or if you cheat in any other way, you will be disqualified, at the very least, from this Key Skill.

DECLARATION:
I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE INFORMATION ABOVE. I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED ANY HELP RECEIVED FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN MY TEACHER OR TRAINER.

Candidate Signature: . Date:

Example 1
LP1.1 1 What do you want to learn or to improve in your first example?

To research for next year to find out what skills, qualifications I need to get a suitable job or continue my education

What do you already know or can do regarding this topic?

I already know what qualifications I need for my job. Currently I am studying ICT BTEC LEVEL 2 , English, Maths

You must have two learning targets to help you do what you want to do. In the boxes below, write down your targets and when you plan to complete them. [1.1.1] TARGET 1 PLANNED COMPLETION DATE

Find out about myself and what career best suit me

TARGET 2

PLANNED COMPLETION DATE

Arrange a career interview

30/03/2012

Now complete your action plans with your teacher or trainer. There is one plan for each target. [1.1.2] ACTION PLAN - EXAMPLE 1 TARGET 1 What I need to do (Remember: give detailed action points) I aim to do this by this date

ACTION PLAN - EXAMPLE 1 TARGET 2 What I need to do (Remember: give detailed action points) I aim to do this by this date

5 (a) You will need help and advice while you carry out your plans. Who could help and advise you? You can name more than one person, but you must say what the role of each advisor is eg Mr Glyn Davies (Music teacher) [1.1.3]

(b) Why have you chosen this person or these people?

(c)

When could you get this help and advice?

6 You may need materials and resources to help you carry out your plans. (a) What might you need?

(b) Why might you need these?

(c)

Where could you get these?

(d) When could you get them?

7 You will need to review your progress as you carry out your plans. (a) When will you review your progress? Note down each time you will have a review for each target. [1.1.3] Target 1

Target 2

(b)

Who will carry out the review(s) with you?

(c)

Where will the review(s) be held?

(d) Why do you need to have a review?

LP1.2 8 (a) Have you completed all of the action points on time? Yes No [1.2.1] (b) If No, which action points did you not complete on time and why? Target 1

Target 2

(a) Have you made any changes to your plans?

Yes

No [1.2.2]

(b) If yes, what changes did you make and why? Target 1

Target 2

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You have been told by your tutor how you could learn. You must use at least two different ways of learning. Tick each way you will learn in this example. [1.2.2] Learning or improving through: Watching a demonstration or a video Reading books, magazines or newspapers Doing something practical Asking questions Another way (please explain what this other way is) Looking at pictures or diagrams Hearing or listening Writing or drawing

11 In question 5, you looked at help and advice. Now say exactly what help and advice you did get and say how it helped you.

[1.2.3]

LP1.3 12 State briefly what you have learned and say how you learned it. [1.3.1]

13 What has gone well in your learning? [1.3.1]

14 What has gone not so well? [1.3.1]

15 Have you achieved your targets? [1.3.2] Target 1 Yes No Target 2 Yes No

(Include some pieces of work, photographs, copies of reviews, etc. You can put these in your appendix). 16 What do you need to do to improve your learning and performance in the future? [1.3.3]

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Example 2
LP1.1 17 What do you want to learn or to improve in your second example?

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What do you already know or can do regarding this topic?

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You must have two learning targets to help you do what you want to do. In the boxes below, write down your targets and when you plan to complete them. [1.1.1] TARGET 1 PLANNED COMPLETION DATE

TARGET 2

PLANNED COMPLETION DATE

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Now complete your action plans with your teacher or trainer. There is one plan for each target. [1.1.2] ACTION PLAN - EXAMPLE 2 TARGET 1 What I need to do (Remember: give detailed action points) I aim to do this by this date

ACTION PLAN - EXAMPLE 2 TARGET 2 What I need to do (Remember: give detailed action points) I aim to do this by this date

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21 (a) You will need help and advice while you carry out your plans. Who could help and advise you? You can name more than one person, but you must say what the role of each advisor is eg Mr Glyn Davies (Music teacher) [1.1.3]

(b) Why have you chosen this person or these people?

(c)

When could you get this help and advice?

22 You may need materials and resources to help you carry out your plans. (a) What might you need?

(b) Why might you need these?

(c)

Where could you get these?

(d) When could you get them?

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23 You will need to review your progress as you carry out your plans. (a) When will you review your progress? Note down each time you will have a review for each target. [1.1.3] Target 1

Target 2

(b)

Who will carry out the review(s) with you?

(c)

Where will the review(s) be held?

(d) Why do you need to have a review?

LP1.2 24 (a) Have you completed all of the action points on time? Yes No [1.2.1] (b) If No, which action points did you not complete on time and why? Target 1

Target 2

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25 (a) Have you made any changes to your plans?

Yes

No [1.2.2]

(b) If yes, what changes did you make and why? Target 1

Target 2

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You have been told by your tutor how you could learn. You must use at least two different ways of learning. Tick each way you will learn in this example. [1.2.2] Learning or improving through: Watching a demonstration or a video Reading books, magazines or newspapers Doing something practical Asking questions Another way (please explain what this other way is) Looking at pictures or diagrams Hearing or listening Writing or drawing

27 In question 21, you looked at help and advice. Now say exactly what help and advice you did get and say how it helped you.

[1.2.3]

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LP1.3 28 State briefly what you have learned and say how you learned it. [1.3.1]

29 What has gone well in your learning? [1.3.1]

30 What has gone not so well? [1.3.1]

31 Have you achieved your targets? [1.3.2] Target 1 Yes No Target 2 Yes No

(Include some pieces of work, photographs, copies of reviews, etc. You can put these in your appendix). 32 What do you need to do to improve your learning and performance in the future? [1.3.3]

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Part A Questions
(Note to Assessor: Please refer to the WJEC Guidance before using these questions) Your teacher or trainer may ask you some or all of these questions and record your answers. 1 What were your targets?

Why do you need action points to meet your targets?

Why is it important to have deadlines?

What information should you include in a learning plan?

Why do you think you need to review targets?

Who could help you in achieving your targets?

How do you know when to ask for support?

What ways can you use to help you learn, eg reading, listening, doing?

Why might you need to change the way that you work?

10 What change or changes can you make to the way that you work?

11 What do you know about the way you learn?

12 How do you know you if you have met your targets?

13 What can you do if you need to continue to improve, eg quality of work, the way you work?

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Feedback to the Candidate

Your teacher or trainer may use this page to record your progress

Feedback (specific to each criterion)

Action (including target dates)

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ASSESSMENT RECORD
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE ASSESSOR PLEASE REFER TO THE REGULATORS KEY SKILLS GUIDANCE DURING YOUR ASSESSMENT.

Evidence required LP1.1 Confirm your targets and plan how to meet these with the person setting them. Evidence shows that the candidate can: 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 Make sure targets clearly show what they want to achieve Identify clear action points and deadlines for each target Identify how to get the support they need and the arrangements for reviewing their progress.

Example 1

Example 2

LP1.2 Follow your plan, to help meet targets and improve your performance. Evidence shows the candidate can: 1.2.1 1.2.2 Work through their action points to complete these on time Use ways of learning suggested by their supervisor, making changes, when needed, to improve their performance Use support given by others to help them meet targets.

1.2.3

LP1.3 Review your progress and achievements in meeting targets, with an appropriate person. Evidence shows the candidate can: 1.3.1 Say what they learned and how they learned, including what has gone well and what has gone less well Identify targets they have met and their achievements Check what they need to do to improve their performance.

1.3.2 1.3.3

Each example covers at least two targets? Overall, at least two different ways of learning used? Following your assessment has the candidate Passed?

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I confirm that the above candidates work meets the standard for this Key Skill and passes the internal assessment. I also confirm that every reasonable step has been taken to ensure that the work presented is that of the candidate named.

Assessor: .. Date: .

Signature: .

To be completed by the Internal Moderator/Verifier (if applicable) I confirm that the internal assessment of this portfolio was sampled as part of the centres internal quality assurance procedures and that relevant records, including feedback to the assessor, have been kept. Internal Moderator/Verifier: . Date: Signature:

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