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Path: Home > Conferences > Archive > Mar 06 > RARPA

Planning, Quality Improvement and the new Common Inspection Framework RARPA

Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement in Non-Accredited Learning

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9 Mar 06 Marriott Hotel Marble Arch, London C13-34/03/06

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22 Mar 06 Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds C13-35/03/06

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Fee: £55 (includes lunch, tea/coffee)

[Background] [Audience] [Programme]

Background

From September 2005, RARPA is being implemented and embedded across LSC-funded provision as the 'New Measure of Success' for non-accredited learning. As RARPA now applies to all non-accredited learning, it should be included in future self assessments and in scoping for inspection. Even if you don't have LSC funding, RARPA is still a useful learner-centred approach for assuring the quality of the learner's experience.

The RARPA approach applies a staged process to recognising and recording progress and achievement in, for example:

bulletWork-based Learning
bulletFurther Education
bulletE-learning
bulletFamily Learning
bulletLiteracy, Language and Numeracy

It provides a systematic approach to ensure that the learner is at the centre of learning and the learner's goals are recognised and counted towards the success of their learning within RARPA. These conferences aim to increase awareness and understanding of:

bullethow RARPA contributes to effective self-assessment
bulletwhat the Inspectorate expect for RARPA
bullethow RARPA contributes to the key questions and overarching judgements in the new Common Inspection Framework
bulletthe diversity of methods for recognising and recording progress and achievement that are not paper-based

Delegates should leave with a clear idea about the steps they and their organisation need to take to appropriately use information from applying RARPA to inform their self-assessment and quality
improvement actions. These conferences are supported by the National Learning and Skills Council as part of Success for All.

Click here for for further information on RARPA

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Audience

These conferences are aimed at senior or middle managers in adult and community learning (ACL) or adult learning where there is and community learning (ACL) or adult learning where there is significant proportion of non-accredited provision and will be relevant to:

bulletFE Colleges
bulletLearning Partnerships
bulletLocal Educational Authorities
bulletProbation Service
bulletTraining Organisations
bulletTraining Providers

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Programme

10:00 Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available)
 
10:30 Introduction and Aims of the day
Eddie Burch, Consultant, Learning and Skills Development Agency
10:40 Keynote Address: RARPA, quality improvement and planning in
Adult Learning
Nick Bailey, Senior Policy Manager - Quality, National LSC
11:10 Group Discussion and Questions to the Panel
11:30 Tea/Coffee Break
11:45 RARPA and the Inspectorate's expectations
London: Richard Moore, ALI Lead Inspector, Adult Community Learning
Leeds: Lorna Fitzjohn, Inspection Manager, Adult Learning Inspectorate
12:15 Group Discussion and Questions to the Panel
12:45 Lunch
13:30 RARPA and the use of technology
Shubhanna Hussain, Research Officer, NIACE
13:50 Longitudinal evaluation of implementing RARPA: critical success and negative factors
Maggie Greenwood, Research Manager, Learning and Skills Development Agency
Eddie Burch, Consultant, Learning and Skills Development Agency
14:20 Implementing RARPA and assessing improving quality for learners
Input from RARPA Champions
14:45 Group Discussion - “What do I need to do to self assess my
provision effectively”
15:10 Plenary questions to the Panel
15:30 Close (Tea/Coffee available)

This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.

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