Case study
and literacy skills, the Higher Diploma would Foundation course and Higher-level, the core links between science and hairdressing, via
be unsuitable. material is generic. This work is mapped to integrated assignments. This will not only
We considered the Foundation-level course our current course so we are not teaching help the Diploma learners achieve their
for these learners, but again the attainment unnecessarily, but next year this process will Principal Learning, but will also support them
levels of the learners were greater than enable both the tutors and learners to gauge in demonstrating the relativity of science in an
the Foundation course could offer them. how effectively the learners are achieving the industry-related context.
Therefore we made a decision to continue learning outcomes. We have also been trialling the Personal,
with the Level 2 certificate in hairdressing. As with the Diploma, assessment will be Learning and Thinking Skills element and
This will enable learners to achieve a Level graded according to learners’ ability, giving track these in a personal learning log. The
2 qualification and gain three GCSEs at both parties a better understanding of ability school is very pro-active when it comes to
grade C; considerably more than the GCSE and suitability prior to placing learners on a work placements and all the hairdressing
equivalent of the Foundation-level Diploma. course. This, we hope, will reduce the risk of learners who are going to salons take a
Learners will take the usual GCSE core Diploma drop-out or non-achievement. learning log with them. This facilitates
subjects alongside the course. Learners are assigned homework tasks which students in recognising their own strengths
We fully intend to implement the will reflect their commitment to self-study, and weaknesses and provides somewhere to
Diploma next year should learners opt for an aspect integral to each learner’s success. It record all the skills that they have used and
the qualification, and we will match their also offers us the opportunity to provide work learnt. This system is in place now, but is
suitability using predicated attainment levels. which will map to Functional Skills. being updated to encompass Diplomas.
So far the course is being very well received, Campion is disappointed that the Diploma
Positive preparation and is providing the opportunity to trial new is not suitable for our 2009 cohort, but is
We are trialling a five-week induction for resources and teaching methods relevant to actively developing strategies to ensure that
this year’s learners where they will be taught the Diploma. We have translated a glossary of cohort 2010 will access the Diploma. DD
similar material to that which is required terms for our EAL learners.
for both Foundation and Higher Diplomas. I recently attended a two-day residential • Allison Manning teaches at Campion School
The material focuses on the health and to the National Science Learning Centre and Community College in Leamington Spa,
safety elements of salon working, and also in York to undertake a course integrating which delivers the VTCT Level 2 certificate
creating a positive impression, as well as science into the Hair and Beauty Diploma. I in hairdressing and is launching its Hair and
good communication skills and client care. am already working closely with the science Beauty Diploma with VTCT in 2010. Visit
Although these are elements taken from a department to develop resources and develop
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