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SECTION 12
Implementation Timetable
IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE
In May 2005…
- skills for work courses will be launched.
In spring 2005…
- the second stage report of the Executive's
review of teacher education for schoolteachers will
be published.
By summer 2005…
- GTCS will confirm arrangements
for college staff teaching school pupils in
schools.
- HMIE will publish a
self-evaluation guide in its
How good is our school? series on
school/college partnership.
- an insert to
Partnership Matters containing
specific guidance on school/college partnership for
pupils with additional support needs will be
published.
In August 2005…
- the rules governing fee-waiver for college
activities for pupils will be revised.
From academic year 2005/06 onwards…
- capacity for college activity will be
increased.
In academic year 2005-06…
- skills for work courses will be piloted.
By autumn 2005…
- branded learning centres are likely to be able
to support learning opportunities for S3 pupils and
above.
By October 2005…
- a new Working Group will be established to
consider matters concerning the qualifications of
non-schoolteachers who teach pupils.
By December 2005…
- the work necessary to give all college staff
training on pupil welfare and support matters will
be scoped.
By end 2005…
- a Code of Practice, which will provide guidance
on how authorities and agencies should exercise
their functions under the Education (Additional
Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, and
appropriate regulations, will be published.
- a standing stakeholder forum comprising
representatives from the Executive, the school and
college sectors, pupil, adult student and Trade
Union interests will be established to oversee the
national development of school/college
partnership.
In academic year 2006-07…
- the second phase of pilots of skills for work
courses will commence.
In August 2006…
- a higher educational Professional Development
Award and units will be available for college
lecturers teaching under 16 year olds.
By 2007...
- all secondary and special schools in Scotland
will have effective, meaningful and appropriate
partnership with at least one college for S3 pupils
and above. Similarly, all Scotland's colleges will
have effective, meaningful and appropriate
partnership with secondary and special
schools.
- each school and college agreement with Careers
Scotland will be revisited in the light of this
strategy and the accompanying guide for
partnership.
- local authorities and colleges will review all
local school/college partnership activities to
ensure that they match the framework for the 3-18
curriculum for school pupils set out in
A Curriculum for Excellence.
For school year 2007/08 onwards…
- outcomes arising from school/college
partnership activity will be included in each
sector's
SQA performance statistics.
In August 2007…
- We aim to roll out skills for work courses
nationally.
In 2007/08…
- we will repeat our research into the attitudes
of pupils to college learning as part of their
school curriculum.
In 2008/09…
- we will evaluate this strategy's
effectiveness.
Scottish Executive Education
Department
Scottish Executive Enterprise,
Transport and Lifelong Learning
Department
May 2005
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