• To provide an overview of the new 14-19 curriculum framework
• To consider implications for colleges
• To explore the changing role of partners: schools, Connexions, LEAs etc
• To look at the changing interface between school and college
• To focus on the pre-16 curriculum in college
• To explore the wider curriculum
• To consider the management and organisational issues required by the changing 14-19 curriculum
  

10.00 Overview of the 14-19 curriculum

• Responses to the White Paper
• The new qualifications framework
• What will be different

11.15 Coffee

11.30 Key skills, citizenship and enrichment

• Why focus on these?
• How to integrate them into the curriculum

12.15 Relationships with schools and other partners

• A co-ordinated approach
• Joint provision

12.45 Lunch

13.45 Careers and work-related Learning

• Delivering appropriate advice and guidance
• Providing work experience
• Review of the vocational curriculum

14.15 The pre-16 curriculum and the younger student in college

• What should the curriculum contain?
• Infill or customised programmes
• What teaching and learning strategies are appropriate
• Dealing with difficult students

14.45 Considerations for management and organisation

• How should the curriculum be organised?
• Providing a flexible curriculum
• Exploiting the opportunities provided by the unitised curriculum and accreditation
• What management roles are required
• Should there be a separate unit for under 16’s?

15.30 Next steps, summary and close