S3 Admin and IT: Reporting Window 1

S3 – TERM 1

Administration & IT

Admin Practice

Tasks and Duties of the Administrator and Customer Care

Pupils have been learning about the role of an administrator the skills, qualities and duties that are undertaken by a junior Administrator.

Pupils have also been learning of the importance of customer care and the impact on the business of poor customer care.

IT Solutions for Administrators

Word Processing

Pupils are learning a variety of enhanced skills using Microsoft Word for the topic of Word Processing. This involves the creation of Business Documents, following instructions and professional layouts of Letterheads and Letters, Tables, Reports and Itineraries.  Pupils are working on the creation and spell checking of documents to ensure they preparing for their work based future.

The majority of work covered in term 1 for S3 Administration & IT is based around CfE Level 4 outcomes. The majority of pupils at this stage of S3 are working at Fourth Level C or above. All pupils are making progress, but some require more support with CfE Level 4 content than others.

Working Level and Working Grade descriptions for S3 Admin & IT:

Fourth Level A: Making excellent progress at CfE Level 4, performing well against all the outcomes covered. The student can apply the key knowledge and skills of Admin & IT and exhibits good competency levels and confidence using ICT and understanding the fundamentals of the topic. Produces an excellent standard of work and when topics allow for extension into CfE Level 4 outcomes, the student copes very well with the increased challenge.

Fourth Level B: Making good progress at CfE Level 4, performing well against most of the outcomes covered. The student copes well with the application of knowledge and understanding of the topic and exhibits good competency and confidence in using their ICT skills. The student applies their knowledge and IT skills to enhance their work. Produces a good standard of work and when topics allow for extension into CfE Level 4 outcomes, the student copes well with the increased challenge.

Fourth Level C: Making reasonable progress at CfE Level 4, performing well against many of the outcomes covered while finding others more challenging. Sometimes needs the basic IT fundamental concepts broken down into more manageable chunks and a little extra support to enable the student to gain more confidence to produce a higher standard of presentation.

Fourth Level D: Making some progress at this CfE Level 4, performing well against a few of the outcomes covered while finding the majority challenging. Often needs the IT concepts to be broken down into more manageable chunks or further consolidation of the level. Often needs to revisit previously visited content to build more solid foundations and confidence before moving forward with developing IT skills further.

Third Level A-D:  Finds the work very challenging while continuing to be exposed to CfE Level 3 content in class. The student requires most tasks to be broken down into smaller, simplified versions to make progress.  The student needs support to develop the literacy and ICT skills required and build confidence in responding to questioning using IT. Grading of A-D reflects where a pupil sits within this group.