About Communicate-Ed
We specialise in the provision of high quality, accessible training for education professionals who work in the area of special needs.
Communicate-Ed Description
At Communicate-ed we are passionate about seeing people developed to their true potential. That passion drives our own training portfolio, but also extends beyond to many, other situations and nations.
Our reputation has been built upon our courses dealing with Examination Access Arrangements. We also offer a range of other modules providing training in various aspects of special educational need. All of our courses are available online and we also offer face to face training in venues round the country. In addition to the courses which we host ourselves, our expert course tutors are available to run tailor-made courses for schools, colleges, local authorities or support services.
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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who booked into our DRA3/ART3 webinar on Wednesday. In place of a course fee, attendees all donated to a project supplying hot meals to NHS workers. We also received a generous donation from the publisher Hodder Education, and Communicate-ed/Include-ed match funded all donations received. We are so pleased to report that yesterday we sent £3,887.50 to the project. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/fe ednhs
We’re running a webinar covering the Diagnostic Reading Analysis 3 and Access Reading Test 3 on Wednesday 8th April from 7 to 9 pm, using this project bit.ly/NHSSupport in support of our amazing NHS workers. Attendees will be sent a SASC certificate for 2 hours CPD. Please click here bit.ly/DRAS3ART3 to register.
Ofqual have released information about how GCSEs, AS and A levels will be awarded this summer https://www.gov.uk/…/how-gcses-as-a-lev els-will-be-awarded-…
It's that time of year again! From now until the end of term, the JCQ will be visiting schools and colleges. The JCQ documentation makes clear that one of the things they will be asking for is evidence of the content of training that has been provided for Exam Invigilators and Access Arrangement Facilitators. The good news is that Communicate-ed can provide simple and flexible training for those support staff.
Whether you run your own training or want to take advantage of one of our online courses, we have updated our top tips for training Invigilators in 2020, so take a look and see if we can save you some last minute stress! https://www.communicate-ed.org.uk/…/5-t ips-for-training-exa…
This coming Tuesday February 4th, Communicate-ed's Head of Training Lia Castiglione will be speaking at Optimus Education's "Assessment within Special Educational Needs and Disability" conference at the ILEC in London. Full details http://bit.ly/OptimusSEND
All set up and ready to talk to delegates at the Exams Officer Conference in Cardiff.
Coming up this week on Wednesday 29th from 7-9pm.... Live Webinar - How to use the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Third UK Edition for Teachers (WIAT IIIuk T). Cost is £15 (our usual fee for the video course is £25). For full details and to book please see https://www.communicate-ed.org.uk/…/web inar-on-the-wechsler…
This week - the first PAPAA Intensive course of the decade! It's being held at the Kingsgate Centre in Peterborough. Our Postgraduate Award of Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements enables professionals to fully meet the requirements set by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) to assess candidates for Access Arrangements. For full details of the delivery/learning options and to apply please see https://www.include-ed.org.uk/papaa-cours e/papaa-overview/
Need more support understanding Access Arrangements? We can help...
Most general questions are answered in depth during our online and face to face training courses. We also offer a range of resources through our shop, with offers to our members.
However, colleagues often have further questions about access arrangements specific to their situation. We have a range of options to help you with your queries.
... Please see http://bit.ly/CEDhelp for more details.
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Happy New Term! Opportunities coming up for our Postgraduate Award of Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements (PAPAA).
PAPAA Intensive Jan 14th - 16th: Peterborough - Kingsgate Centre Feb 12th - 14th: Bristol - Novotel Hotel... Mar 18th - 20th: C'tral Birmingham - B'ham & Midland Inst. Apr 6th - 8th: Central London - Greencoat Place, Victoria May 12th - 14th: Central Newcastle - Assembly Rooms
PAPAA Face to Face Apr 6th - 8th; May 21st; June 10th; July 1st - Central London Greencoat Place, Victoria
For more information and to apply see https://www.include-ed.org.uk/papa…/cou rse-delivery-options/
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We are underway in London with our training day, Examination Access Arrangements: New Delegates. We are in the old courtroom, located above Browns in Covent Garden. Just behind Caroline is the door to the cells.....
The JCQ have now published clarification on information given in the AARA and Principle Changes document published in September concerning the decoding of symbols and unit abbreviations by readers. The document is on the JCQ website: https://www.jcq.org.uk/…/decoding-guida nce-for-readers-math…
After our series of well received and attended Examination Access Arrangements Update/Refresher courses, now comes the opportunity for colleagues new to these regulations to gain the knowledge they need. That starts this Friday in North Yorkshire with a course led by Lia Castiglione, in partnership with YES at Richmond School. Then on November 7th Caroline Read and Lia will be running the training together once again in London. Full details of these SASC approved courses can be found at https://www.communicate-ed.org.uk/…/jcq -examination-access-…
Great to have our friends from Pearson Assessment UK with us in Birmingham as well! #2019JCQUpdate
Underway with today’s EAA training in Birmingham. Good to have our friends from Texthelp and Scanning Pens with us again. #2019JCQUpdate
Another busy day, this time in Manchester. Tomorrow....Birmingham. #2019JCQUpdate
...And we’re underway in York for the first of this week’s EAA Update/Refresher courses. Tomorrow we are in Manchester and Thursday in Birmingham. #2019JCQUpdate
Great to have our friends Scanning Pens, @ellieatpearson and Texthelpwith us for our course in London today!