KEY SKILLS LEVEL 3 IMPROVING OWN LEARNING & PERFORMANCE CANDIDATE WORKBOOK

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1 KEY SKILLS LEVEL 3 IMPROVING OWN LEARNING & PERFORMANCE CANDIDATE WORKBOOK Centre Number: Centre Name:.. Candidate Number:. Candidate Name:

2 Part A These are the skills you need to know before you begin to complete this Workbook Set targets and plan how these will be met make sure you understand: how planning and reviewing your learning, and effective time-management, can help to improve your performance what is meant by constructive feedback and reflection seek information from appropriate people on ways to achieve what you want to do and identify factors (financial, legal, health and safety, available opportunities, your motivation, other commitments) that might affect your plans develop an individual learning plan that includes: targets that say exactly what you want to achieve, how you will prove you have met them and clear action points, using the information you have obtained from appropriate people how you will manage your time to meet deadlines, use support, review your progress and overcome possible difficulties. Take responsibility for your learning and using your plan manage your time effectively, by prioritising action, dealing with any difficulties to meet your deadlines, and revising your plan to take into account any changed circumstances choose different ways of learning (learning styles) and decide on the methods that best suit you (e.g. pictures/diagrams, reading/talking/writing, listening to others, watching or doing something practical) work independently at times, so you take responsibility for organising your learning, choosing resources and adapting your approach to meet new demands reflect on your own progress by taking time out to think about what is going well and less well and how you might improve your performance, seeking constructive feedback and relevant support to help you meet targets. Review progress and establish evidence of achievements provide information on: how you have used your learning from one task to meet the demands of another task how the quality of the outcome was affected by factors such as your motivation, the learning situation, your choice of learning style(s) and methods, the quality of feedback and support identify targets you have met and gather evidence to support what you say about your achievements consult appropriate people to agree ways to further improve your performance. 2

3 Part B Improving Own Learning and Performance at Level 3 You must give ONE example to show you have improved your learning and performance. This example must contain at least THREE learning targets i.e. the steps you need to take to achieve what you are setting out to do. You must also use at least TWO different styles of learning. Your evidence in this Workbook must show you can: LP3.1 Set targets using information from appropriate people and plan how these will be met. 1. Seek information on ways to achieve what you want to do and identify factors that might affect your plans. 2. Use this information to set realistic targets and identify clear action points. 3. Plan how you will manage your time, use support, review progress and overcome possible difficulties. LP3.2 Take responsibility for your learning, using your plan to help meet targets and improve your performance. 4. Manage your time effectively to meet deadlines, revising your plan as necessary. 5. Choose ways of learning to improve your performance, working at times independently and adapting approaches to meet new demands 6. Reflect on your progress, seeking feedback and relevant support to help you meet your targets. 3

4 LP3.3 Review progress and establish evidence of your achievements. 7. Provide information on the ways you have used your learning to new demands and on factors affecting the quality of your outcome. 8. Identify targets you have met and gather evidence of your achievements. 9. Consult appropriate people to agree ways to further improve your performance. TO THE CANDIDATE REMEMBER: include any evidence with this Workbook that supports what you have done, such as photographs, 'witness statements', reports, minutes of meetings, audio/video recordings. You should arrange these in an appendix to your portfolio and reference each one clearly, you can ask your teacher for help if you are having difficulty producing your evidence or when completing this Workbook. you must acknowledge any help you receive from anyone other than your teacher along with information taken from books, leaflets, videos/cds, the internet, the work you submit must be your own, that if you copy from someone else or allow another person to copy from you, or if you cheat in any other way, you will be disqualified, at the very least, from this Key Skill. DECLARATION: I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE INFORMATION ABOVE. I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED ANY HELP RECEIVED FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN MY TEACHER. Candidate Signature: Date: 4

5 ASSESSMENT RECORD TO THE ASSESSOR: PLEASE REFER TO THE REGULATORS KEY SKILLS GUIDANCE DURING YOUR ASSESSMENT LP3.1 Evidence required Assessor Comments (on each criterion) Set targets using information from appropriate people and plan how these will be met. Evidence shows the candidate can: seek information on ways to achieve what they want to do, and identify factors that might affect their plans use this information to set realistic targets and identify clear action points plan how they will manage their time, use support, review progress and overcome possible difficulties. LP3.2 Take responsibility for your learning, using your plan to help meet targets and improve your performance. Evidence shows the candidate can: manage their time effectively to meet deadlines, revising your plan as necessary choose ways of learning to improve their performance, working at times independently and adapting approaches to meet new demands reflect on their progress, seeking feedback and relevant support to help you meet their targets. 5

6 LP3.3 Review progress and establish evidence of your achievements. Evidence shows the candidate can: provide information on the ways they have used their learning to meet new demands and on factors affecting the quality of their outcome identify targets they have met and gather evidence of their achievements consult appropriate people to agree ways to further improve their performance. At least three targets? At least two different ways of learning? Following your assessment has the candidate Passed? I confirm that the above candidate's work meets the standard for this Key Skill and 'passes' the internal assessment. I also confirm that every reasonable step has been taken to ensure that the work presented is that of the candidate named. Assessor:... Signature:... Date:... To be completed by the Internal Moderator/Verifier (if applicable) I confirm that the internal assessment of this portfolio was sampled as part of the centre's internal quality assurance procedures and that relevant records, including feedback to the assessor, have been kept. Internal Moderator/Verifier:... Signature:... Date... 6

7 Improving Own Learning and Performance - Level 3 The tutor should ensure that all candidates understand the guidance given below: To achieve this Key Skill you must provide evidence of having worked to improve your learning and performance in one example within a specific context. Within this example you must clearly identify at least three learning/performance targets to aim for. Overall, in aiming to meet these targets you should show how you have used at least two different ways of learning to accomplish the necessary improvement. NOTE: Your written evidence for the following aspects should be completed in the following text boxes, however your workbook should also be supplemented with witness statements and other evidence such as minutes of review meetings, artefacts etc anything which helps you tell the story of how you have developed the skills required to improve your own learning and performance. These should be included as an appendix at the end of the workbook. You should clearly reference these additional pieces of evidence in the relevant section of the workbook. Please remember that the important thing is the process of HOW you worked to improve your own learning and performance. LP3.1 LP3.1.1 What are you aiming to learn and/or improve in this example? 7

8 Clearly explain the reasons why you feel you need to accomplish this improvement. In which ways could you be able to move forward with the required improvement? Consider such aspects as where you will be able to access information and support for each approach

9 Explain clearly, with reasons, which approach you will choose. Give an indication of the factors that could affect this approach. 9

10 LP3.1.2 Clearly state your first target. Provide a clear indication of the action points you will need to consider when drafting your plan to meet this target. 10

11 Clearly state your second target. Provide a clear indication of the action points you will need to consider when drafting your plan to meet this target. 11

12 Clearly state your third target. Provide a clear indication of the action points you will need to consider when drafting your plan to meet this target. 12

13 Explain briefly how meeting these three targets will enable you to improve your learning and/or performance in your chosen context. 13

14 LP3.1.3 Personal Action Plan (insert additional rows as necessary): Using the following table outline your action plan for your three targets: List, in order, the steps you need to take in order to achieve your three targets Estimate how long each separate step is likely to take to complete Give the target date by when each separate step needs to be completed (Deadlines) Identify what help or support you might require for each step and when and where this may be found You may have a single action plan which covers all three targets in an integrated way or you may plan your approach to each target in turn. Step No. Towards target 1, 2 or 3? Description of step Estimate of time needed to complete Target date for completing the step Help or support which you will require and where and how you will obtain it

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16 Include details of when you will review the progress you have made towards your targets with your tutor, teacher or supervisor: First progress review will be after Step Number (insert number): Why is this the right time to have a review? Second progress review will be after Step Number (insert number): Why is this the right time to have a review? Planned date for final review (insert date): 16

17 Identify any potential difficulties you might encounter when working through your plan and how you might overcome them. (These could be financial, legal, health and safety, available opportunities, your motivation, other commitments, time etc). You must include a full account of each review this evidence should be referenced in section

18 LP3.2 LP3.2.1 Personal Learning Log (insert additional rows as necessary): Provide a detailed record your progress toward your three targets in the following Learning Log. You should follow the Personal Action Plan you created in and clearly show whether you adhered to the plan or deviated from it, met or failed to meet your deadlines, in each case providing explanatory comments. You should fill in each entry immediately following the step you have completed a Log completed at the end of the whole activity will not be acceptable. Step No. Deadline met (Y/N) Action taken Deviation from plan (Y/N) Explanatory Comments 18

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20 LP3.2.2 Overall you must employ at least two different ways of learning to improve your performance. Explain how and why you adopted those you chose and explain how they relate to your three targets. First way of learning: Second way of learning: Third way of learning (if necessary): 20

21 LP3.2.3 In your Personal Action Plan, you identified the arrangements for reviewing progress and for obtaining support. Comment on the progress you made and refer to any feedback and support you have been given. Feedback reports may be identified below. First progress review Give details of any feedback or support together with any changes needed and explain why they were necessary. If no changes were needed, discuss with your tutor what could have proved difficult and how you might have tried to overcome the issue. 21

22 Second progress review Give details of any feedback or support together with any changes needed and explain why they were necessary. If no changes were needed, discuss with your tutor what could have proved difficult and how you might have tried to overcome the issue. Evidence from each review is on pages..,..,..,.. of the appendix. 22

23 LP3. 3 LP3.3.1 How have you transferred your learning from this activity to meet the demands of a different task or tasks? 23

24 Look back to your original action plan for this context. Comment on factors that influenced the final outcome anything that in some way affected how and what you learned. These could be positive or negative factors. 24

25 LP3.3.2 Look back to your original overall aim and the three targets set for this context. Provide tangible evidence to confirm that you have met each of the targets and comment on how this relates to the overall aim. Additional evidence such as certificates, witness testimonies should be uploaded and referenced below. 25

26 LP3.3.3 Consider critically the way you went about improving your learning or performance. Give a detailed assessment of any other ways that might have proved more effective. 26

27 Having discussed your approach to this situation with another appropriate person (please give the person s name and status), summarise how you have agreed you might further improve your performance. Include a document which confirms that this discussion has taken place and reference it below. Additional evidence for 3.3 is on page(s)..,..,..,.. of the appendix. 27

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