Pearson’s Festival of Functionality 2023
The Functional Skills Festival of Functionality is back for its second year. Aimed at teachers of Pearson’s Functional Skills English and maths, this CPD festival also includes sessions on ESOL, Digital Functional Skills and Essential Digital Skills. All the sessions are FREE and are designed to support your delivery of these qualifications.
What is on offer?
The Festival of Functionality is split into six topic areas. Each session is one hour packed with useful ideas and guidance. Full information about the Festival is available on our dedicated webpage here: Festival of Functionality.
Getting Ready to Teach Events
These events offer an introduction to Pearson's Functional Skills qualifications in English and Maths across Entry Level to Level 2. They are ideal for practitioners new to delivering Pearson Functional Skills or those wishing to refresh their understanding.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Skills English Level 1 and 2 | 1st September | 10-11am |
| Functional Skills English Entry Level | 5th September | 10-11am |
| Functional Skills Maths Level 1 and 2 | 4th September | 10-11am |
| Functional Skills Maths Entry Level | 7th September | 10-11am |
Lessons Learnt Events
An opportunity to look back on 2022-23 and gain an understanding on where learners were going wrong in their Functional Skills assessments with some top tips on how to rectify these issues. Suitable for teachers and assessors as well as managers of Functional Skills.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Skills Maths | 7th September | 2-3pm |
| Functional Skills English | 8th September | 2-3pm |
Update and Q&A Events
An opportunity to get the latest updates on the Pearson Functional Skills offer for Work-based Learning, FE and Schools providers and ask questions of our specialist support.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Functional Skills Maths | 7th September | 2-3pm |
| Functional Skills English | 8th September | 2-3pm |
Subject Specific Events
An opportunity to look at a range of areas:
- Maths - review of problems solving skills with exemplar responses and how they are marked.
- Speaking, Listening and Communicating - review of all levels including overview of verification processes.
- Writing - review and practical support for your learners with exemplar responses and how they are marked.
- Marked learner work - covers how Level 1 and 2 assessments are marked for maths using real learner assessed work.
- Reading skills - covers how reading is assessed with practical guide on how to teach reading effectively.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Problem Solving for Functional Skills Maths | 11th September | 10-11am |
| Reading for Functional Skills English | 12th September | 2-3pm |
| Writing for Functional Skills English | 13th September | 2-3pm |
| Teaching Speaking, Listening and Communicating for Functional Skills English | 14th September | 2-3pm |
| Exploring Marked Learner Work for L1/2 Functional Skills Maths | 15th September | 2-3pm |
| Using ExamWizard and ResultsPlus to Support Functional Skills Achievement | 18th September | 10-11am |
| Pearson's Functional Skills Context Review: The Outcomes | 26th September | 2-3pm |
Supporting Learners With Additional Needs Events
These sessions offer a practical guide to teaching Functional Skills maths and English for tutors with learners that have additional needs.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting ESOL learners in Functional Skills Maths | 18th September | 2-3pm |
| Supporting Learners with Dyslexia in Functional Skills English | 19th September | 10-11am |
| Supporting ESOL learners in Functional Skills English | 20th September | 2-3pm |
| Supporting Learners with Dyscalculia in Functional Skills Maths | 21st September | 10-11am |
| Supporting Learners with Dyspraxia in Functional Skills | 25th September | 10-11am |
| Supporting Learners with ASD in Functional Skills | 26th September | 10-11am |
ESOL, EDSQ and Digital FSQ Events
These sessions offer support for a range of additional Pearson Skills qualifications including ESOL, EDSQ and Digital Functional Skills.
| Event | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Getting Ready To Teach EDSQ | 6th September | 2-3pm |
| Getting Ready To Teach ESOL | 8th September | 10-11am |
| Using WorkSkills to Support ICT | 11th September | 2-3pm |
| Exploring Marked Learner Work for ESOL Writing | 12th September | 10-11am |
| Getting Ready To Teach Digital Functional Skills | 25th September | 2-3pm |
All the events are also available to book on the Training from Pearson website: Live Training.
Chris Briggs - Product Manager Post 16 English, Maths and Digital Skills