Adult & Further Education FETAC News
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January 2010
Inservice was held in the Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh, on 19th January 2010 for Tutors involved in self financing classes: If you would like to view the documentation used at this event, please click here.
Information on the Dual Assessment System for Certification in May 2010: FETAC has posted a letter and a summary of the key dates associated with the Dual Assessment System for May 2010 to those Providers who are funded by the Department of Education and Science and who will not be operating the Quality Assuring Assessment Process. To view further information on this, please click here.
Information on the FETAC Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS) 2010: FETAC has published information for Learners who are interested in progression from FETAC Level 5 Certificates and Level 6 Advanced Certificates to Higher Education Courses. To read more about this, please click here.
Migration of awards in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Level 5: The existing Level 5 FETAC awards in Childcare have been reviewed and a single FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education has been proposed. FETAC is now inviting interested parties to comment on the proposed Level 5 Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education and the mandatory component specifications associated with this award. Interested Providers are asked to do so before 12th February 2010. To view the Certificate Specification and the related Component Specifications, please click here.
New Information Technology Awards at Levels 5 and 6 in the Common Awards System: FETAC has published a consultation paper on the migration of current information technology awards at Level 5 and Level 6 to the Common Awards System. If you would like to view this consultation paper, please click here. Interested Providers have until the 29th January 2010 to feedback to FETAC on the proposals contained in the document. FETAC plans to complete the migration of information technology awards by September 2010.
New Level 4 Awards in the Common Awards System: FETAC has published a consultation paper on the migration of Level 4 awards to the Common Awards System. If you would like to view this consultation paper, please click here. Interested Providers have until the 29th January 2010 to feedback to FETAC on the proposals contained in the document. FETAC plans to complete the migration of Level 4 awards by June 2010.
November 2009
FETAC Awards Plan: FETAC is working in partnership with key partners to complete the migration of all existing awards to the Common Awards System. If you would like to view the FETAC Awards Plan, please click here.
October 2009
Monitoring: FETAC has 3 monitors employed on a full time basis. 170 Providers have been monitored to date and this has allowed FETAC to identify areas of good practice and areas for improvement. The role of monitoring is to ensure the credibility of FETAC awards. This is achieved through monitoring the effectiveness of a Provider's quality assurance agreement by the FETAC Monitor thereby ensuring the integrity of FETAC awards. It is important that all the locations in North Tipperary VEC that are quality assured with FETAC are aware of the possibility of being monitored and that the quality assurance procedures agreed with FETAC are being implemented and evidence maintained in the schools and centres to prove that implementation is happening.
Key Dates: FETAC has published the key dates for assessment for 2010. If you would like to access this document, please click here.
New Business Awards at Levels 5 and 6 in the Common Awards System: FETAC has published a consultation paper on the migration of current business awards at Level 5 and Level 6 to the Common Awards System. If you would like to view this consultation paper, please click here. Interested Providers have until the end of October 2009 to feedback to FETAC on the proposals contained in the document. FETAC plans to complete the migration of business awards by September 2010. Once the new awards are agreed they will be released and the existing awards withdrawn, i.e. the current Major Awards and the current module descriptors.
Certification Fees: All Providers should note the increase in certification fees from July 2009 onwards. If you would like to view the new schedule of fees, please click here. There following categories of Learners are exempt from paying FETAC certification fees:
- Learners achieving certification at Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the National Framework of Qualifications
- Social welfare recipients and / or medical card holders
- Learners attending Youthreach centres
- Learners attending VTOS centres