All the things an apprenticeship should be.
I work with apprenticeship providers experiencing apprentices beyond planned end date, weak employer contribution to apprentice development, difficulty demonstrating whether apprentices are developing against the apprenticeship Standard as intended, difficulty demonstrating whether apprentices remain on course for Gateway and planned end date, and inconsistent achievement across programmes.
Most apprenticeship challenges become visible long after they begin. What eventually appears as a planned end date concern, achievement issue or readiness concern often started much earlier.
The challenge for leaders is understanding:
What should be developing, by when, against which knowledge, skills and behaviours, how is that development being applied in the workplace, and how do leaders know whether apprentices remain on course?
Everything I do is built around strengthening five conditions that influence apprenticeship performance:
Silver
Tell Me What Is Really Happening
Gold
Help Me Fix It
Platinum
Help Me Stay On Top Of It