• To develop strategies for the successful delivery of key skills through work based learning
• To consider ways of integrating key skills and work based learning programmes, where key skills are not required
• To review the impact of key skills on the learner

10.00 Managing the integration of key skills and work based learning programmes

• A review of successful models of delivery
• Resource issues, staff, time, funding, a place to work
• Quality control and monitoring the process
• Advice on developing suitable assignments, schemes of work and teaching and learning activities

11.15 Coffee

11.30 Key skills and their impact on the learner

• The main key skills, the wider key skills and the levels
• Identifying where key skills are occurring naturally
• A consideration of why key skills are valuable to the learner
• Successful strategies for helping trainees towards achieving high standards in key skills and their work based qualification – a workshop activity
  

13.45 A consideration of current practice in order to inform future plans

• A review of marketing to the employer and to the trainee
• Planning for successful induction
• Determining the level and the appropriate key skills
• Planning the programme – an activity

14.45 Some practical considerations

• A review of documentation
• Teaching and learning strategies
• Portfolio development
• The test and how to make it well received by employers and trainees

15.30 Next steps, summary and close

15.45 Tea and depart