Empowering education: NCFE and Gatsby partner to support T Level teaching

In an exciting development for education, NCFE and Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP) are joining forces to support T Level teaching and learning.

The collaboration between the two educational charities will see them provide free teaching materials for educators who teach T Levels, including Health and Science and Digital.

Central to the partnership is GTEP’s Technical Education Networks (TEN) programme, which supports teachers as they bring industry and the classroom closer together, through offering free route-specific teaching materials. The materials are underpinned by subject-specific pedagogy research from the University of Huddersfield.

The TEN programme aims to empower technical education teachers in delivering an engaging and enriched curriculum. Alongside drawing on the insight and expertise of specialist teachers, employers and professional bodies, the programme also commissions research and hosts events to support subject-specific pedagogy and the sharing of best practices.

Through the provision of these free teaching materials, the partnership between NCFE and GTEP aims to create solutions which elevate teaching, learning, assessment, outcomes and progression for individuals in education – making a positive difference and ensuring no learner is left behind.

As the partnership between NCFE and GTEP unfolds, we anticipate a positive impact on T Level education, shaping a future where learning is dynamic and engaging.

Mary Pooley, T Level Programme Director at NCFE, said: “We’re delighted to be working in collaboration with Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP) to expand the range of teaching and learning materials for T Levels in Health, Science and Digital.

"GTEP’s Technical Education Networks programme supports teachers as they bring industry and the classroom closer together, which aligns to NCFE’s own vision to promote and advance learning for all individuals. By signposting to these materials, T Level providers can gain access to route-specific teaching materials to underpin delivery.”

Charlie Moss, Head of Further Education Curriculum Support at Gatsby added: “We are really enjoying collaborating with NCFE on the Technical Education Networks programme. The opportunities to work with chief examiners, subject, and assessment specialists have significantly enhanced the quality assurance of the teaching materials and ensured that they cover the breadth and depth of the T Levels.

"NCFE colleagues have also supported our Summer Conference for Digital and Health and Science T Levels in Manchester and we are looking forward to continuing our partnership in the future.”

Find out more about our suite of T Levels by visiting the T Level webpage.

Want to join our upcoming free webinar?

Join Gatsby and NCFE for an introduction to Gatsby’s Technical Education Networks (TEN) programme in a free interactive webinar on Wednesday 13 March from 4–5pm.

Gatsby’s TEN programme draws on a network of experts in education and industry to develop a series of free teaching resources, undertake research and host events to support technical education teachers.

We’ll walk you through our new teaching resources and research for Digital, Health and Science T Levels, showing you where to find them and how to use them and you’ll be able to discuss the resources and share thoughts with the team and other delegates.

The opportunities to work with chief examiners, subject, and assessment specialists have significantly enhanced the quality assurance of the teaching materials and ensured that they cover the breadth and depth of the T Levels.

Charlie Moss, Head of Further Education Curriculum Support at Gatsby

These resources have been developed and produced by GTEP and are supplementary materials that are additional to the resources (TQ Spec, SAMs and GSEMs) produced by NCFE.

Users can access all mandatory qualification materials (TQ Spec, SAMs and GSEMs) and which are essential for delivering the TQ via the NCFE website here:

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