Designated Teacher Newsletter October 2014 - Stoke-on
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1. sport creative So be imaginative and ambitious and ask We all know of life changing positive experiences and we want our young people to have these PEA does not cover the basics clothing transport etc It can be used for ICT equipment once every three years the life of a standard piece of ICT equipment Other ICT equipment should be bought through the foster carer allowance Rewards for working hard sound good but beware of the law of diminishing returns using extrinsic motivation rather than core motivation How to get access to ePEP You will be receiving your User ID for ePEP by email with a web link directing you to a secure web address this is your login page Once you click on this page you can request an unlock key which will be sent to your email address When you receive your unlock key you will be asked to revisit the login page and click the button have an unlock key on the page and this takes you to a page where you choose your password once you submit your user number and unlock key Your password must be a minimum of five characters and contain a one capital letter and two numbers From this point on your user number and password gets you access to ePEP where you will be to see your young people and their ePEPs For further information you can click on to the ePEP user manual which can be found at the top of your homepage Help and Training Please contact your Virtual School Administrator Dia2. one ae Additional support mentor EP Y7 Booster program anera g 1000 Comments TARGET TO AWAIT APPROVAL BY VIRTUAL SCHOOL Submit Target BY CLICKING THE SUBMIT TARGET BUTTON ABOVE YOU ARE HEREBY CONFIRMING THIS TARGET IS TO AWAIT THE APPROVAL BY THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL m
3. DESIGNATED TEACHER NEWS OCTOBER 2014 Dear Colleagues New Statutory Guidance for DTs Please see the guidance attached You should make yourself familiar with this and discuss with us if you have concerns We are always happy to meet with you and talk through individual or strategic issues A key issue for Designated Teachers is to ensure all your young people know who you are what you do and how you can support them A recent Midlands consultation showed that only 30 of children in care knew their Designated Teacher Electronic Personal Education Plans The ePEP system will be live again from 13 October As you will be aware a few technical issues led us to suspending the use of ePEP These issues have now been resolved We will continue to improve the system and want to work with you to do so Your feedback and ideas are always very welcome Key information Key Contacts Designated teachers are responsible for ensuring all the key contacts connected with education are entered in the ePEP Social care will check their contacts This list of people must be checked at the meeting Please note that there is an obvious major risk should the wrong person details be entered Attainment have discussed assessment without levels with DTs at our last briefing Our shared view was that until new systems become clear and bed down we would use the old levels and grades system We felt we needed a clear currency and benchmark and c
4. ertainly would be worried if we did not have this As new and individual systems come in we will look at building these into ePEP If you have concerns re this please contact us Young Person s Section The young person s section of ePEP must be completed For some young people a login they would only have write access to their section may be appropriate In this case the social worker decides and contacts Diane Crook Termly ePEP meetings In line with best national practice ePEPs now require a termly meeting in school Completing the ePEP in draft before the meeting Prior to the meeting the whole of ePEP can be completed and then edits can be made in the meeting For the actual meeting to run smoothly it is important that the education information section of the form is completed beforehand The room to be used should have internet access This allows the whole ePEP to be completed within the meeting itself Pupil Premium The Pupil Premium is provided to improve outcomes for an individual child Creative and innovative approaches are welcome and we do not want to micro manage this but money must be linked to SMART targets for improvement We assume that meeting challenging targets require resources We will not want to scrutinise the use of resources providing agreed support is provided and targets are SMART If thereafter support is not provided or targets are not being met clearly we would need to discuss via ePEP revie
5. ne Crook diane crook stoke gov uk or 01782 237948 if you have not received your ePEP login details need help with the system or want to book onto one of our training sessions Please note that those who will write ePEPs will have priority for training however we will endeavour to provide training for all those who want it ePEP Online TARGET ID new Area of focus Attendance What will be done to improve the focus area target of anxiety a Take part in Y7 Booster programme i Shared support plan school written by v Who will support the young person to achieve the target E Diane Crook ePEP Administrator EWEN TEST Designated Teacher Intervention Type Length of Target Short Medium Long Term IMPROVEMENTS EXPECTED Attendance Internal Exdusions External exdusions Subjects Improvement in attendance Current 30 Target 80 Improvements Expected Improvement area e g young person s self assessed well being in school Testwill feel happier and safer in school to be tracked via his weekly mentor X x ePEP Online Current level Hkppy in school 10 of the time a Reading and writing 3C Expected level after intervention Test says heis happy 80 ofthe time Reading and writing 4B end Y7 C Y11 L FUNDING No Funding f one off Funding Regular Ongoing Funding One Off Funding Source of funding Pupil Premium
6. ws To claim Pupil Premium We are reviewing the target section of the form so for now please do the following Select area of focus Provide clear SMART strategy in area of focus Leave intervention type blank Tick medium for length of target Select main area of focus for this target other areas will be linked of course e g poor literacy and attendance Quantify improvements In Improvements expected add any other linked improvements Select one off funding not no funding or regular Select Pupil Premium not PEA Indicate use of funding Request 1000 this term and 500 thereafter Click submit target See example in appendix NB After submitting the targets and Pupil Premium funding request please move on to the PEP sign off section and click Mark Completed Any uncompleted sections of the ePEP will be highlighted at this point The date of the next PEP meeting must be entered if this date is not yet known please enter the last day of the next term ie for Spring 2015 term please enter 02 04 15 this can be amended at a later date If PEA is applied for this should be done in the IF AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST IS BEING MADE FOR THIS TARGET PLEASE COMPLETE THE AREA BELOW Section PEA is discretionary It covers the sorts of things that a parent might do to boost their child s learning e g e after school one to one tuition e cultural trips e extra curricular activities
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