Stevenson College Edinburgh Partnership Agreement for the Provision of College Courses to Schools

 

Responsibilities of Schools/Local Authority

 

Planning

  1. Participate in joint planning and timetabling arrangements with SCE

 

  1. Organise and deliver guidance sessions for parents/carers and pupils regarding college provision and specific courses

 

Course Delivery and Quality

  1. Ensure appropriate quality procedures are followed

 

  1. Undertake a survey of pupil attitudes to college courses provision and pass the results to the college

 

  1. Provide class cover (up to 2 weeks) for school-based class when college tutor is absent through illness

 

Guidance and Support

  1. Provide structured guidance sessions for pupils wishing to   participate on appropriate college programmes

 

  1. Provide induction briefing and welcome pack to college staff delivering in school

 

 

  1. Ensure pupils are aware of the standards of behaviour expected from them while in college

 

  1. Provide relevant background information on pupils’ achievement, behaviour and additional support needs along with original application, e.g. school support plans

 

  1. Make suitable provision available for all pupils with additional learning support needs and provide additional support when appropriate for the most vulnerable pupils with significant additional learning needs attending class in college and as required for special exam arrangements

 

  1. Work in partnership with the college to enable access to full range of support services available to school pupils

 

  1. Liaise with parents on all issues, achievement, behaviour, attendance and discipline and convey reports from colleges to pupils and parents as and when required

 

  1. Liaise with college staff when the college is considering

         withdrawing a place for a pupil

 

  1. Provide guidance and planning on progression routes and monitor and track pupils progress

 

Information and Administration

  1. Ensure all consent forms are in order and signed by appropriate adult

 

  1. Reimburse the college for entitlements such as free lunches and any other agreed costs which arise from the pupils’ attendance at the college (does this include PPE – should it?)

 

  1. Provide pupils with free and safe transport arrangements to and from college on days of college classes

 

  1. Establish agreed recording and communication procedures for pupil absence with the college

 

 

  1. Provide the college with one point of contact in school for guidance, behaviour, and attendance issues

 

  1. Share appropriate staff development opportunities with college staff

 

 

 

 

Authority                                                                     Secondary School

 

Signed   _______________                                   Signed     ____________

 

Position _______________                                   Position   _____________

 

Date       _______________                                   Date         ____________

 

In the presence of:__________                          In the presence of_______

          

 

 

Stevenson College Edinburgh Partnership Agreement for the Provision of the College Courses to Schools

 

Responsibilities of the College

 

Planning

1.      Participate in joint planning and timetabling arrangements with partner schools and local authority

 

2.      Gain approval for all programmes

 

3.      Consult the local authority and the schools involved if a course is in danger of cancellation

 

4.      Liaise with representatives from the local authority and Secondary Schools to negotiate provision, scheduling, and any other relevant matter

 

5.      Schedule provision in negotiation with schools/local authority and aim to minimise unsupervised time in college where feasible

 

 

Course Delivery and Quality

6.      Utilise appropriate resources and tutoring skills to meet the needs of the pupils

 

7.      Provide qualified and disclosed staff to deliver the programmes, and, for courses delivered in college, ensure adequate staff cover in the event of illness or redeployment of staff members

 

8.       Ensure staff who teach schools pupils will possess or be working towards an appropriate teaching qualification, or have other means to demonstrate that they can teach to the requisite standard

 

9.      Implement appropriate selection procedures in conjunction with the schools

 

10. Satisfy the criteria for regular inspection regimes, e.g.: HMle, SQA, Scottish Quality Management System

 

11. Ensure that pupils representatives have a voice in programme review procedures

 

Guidance & Support

12. Provide a full induction programme and ensure pupils attending college sign the Stevenson College Edinburgh Agreement and the information and Communication technology (ICT) Code of Conduct

 

13. Negotiate with school appropriate access to support and guidance available to college students

 

14. Provide a mid-year report on the progress of individual pupils and convey any issues of concern regarding achievement, behaviour, attendance and discipline

 

15. Liaise with the school/local authority if a pupil is to be returned to school

 

16. Provide an assurance that information on pupils will only be passed to the nominated school/local authority member of staff

 

 

Information and Administration

17. Provide regular and timely reports on attendance

 

18. Provide relevant information and documents for distribution to schools, parents and potential students on specific courses and college provision

 

19. Provide induction briefing and welcome pack to school staff coming into college such as learning assistants

 

20. Comply with health & safety requirements and apply suitable risk assessment procedures

 

21. Provide one point of contact in college for guidance, behaviour and attendance issues

 

 

22. Deliver/offer briefing and development sessions to school / guidance staff on college life, provision and progression opportunities

 

 

 

 

College ­­­­­­­­­­­­          ___________________

 

Signed       ___________________

 

Position     ___________________

 

Date          ___________________