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Hello, Whilst 2017 has been unsettling in many ways for those of us supporting apprentices, the introduction of the employer levy, new standards and the fraught non-levy tendering process it’s clear that the apprenticeship brand has retained its appeal for employers, parents and apprentices alike and the opportunities for providers in 2018 will be much more settled and, frankly, very exciting for providers who differentiate themselves.

Smart Apprentices have returned another strong performance in 2017, growing again by 65%, investing in 4 new innovative technologies whilst transforming our e-portfolio Smart Assessor to support employer standards, bespoke courses and gateway assessments.

Now is a great time to evaluate how technology can help you achieve your apprenticeships growth aspirations.

We wish you well in this exciting new world and would welcome the opportunity to discuss further how our technologies can contribute to your apprenticeship delivery success.

Fiona Hudson-Kelly

Fiona Hudson-Kelly CEO

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FAS: Employer levy calculator developed with Nick Linford, editor of FE Week.

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Smart VLE: Functional skills, Mathematics and English diagnostics and resources.

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Smart Assessor: Electronic portfolio tracks apprentices progression from initial assessment to end point gateway.

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Smart EPA: Exclusively designed for End Point Assessment.

Our suite of innovative apprenticeship technologies can be used separately, or seemlessly integrated giving you everything you need ‘out of the box’ to deliver outstanding apprenticeships. www.smartapprentices.com

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FAS: Develop relationships with levy employers The employer levy presents a fantastic opportunity for entrepreneurial apprenticeship training providers to work more strategically with levy paying employers and help them plan their workforce development.

FAS has been designed by Nick Linford, editor of FE Week, with Smart Apprentices to bring you a professional levy calculator, which will open doors for you with levy employers to meet with them to profile their levy contributions and plan how they can utilise their investment with you.

Take the initiative and develop a long term mutually beneficial partnership using FAS.

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Not a CV: Apprentice Recruitment Hub Not. A. CV. Is an innovative new way of finding great apprentices. Search thousands of profiles based on their location, work experience, qualifications, competencies, personal interests and much more.

View video profiles of your short listed candidates, invite your employers to select which they would like to interview.

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Smart VLE: Maths & English Functional Skills Smart Assessor tracks teaching and learning within functional skills, helping your apprentices prepare for their exam. Connect to our Smart VLE to integrate our Mathematics and English initial assessments, diagnostics and resources seamlessly into Smart Assessor.

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Everything you need for functional skills, all in one place.

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Smart Assessor: Building Employer Bespoke Courses

Engaging Employers

Our experience of working in partnership with End Point Assessment Organisations has given Smart Apprentices a unique insight into how providers can develop bespoke employer courses.

In the exciting new world of apprenticeships, the most successful providers will be those who can create strong relationships with employers. In Smart Assessor, employers have their own dashboard, as well as their own app to keep them engaged with their apprentices’ learning journey.

We’ve used this knowledge to create a purposely designed innovative course builder within our e-portfolio Smart Assessor. This means you can create bespoke employer courses easily from the standards and assessment plans we’ve imported into Smart Assessor.

From electronically signing review forms, to checking their progress, Smart Assessor makes it easy for your employers to get involved.

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Leadership & Management Smart Assessor’s management dashboard monitors key performance, giving you everything you need to stay on track.

How does your e-portfolio measure up?

Apprentices not active > 10 weeks Employers not logging in Apprentices overdue a review Apprentices at risk of not completing on time High/low performing assessors Apprentices off track with functional skills Forms awaiting signature Apprentices who haven’t completed their Prevent Duty and Safeguarding training Tracking ‘20% off the job’

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Forward Planning Everything your assessors’ need to do is located on a dynamic dashboard, quickly displaying ‘at risk’ apprentices, new evidence to review, apprentices with overdue reviews and more.

Smart Assessor also has a ‘Course Planner’ feature to schedule reviews activities, resources and work projects so nothing gets missed.

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Smart ‘20% off the job’ Use our innovative ‘Smart’ integrated web conference rooms to deliver trainer led blended learning making ‘off the job’ easy.

Record the learning as evidence in our e-portfolio to comply with your ESFA and Ofsted audits.

What’s more, Smart Assessor tracks any ‘off the job’ activity in the time log.

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Gateway Assessments

Seamless data integration with your MIS

Within the suite of Smart Apprentices technologies we have Smart EPA, the first purposely designed technology used by leading End Point Assessment organisations.

We link customer’s MIS to Smart Assessor, which means that your apprentices are automatically created in Smart Assessor, including their profile details, ULN, course code, start date, planned end date, functional skills exemption, additional learning support and creates their employer.

This partnership with EPAOs has given us a unique insight into their requirements, from gateway assessments and progression through to end point assessment.

We have applied this knowledge to create a rigorous gateway assessment giving you the peace of mind that you can evidence apprentices’ EPA readiness.

When your assessor logs into Smart Assessor their learner data is sychronised from your MIS. Smart Assessor has data transfers from any MIS, including: Pics Pro Solutions Unit-e Unit 4 EBS Maytas REMS Sunesis Rest assured, with single data entry into your MIS, Smart Assessor will always be accurate, eliminating the risk and cost of double data entry.

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Smart EPA: Exclusively designed Smart End Point Assessment is the first technology exclusively designed for registered EPA organisations to manage their end point assessments with rigour and efficiency, creating a modern experience both for their apprentice and end point assessor.

Smart End Point Assessment manages every aspect of end point assessments, from importing summative portfolios, to recording evidence of the end point assessment, managing centre resources, validating competencies of your end point assessors through to standardisation and compliance for external moderation.

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Leading End-Point Assessment organisation, NCFE, is pleased to be working with technology innovator, Smart Apprentices, to create an outstanding end-point assessment experience for their training providers, employers and apprentices.

Apprenticeships are going through their most significant transformation for a generation. Gone is the traditional ‘on the job’ accreditation and in its place is a new rigorous end-of-apprenticeship independent assessment. NCFE is one of the few recognised assessment organisations approved by the Education & Skills Funding Agency to deliver end-point assessment and offers support in a variety of sectors and subject areas.

Smart Apprentices (part of Smart Assessor) have created Smart EPA, a bespoke platform exclusively designed for the new style of end-point assessments for apprenticeships. Keen to offer their customers the best experience in the new world of end-point assessment, NCFE scoured the market to find the best technological solution to help deliver their excellent service and Smart EPA from Smart Apprentices provided the answer. Together the two organisations are providing a marketleading service to achieve maximum outcomes for their customers and learners.

CEO Fiona Hudson-Kelly recalls the inspiration for Smart EPA: “I am a believer in life-long learning and like to lead by example. At the age of 50 I embarked on my Masters degree in Business Administration and was fascinated to research the characteristics of rapid growth companies. My research led me to the interesting fact that companies experience rapid growth when they notice a change in their trading environment, usually a legislative change, which creates a new product opportunity.”

“Smart Apprentices spotted this opportunity and created a new technology in record time to meet the new legislative change to EPAs and get first to market with a purposely designed bespoke technology”.

Mike Boswell, Head of Apprenticeship Services at NCFE said: “NCFE is delighted to be working with Smart Apprentices who share our commitment to lifelong learning and technical education. We’ll be helping our customers navigate through the new landscape of apprenticeships and the SmartEPA platform will ensure that our customers receive the very best end-point assessment experience.”

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Using our technology to deliver outstanding apprenticeships in 5 key steps:

“Smart Assessor provides a great platform to ensure you are Ofsted ready.” - Louis Duncan, Derwentside College

“It should be every Trainer/Assessors best friend!” - Steve Hughes, Geason Training

“Assessors can intervene swiftly when apprentices fall behind.” - Christoper Newton, Calex UK

Step 2: Personalised Learning Journey

Step 3: Setting High Expectations

Top down focus on continuous improvement

High quality initial assessments and diagnostics

Challenging targets set in collaboration with employers

Well planned teaching that is engaging, interesting and relevant

Tailored programmes to local demand and skills

Progress regularly reviewed by SLT and Governors

Maths & English integrated into core delivery

Significant progression from the apprentices starting point

Work project activities are embedded within delivery

Apprentices’ understanding of life in modern Britain is good

Integrated engaging and relevant resources

Good quality detailed feedback that helps improvement

Assessors have excellent occupational knowledge and technical experience

Ambitious vision for both employers and providers

Learners with additional needs are supported

Progression references knowledge, skills and behaviours - not just units

Step 1: Leadership & Management

Step 4: Dynamic Staff Development

Step 5: Employer Engagement

Delivery team are able to bespoke courses to meet employer needs

Employers involved in planning, delivery and feedback Apprentices have well-developed employability skills

Employers involved in linking off the job training to work activities

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Does your e-portfolio measure up?

Reserve your complimentary place on our 30-minute Ofsted Success webinars, running throughout 2018.

Discover how to deliver outstanding apprenticeships in the new world of employer standards.

To book, email Jill Powell at jill.powell@smartapprentices.com

A final word, Thus far in 2018 we are experiencing a surge in apprentices enrolling onto the new employer standards, we know this from the close partnership we have with End Point Assessment Organisations using our Smart EPA technology platform.

There is an exciting opportunity for apprenticeship training providers, who can design bespoke employer courses, to grow their revenue by delivering outstanding apprenticeships.

We also know this new world isn’t an easy one for you to navigate, with challenges around managing the expectations of employers, apprentices, your own delivery team and Ofsted who now have the remit to inspect all main RoATP providers.

Our apprenticeship technologies are designed to give you everything you need ‘out of the box’ to deliver outstanding apprenticeships supported by our highly experienced and knowledgeable team.

If you would like to find out more about how we can help your apprenticeship growth aspirations please get in touch with myself or our Business Development Director Danny Taylor, Danny.Taylor@ smartapprentices.com, who will be delighted to help you.

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