1. Y1: EVALUATING AP-type role across
provider types
Y3: CREATING CONDITIONS for AP
teams to support all
Y2: ENHANCE, EXTEND, EMBED
AP-type role in organisations
Supporting
managers to
create
conditions for
APs to lead
quality
improvements
(Vision, skills,
incentives, resources,
action plan as per
Knoster, Villa &
Thousand – 2000)
https://touchconsulting.net/apconnect/
2. Aspiring APs Experienced APs
BAME Recruitment & Support Package (15 mentored places for BAME/Disability)
CPD
Pathways
‘Developing APs’
inhouse Cohort 1
‘Developing APs’
inhouse Cohort 3
‘Developing APs’
inhouse Cohort 2
+ Whole
organisational
support for
managers
M1
Using
Thinking
Environment-
Advanced
Practice
M3
Leading AP
Teams –
Advanced
Practice
M2
Using
Developmental
Observations –
Advanced
Practice
QTLS
CoP
Pathways
Constellation B
(50 places)
Practitioner-led networking
events (30 individuals) +
monthly maths/English Ideas
Room
Constellation C
(25 places)
Constellation C +
(25 places)ATS
Evaluation Pathway collecting formative feedback to stimulate actions
Maths & English Regional
Specialist Leads
English & Maths CPD resources + OTLA +
Practitioner research + CfEM networks etc..
APs leading local Practice
Development Groups
March 2021
National
Advanced
Practitioners
Conference
(100 places)
QTLS
AR
SET
ATS
Evidence -
Informed
Reflective
Accounts x
25
Evidence -
Informed
Peer
Reviewed
Reflective
Accounts x
25
Reflections
Pathway
3. Reflective Accounts (KPI 5)
Six
functions
of the AP-
type role
(see Tyler et al)
Stage 3
Presentations
Run presentations
in formal &
informal research
spaces i.e.
• BrewEd
• FE Research
Meets
• AP Conference
• ACPCE etc.
Stage 2:
Writing
25 APs access
virtual ‘writing’
workshops ran by
our writing support
team (Sarah, Gary &
Sam) to produce a
written/multimodal
reflection accessible
to others.
Workshops
• Writing ethically
• Writing critically
• Writing
authentically
Stage 1:
Recording
25 APs from C+ (i.e.
Y2 Cs) will record
reflections with Lou
&/or Steff against a
reflections frame,
reflecting on how
key research &
evidence have
informed their
development so far.
Could present in a
Sway – see here
+ published in:
• Journals
• #JoyFE
• Collective Ed
• AP Publication
+
Wider
reading
OTLA
ATS
QTLS
Jul/Aug 2020 Oct/Nov 2020 Dec/Jan/Feb/Mar 2021
4. READ THINK-PIECE
M1: Creating Spaces to Think
Guide
M2: TBC
M3: The Role of Leadership
in Prioritising & Improving
the Quality of Teaching &
Learning in Further
Education
Asynchronous
CPD
Principles
1 & 9
COMPLETE QUIZ
following reading or
post responses to
critical questions
related to the think-
piece
+
Introductions
Asynchronous
Follow up
(i) Formative via
Slack group
(ii) Summative via
webinars including
participant
reflections &
outcomes of their
QI project
Synchronous
Face-to-face
delivery
Synchronous
2, 4, 8 & 10 4 & 7 4, 6, 7 & 124, 7, 8 & 10
Small-Scale Quality Improvement Project
3, 5, 6, 9 & 11
Blended Delivery Model for M1, M2 & M3
