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Better Outcomes Blog: Ofsted Report calls for more focus on Outcomes and Destinations
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011. Ofsted Report calls for more focus on Outcomes and Destinations. I am not sure why improving the life chances of thousands of disabled young people doesn't register as much on the nations psyche as bankers bonuses,celebrity big brother or the holiday fashion of senior politicians but it doesn't! The main headlines are that whilst there is some good provision there are still issues with some basics : What. Gets learnt and why,. Systems and structures that fund it,. With a concl...
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Better Outcomes Blog: October 2011
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011. How do you decide what the priorities are for a learning programme? It is often difficult to decide what the priorities for a young person's learning programme should be. Whilst it sounds simple, in practice, it is often much more difficult to do effectively. It becomes more straightforward if we focus on the purpose of the programme- what are the outcomes the learner is trying to achieve? The vision of a future life is an important test for programme planning and delivery....
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Better Outcomes Blog: November 2010
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010. Do You Wish You Could Buy Time! Busy managers have a lot on their plate and sometimes it can be difficult to juggle. The competing demands. With budgets tight, and limited scope for adding extra. Capacity, that challenge can only grow. When managers are stretched,. Stress levels rise which can. To problems for busy organisations. Successful organisations. Committed to the wellbeing of their. To work at their best. The demands more manageable. A range of flexible. Do you have to...
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Better Outcomes Blog: April 2011
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Sunday, 3 April 2011. Will decision to stop funding those on inactive benefits affect learners with Learning Difficulites. I had not really heard about this issue but I came across it twice in the last week, the second time being via this article in the guardian by Nick Linford. Http:/ www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/29/education-training-inactive-benefits-cuts. What are the experiences of people out there of this - what is coming in the Autumn with this fee remission policy? Posted by Kevin O'Brien.
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Better Outcomes Blog: Making savings without making cuts - One solution from the Stockport SEN Transport Service
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Friday, 21 January 2011. Making savings without making cuts - One solution from the Stockport SEN Transport Service. Can we make savings without making cuts - it sounds counter intuative. The example below from the Systems Thinking Review illustrates how by reorganisng, Stockport Council not only gave their children and young people a better service, but also reduced the cost! Http:/ www.thesystemsthinkingreview.co.uk/index.php? Posted by Kevin O'Brien. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Report claims t...
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Better Outcomes Blog: A Culture of Testing
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011. A Culture of Testing. With all the furore about the change to testing this week and the introduction of the English Bac I came across this Blog post from Marketing Guru Seth Godin:. Netflix tests everything. They're very proud that they A/B test interactions, offerings, pricing, everything. It's almost enough to get you to believe that rigorous testing is the key to success. Except they didn't test the model of renting DVDs by mail for a monthly fee. We like the auditng model ( ...
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Better Outcomes Blog: September 2011
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Friday, 30 September 2011. Enhancement of Learning Support Materials Go live. After a number of months and a lot of hard work by all involved the materials produced as part of the ELS have gone live on the Excellence Gateway. You may have had it from a number of sources but here is the link in case you missed it. Http:/ www.excellencegateway.org.uk/316191. Profiling Tool and Organisational Audit. Http:/ www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx? The organisational audit tool provides a series of effective p...
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Better Outcomes Blog: Enhancement of Learning Support Materials Go live
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Friday, 30 September 2011. Enhancement of Learning Support Materials Go live. After a number of months and a lot of hard work by all involved the materials produced as part of the ELS have gone live on the Excellence Gateway. You may have had it from a number of sources but here is the link in case you missed it. Http:/ www.excellencegateway.org.uk/316191. Profiling Tool and Organisational Audit. Http:/ www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx? The organisational audit tool provides a series of effective p...
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Better Outcomes Blog: Will decision to stop funding those on inactive benefits affect learners with Learning Difficulites
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Sunday, 3 April 2011. Will decision to stop funding those on inactive benefits affect learners with Learning Difficulites. I had not really heard about this issue but I came across it twice in the last week, the second time being via this article in the guardian by Nick Linford. Http:/ www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/29/education-training-inactive-benefits-cuts. What are the experiences of people out there of this - what is coming in the Autumn with this fee remission policy? Posted by Kevin O'Brien.