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Sharing IL strategy
Hackney Community College
College Background and service structure
 Key contextual issues affecting IL
 IL- strategy aim
 Example- Tracking one objective
 Why I think a written strategy is
important
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This General FE college
1500- 16-18 yr 4000 adults, 1000 work
place learners
 Vocational, SEN, ESOL and A levels. Only
4 HE subjects.
 Learner profile- diverse, aspirational,
challenged by life
 1 main site and LRC
 Cuts, restructure and role change
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Re-structure for 12/13
HOD
RBL Team
?
Library
team
E learning
support
What is RBL?
Facilitators - not librarians
 55 groups in 14/15 mainly L2/3
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Current Context
Reductions continue
 Ofsted and PIAP- teaching quality focus
 English and Maths
 Increasing interest in academic standards
 Development of RBL
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Study Skills- Locations of Learning
Study skills
How IL is included
1
Embedded in teaching
2
RBL sessions, with facilitator
3
Dedicated study skills
session
Information literacy sessions
SOW and LPs see posters “ Summarising” and “Writing
process”
Activities in support of course work. Librarians provide
support guides. Liaison and discussion
CM RBL booked to teach- session on referencing inc
4
5
6
LRC + self study
Study skills centre
7
Ambition programme
Librarian teaches IL to a specific assignment L3 + – might
be booked for RBL time
LRC staff support individuals in the LRC or IT area.
LSAs provide support to individuals and small groups.
( not in RBL dept)
Targeted mentoring/ coaching for identified learners.
( not in RBL dept)
Strategy aim
To seek to ensure that college learners, at any level,
develop the required information retrieval and
handling skills they need for success in education,
work and life.
Objectives
 To support and promote IL within curriculum
delivery and teaching practice
 To identify and use a range of intervention points
that occur in the Learner Journey
 To develop quality assurance procedures related
to IL that demonstrate impact wherever possible
Service IL objectives 14/15
1.
2.
3.
Embed IL into RBL support
Promote IL in main subject teaching
Consider role of help desk
Promote IL in main subject teaching
Teaching toolkit
IL section
 Teaching resources VLE
 Turnitin
Academic standards
 Embed English
Embed IL
 “Summarising” poster
IL poster
 Teaching and learning day- marketing
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What is the impact?
Positive feedback from Curriculum
managers
 Recognition of skill set by teachers
 Greater visibility of IL in documentation
Hard evidence? tbc
 RBL and IL and success rates
 Learner and staff surveys- RBL and IL
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Writing it down- creating a path
Rationale, analysis, reflection tool
 Understand environment
 Identify roles and delivery
 Quality? SAR, Impact, cost and value
 Continuity- make the work visible
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Common Core
A response to a learning environment
 Priorities for development
 Target groups and why
 What is not being covered?
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