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Chesterfield College

 

About Us

 

Chesterfield College serves a large catchment area that includes the districts of Chesterfield, north-east Derbyshire, Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales and parts of Amber Valley. The college employs 594 staff (55.5 % female and 44.5% male) and in any one year enrols approximately 23,000 students. The college operates over three sites of its own and also has strong community links through 20 outreach centres. 

 

College performance has been recognised externally: in March 2005, the college achieved Beacon College status and, in partnership with local schools, was awarded the 2005 Derbyshire and Derby City Annual Partnership Award for collaborative working. During 2004/05 the College also gained other external kite marks – Investors in People (IiP) re-recognition and Matrix Award for Advice and Guidance. The Department for Art and Design is also a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE).

 

Teacher training and professional development
All the initial teacher training (ITT) programmes sit within the structure of the college’s Performance and Standards Unit, which is responsible for:

 

• monitoring the implementation of the Quality System
• undertaking surveys of students, parents/guardians, staff and stakeholders
• liaising with awarding bodies and external verifiers
• analysing lesson observations, and scheduling a wide range of meetings
• managing the team of senior lecturers
• Staff development and continuous professional development – external and in-house programme
• Assessor Verifier Awards
• Initial teacher training
  • 7302 Level 3 Certificate in Delivering Learning: An introduction
  • 7304 Stages 1, 2 and 3 Certificate in Further Education Teaching
  • 9295 Level 2 Certificate in Adult Learning Support
  • 9483 Level 3 Certificate in Adult Literacy Subject Support
  • 9484 Level 3 Certificate in Adult Numeracy Subject Support
  • 9485 Level 4 Certificate in Adult Literacy Subject Specialists
  • 9486 Level 4 Certificate in Adult Numeracy Subject Specialists

 

Modes of delivery are either part-time day or evening, and most courses have more than one starting point in any academic year. More-flexible and blended learning approaches are being developed.

 

"We set out to implement an individual learning plan (ILP) which would be managed by the learner and contribute to the update of a continuous professional development record that informs the trainee’s wider professional development needs."

 

Resources
Evaluation report - PDF format
Case study

Case study - printable version - Word format
Guidance on using the ILP - Word format
Powerpoint presentation on using the ILP - Word format
Paper version of E-ILP - Word format