Burnley College, working with the Education Training Foundation, have delivered the North West and Cumbria Practice Development Group programme, designed to promote practitioner-led, collaborative professional development across the Further Education and Training sector. Participants have worked on small scale projects, using the action learning set model, to develop an aspect of teaching, learning and assessment to enhance the teaching of English or the embedding of maths/ English into other programmes of study.

Here, using the Bright Spot philosophy, we are shining a light on the good practice and collaboration that was produced and sharing it far and wide, enjoy!

Strategies for embedding maths & English and teaching English.

Teaching, learning and assessment strategies for embedding maths and English and the teaching of English from colleagues in FE from across the North West and Cumbria.

Guide to setting up Action Learning Sets in your organisation.

Action learning sets have been a real find out of this project. Colleagues involved have all seen the benefits and adopted them within their organisations as a CPD model, but also with students in teaching contexts.

Knowledge Exchange - Using digital tools to develop maths and English

Resources on how to effectively use Google Workspace, FlipGrid, Mote and video platforms to effectively develop students maths and English skills