Increasing Employability with Future Ready Skills

Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council

INDUSTRY RECOGNISED, JOB-READY SKILLS, IMPROVE EMPLOYABILITY & PRODUCTIVITY

Introducing Prodigy Learning

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft

Adobe

Autodesk

LEARNING SOLUTIONS

Online Learning

Practice Tests

Practice Labs

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MICROSOFT IMAGINE ACADEMY

Learning Pathways

Computer ScienceProductivityData Science

IT Infrastructure

INDUSTRY-RECOGNISED

CERTIFICATION

Globally RecognisedCredentials

MTAMOSMCPMCE

EMPLOYABILITY

ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

ENTREPENEURSHIP

Give Students a Path Forward

IT PROFESSIONALS & DEVELOPERS

Get Recognised

Get Ahead

Get

Hired

PRODUCTIVITY

MOS

MOS Expert

MOS MasterMCSM

MCSE MCSD

MTA

MCSA

FOUNDATIONAL COURSES

DIGITAL LITERACY CERTIFICATE (DLC)

MICROSOFT CERTIFIED EDUCATOR (MCE)

MSIA curriculum helps prepare for certification

Our Approach: Four Stage Learning Pathway

MICROSOFT CERTIFICATIONS & IMAGINE ACADEMY 5

4.

Certification Exam

3.

Practice Tests

2.

Learning Solutions

1.

Skills Analysis

0.

Train the Trainer

End-to-End Account Management & Support (Local Telephone / Email Technical Support)

Introducing:Rhonnda Cynon Taf Borough Council

RCT & Imagine Academy

Teacher

Professional

Development2012

Digital Skills

in Secondary

Schools 2014

Digital skills

across the

Primary and

Secondary

spectrum

2017

MSIA

MCE

MOS

MSIA

MCE

MOS

MTA

Minecraft

MSIA

MCE

Teachers > Secondary Students > Primary Students

Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council

Martyn Silezin14-19 Strategy Officer / Swyddog Strategaethau

Change is Happening

Our learners are already living in our future

Technology will never replace

teachers……

But teachers who teach with

technology will replace those

teachers who won’t!

Our Ambition

The Plan

•

•

•

>500 MCEs 37 MIE Trainers

2 Microsoft

Showcase

Schools

1 Microsoft

Training Academy

Over 3000 MOS

and over 300

MTA certifications

Finalists at the

MOS

Championships

Welsh National

Digital Awards

Case study for

Estyn

So Far, Since 2014

Darran Park Primary School

James ProtheroeAssistant Headteacher @DpDarran

Our Commitment to

Professional

Learning

Meaningful CPD

Opportunities

• Imagine Academy and

Microsoft Educator

Community

• Collaborative school-to-

school projects

• Certifications: 7 teachers

achieved the MCE

• 21st Century LD

• 3 MIE Experts

Approach to Digital

Learning

Integration of Office

365 through Hwb

• Minecraft: EE

• Skype in the Classroom

• Windows 10 devices

Creating an

Engaging

Curriculum

Developing effective

pedagogy

• Digital Learning at the

core

• Digital Competence

Framework

• Creating memorable

experiences

• Developing responsible

digital citizens

Black Gold: Hearts, Souls and Mines

Treorchy Comprehensive School

Matthew DaviesDeputy Headteacher

High QualityLearning Experiences

Opportunities tailored

to the individual

Academic and

vocational courses

appropriate to the

pupil

• Cross-curricular

learning in context,

MOS

Highly skilled coaches

(teachers and pupils!)

High quality CPD

for all staff (MOS,

Office 365, MCE)

• Changing culture -

not ethos

• Innovation

• Risk taking

Infrastructure to

facilitate 21st Century

Teaching and Learning

Infrastructure to

facilitate 21st

Century Teaching

and Learning

• wireless

• devices

Productivity Pathway

Success Stories

Robert Cook

“The NHS valued my MOS qualifications and it enabled me to be narrowed down from 365 applicants to one. After talking with my employer, who is the head of software development at Cwm Taff, he said he valued my Microsoft experience greatly

and it made me stand out.”

Matthew Davies

“Current student Matthew Davies represented the UK last

year in California at the Microsoft Office Specialist World

Championships. The opportunity to study aspects of the Microsoft Imagine Academy

has supported Matthew in making a decision to follow a

career in IT in the future.”

Your Transformation Story?

Teacher

Professional

Development?Digital Skills

in Secondary

Schools ?Digital skills

across the

Primary and

Secondary

spectrum

?

MSIA

MCE

MOS

MSIA

MCE

MOS

MTA

Minecraft

MSIA

MCE

Teachers > Secondary Students > Primary Students