On Course South West are currently working with Discovery College to ensure that all staff are confident users of the Google for Education suite of products and to maximise its potential for learning.
Utilising Skills Bootcamp funding, the team are working through a nine week programme of training activity, examination and practical approaches to ensure that the team at Discovery College are able to make use of all of the amazing educational tools that Google Education provides to ensure that learners at the college get the best possible learning experience.
Google for Education enables all learners to access their course work from anywhere and the range of tools such as Jamboards, video embedding and AI supported practice sets, mean that Discovery College will always be at the cutting edge of educational technology.
The training means that all teaching staff with be working to Educator Level 1 as a minimum, with additional Level 2 and certified trainer roles being created to ensure progression opportunities for staff and the creation of an internal infrastructure to ensure training for new staff is seamless.
Councillor Sally Cresswell, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Apprenticeships at Plymouth City Council, said: “We want to support as many of our local residents as possible to gain new skills, helping them into new career paths. It’s really important that the educators delivering this training are fully equipped with all the knowledge and technology they need so that they can best support learners and it’s fantastic to see the Discovery College team’s enthusiasm for the Skills Bootcamp-funded training programme.”
Kirsten Puddephat, Education Manager at Discovery College said: “The Bootcamp is enabling our team of tutors to develop skills which will benefit themselves and the students attending Discovery College. Learning how to use more of the functions available through Google Educator has given the team confidence in their use of technology in the classroom and office. The trainers from On Course have been reliable, supportive and have also expertly shared their knowledge with our tutors. We hope to be able to access more Bootcamps to further progress our teams knowledge and use of IT”.
Skills Bootcamps are developed in partnership with local employers and providers to help fill skills gaps and vacancies. Futureproof your business with Skills Bootcamps and give your team the right skills for your sector in just 16 weeks or less.
Find out more on the On Course South West website.