The DCSF has
charged Cape UK with the task of canvassing views on the value of establishing
a Quality Badge for self employed individuals involved in Learning Outside the
Classroom. This could be relevant to many different kinds of professionals: the
dance practitioner working regularly in a school hall; an artist working with a
group of pupils in a gallery; the instructor leading an adventurous expedition;
the freelance educator working in a museum; the actor facilitating role play in
a historic building; the farmer taking livestock into a school…
We are keen to hear from self-employed practitioners, school managers, youth
leaders and any organisation for whom the assurance of quality in learning
experiences outside the classroom is important.
A Quality Badge is already available to organisations engaged in developing
authentic learning experiences for children beyond the classroom door; see www.lotcqualitybadge.org.uk for more
information. It endorses organisations operating with good quality assurance
and risk management procedures and thus makes it easier for schools to identify
who they would like to work with.
Is a similar Quality Badge needed for self employed individuals? If so, how
should it work?
Completing
this survey will take only 15-20 minutes of your time. It is open until the 10th
March.
If you
know of any others who contribute to this discussion, please forward the survey
link on.
Kind regards,
Fenella
Fenella Hunt
Head of Projects
GEM
131 Trafalgar Street
Gillingham
Kent ME7 4RP
Tel/Fax: 01634 853 424