Are you an Educational Visits Coordinator?
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Category 1 – Basic essentials
- | 1a Glossary and Definitions
Role: assistant leader, employer, essential, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader - | 1b Foundations
Role: assistant leader, employer, essential, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader - | 1c Status Remit and Rationale
Role: assistant leader, employer, essential, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader
Category 2 – Making the case
- | 5.1b / 2.4i High Quality Outdoor Learning Publication
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser
Category 3 – Legal framework and employer systems
- | 3.1b Establishment roles and their inter-dependence
Role: assistant leader, employer, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 3.2a Underpinning Legal Framework and Duty of Care
Role: employer, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 3.2b Monitoring
Role: employer, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 3.2c Charging for school activities
Role: evc, governors, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader - | 3.2d / 4.4a Approval of Leaders
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 3.2e Inclusion
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 3.2g Vetting and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks
Role: employer, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 3.2h Self-organised visits and the package travel regulations
Role: evc, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 3.2i Contracts and Waivers
Role: evc, head/manager, visit leader - | 3.3a Checklist EVC
Role: evc - | 3.4j Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC)
Role: evc, Outdoor Education Adviser
Category 4 – Good practice
- | 3.2d / 4.4a Approval of Leaders
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.1a Off Site Visit Emergencies: The Employer’s Role
Role: employer, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.1b Off-Site Visit Emergencies: The Establishment’s Role
Role: employer, evc, governors, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.1c Off Site Visit Emergencies: Guidance for Leaders
Role: assistant leader, evc, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.1d / 8.1d Visit Leader Emergency Action Card
Role: assistant leader, evc, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.1e / 8.1e First Contact Emergency Action Card
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.1f / 8.1f Establishment Management Emergency Action Card
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.1l / 8.1l Visit Leader Emergency Action Card - amendable version
Role: assistant leader, evc, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.1m / 8.1m First Contact Emergency Action Card - amendable version
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.1n / 8.1n Establishment Management Emergency Action Card - amendable version
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 4.2a Group management and supervision
Role: assistant leader, evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader - | 4.2b Residentials
Role: employer, evc, visit leader - | 4.3a Good practice basics
Role: assistant leader, evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.3b Ratios and effective supervision
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.3c Risk management - an overview
Role: employer, evc, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.3d Parental Consent
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.3e Safeguarding
Role: assistant leader, evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader - | 4.3f Risk management - some practical advice
Role: employer, evc, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.3g Risk management - what to record and how
Role: employer, evc, head/manager, LA Officer, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 4.4h Using External Providers and Facilities
Role: evc, head/manager, lotc, lotcqb, Outdoor Education Adviser, quality badge, visit leader - | 4.4j Participant Information and Data Protection
Role: evc, Outdoor Education Adviser, parents, visit leader
Category 5 – Policies, planning and evaluation
- | 5.1a Establishment Self Evaluation form
Role: evc, head/manager - | 5.1b / 2.4i High Quality Outdoor Learning Publication
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 5.1c Learning outside and off-site visits: self evaluation using the Ofsted framework
Role: evc, head/manager - | 5.2b Planning Basics for Outdoor Learning, Off Site Visits and Learning Outside the Classroom
Role: evc, Outdoor Education Adviser, visit leader - | 5.3a Writing policies to reduce bureaucracy for routine off-site activities and visits
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser - | 5.3b How to write an establishment visit policy
Role: evc, head/manager, Outdoor Education Adviser