This document outlines a plan to enhance, extend, and embed the advanced practitioner (AP) role across different types of organizations in the UK. It involves three key phases: 1) Evaluating the AP role across provider types; 2) Creating conditions for AP teams to support quality improvements; and 3) Enhancing, extending, and embedding the AP role in organizations long-term. Specific activities include recruiting and supporting more BAME and disabled individuals as APs, providing continuing professional development opportunities for aspiring and experienced APs, and supporting managers to create an environment where APs can lead quality initiatives. Evaluation of the program will involve APs recording reflections and producing evidence-informed reflective accounts of how research has informed their practice.

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