I have spent most of my teaching career as a Photography Tutor for 10+ years at Farnborough Sixth Form College. It was a joy seeing students through their A-Levels and how the two years transformed them into young adults.
There were of course things that were embedded in the curriculum, quality of teaching and learning to ensure the success. We focused on students’ retention and residuals and monitored students through rigorous reviews per term. Students had a personal tutor if they needed to discuss their personal well-being and the curriculum was based on students learning through their technical skills and knowledge unit by unit. The approach of scaffolding learning was pushed throughout the course and we embedded Rosenshine’s principles in our teaching. I still use this today with my teaching in the classroom act UAL.
I find there are quite a few connections in similarity but also differences with respect to HE. UAL support service offers further individual support as well as having personals tutor on the course:
- Academic support
- Counselling, Health Advice and Chaplaincy
- Extenuating Circumstances and Time Out
- The Disability Service supports students with long term mental health conditions and individual support agreements
In terms of assessment, the process for exam boards/marking alignment/moderation benchmark is very different. HE isn’t focused on the positive/negative residual as there is no previous grade to be considered when predicting student’s performance, which I find interesting.
References
Tom Sherrington. (2019). Rosenshine’s Principles in Action. Woodbridge: John Catt Educational Ltd.
UAL. (2023, March 18). Academic support 2018/19 https://www.arts.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/72865/UAL_AS_A5.pdf
UAL. (2023, March 18). Counselling, Health Advice and Chaplaincy https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/student-services/counselling-health-advice-and-chaplaincy
UAL. (2023, March 18). Extenuating Circumstance and Time Out https://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/course-regulations/extenuating-circumstances