Functional skills

 
Online Functional Skills Overview

View our online Functional Skills Overview seminar and find out what Functional Skills means for you. This 20 minute seminar covers all the bases, and looks at - English, ICT and mathematics at Entry Level, Levels 1 and 2, and our Onscreen pilot.

View our Functional Skills online seminar (to run this, you will need to use Connect Pro Overview).

Please be aware that the information contained within this online seminar was correct as of 23rd June 2009 - this qualification is in pilot and therefore subject to change.

 
Online Entry Level Functional Skills Seminar

This 12-minute online presentation looks in more detail at Entry Level Functional Skills - covering the administration of the assessment, as well as covering the assessment of each subject in some detail.

View our Entry Level Functional Skills Seminar here

Please be aware that the information contained within this online seminar was correct as of 22nd July 2009 - this qualification is in pilot and therefore subject to change.

 
Free training via face-to-face and online seminars

To support you through the pilot and implementation phase of the Functional Skills qualification, we will be running a series of training and overview events. Our next series of events will begin in the New Year, and details will be posted shortly.

Email fsdevelopment@edexcel.com for more information.

 
External training

Functional Skills Support Programme (FSSP) is designed to prepare practitioners, leaders and managers to deliver functional skills, from developing applied learning to adopting a whole-organisational approach to functional skills implementation.

FSSP is available free of charge to all schools and post-16 education and training centres and can contribute as part of continuous professional development training.

Please download the following document from FSSP to find out more about how this programme works, the types of support available and who to contact for regional network events.

FSSP information and contacts

The support on offer includes:
• nine regional bases, all with the services of an experienced regional facilitator 
• 17 in-house training support modules
• regional networks 
• a range of published materials including teaching and learning guides, FS in Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Foundation Learning Tier.  All are available electronically on the LSIS excellence gateway 
• Helpline:  0844 335 2938 and helpline@fssupport.org

The FSSP’s website is now available at www.fssupport.org.

For further information please contact the helpline above, visit the FSSP website or download the FSSP programme of support