to get the best mark ever on this homework despite failing the course anyway?

[KatyMac]

So can you all nag me to make me work?

I got a 29% while on drugs (legal ones) & the lecturer said I might just scrape a pass on the EMA

So I need to blast it; I have today to do 2500 words

So nag me please?
TIA

That's pretty much what I plan to do (with a few minor order changes)

Now I have had tea, I can start again

How do you differentiate between
3 yearly (once every 3 years)
&
3 yearly (3 a year)

Or even
3 yearly - once a year for 3 years

Hmmm. By saying 'every 3 years'?

Technically 3 times a year is quadrimestrially, meaning something which occurs every 4 months, although you could argue for trinnual, and every 3 years is triennially.

Once a year for 3 years can't be 3 yearly.

3 yearly can either be 3 a year or every 3 years.

In fact every 3 years should have a hyphen 3-yearly.

hyphen (word count y'know)

I have to write a 1000 word report then pad it out to 2500 - I'm still on the short one

I have a feeling I'm going to go over the word count on mine. Would you like some of my excessive verbosity? I never use 1 word when 5 could do....

Me too - I just got this(introduction) down from 255 to 113.....what do you think; is it OK as an introduction?

Summary
The council, Norfolk County Council (NCC), have introduced a quality standard; none of our quality control evidence is formatted to validate our ranking. We need to create a process for recording information which meets the new standard.
Introduction
XXXX, a childcare setting in a village in Norfolk. As Proprietor/manager with 7 employees, we provide childcare for 20 children (upto 13 years). Operating a grant funded before/after-school club, alongside funded Early Years Education, contract and ad-hoc early years childcare. We are checked/ inspected by NCC via their agent Childminding Matters (CMM) and OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) through termly meetings, achieving a quality standard and three-yearly inspection reports; achieving the highest grade possible during our 3 inspections.
None of our current evidence for NCC/CMM is formatted to lead into the RAG form. We must convert it to ?fit? into the template.
The employees are understandably nervous of new procedures and paperwork.

Introduction to what? It tells me about your setting very adequately and I assume you've been asked to identify a change/problem and how that impacts on your setting? What is an RAG form?

You need to proof-read for punctuation and format. Childminding Matters is given in full and then acronymised, OFSTED is the reverse!

I'm just grateful I killed the spare words

I'll have another go

Yep it's about change management; the brief is - In the introduction you will need to identify and describe the change situation. This part of the report carries a maximum of 10% for the ECA. In addition to the general guidance on solving problems and writing the introduction to the report, set out in Section 5, you should note the following points:
. The ECA marker will not be familiar with your TMA work or have read your contributions to the tutor group forum (TGF) or activity forums. He or she will have access only to what you write in your ECA introduction about your organisation, the change, and your role.
. The marker may never have worked or visited your country, so you need to explain any relevant feature of your organisation and, briefly, the context in which it operates.
. How changes are made in an organisation will be affected by the broader environment and culture, whether or not the organisation is successful, stable or in a state of constant change and whether the organisation is managed well or poorly. These issues are relevant to your recommendations, so need to be presented in your description of the change situation.

in 100 words

Summary
The council, Norfolk County Council (NCC), have introduced a quality standard; none of our quality control evidence is formatted to validate our ranking. We need to create a process for recording information which meets the new standard.

Introduction

XXX, a childcare setting in a village in Norfolk. As Proprietor/manager with 7 employees, we provide childcare for 20 children (upto 13 years). Operating a grant funded before/after-school club, alongside funded Early Years Education, contract and ad-hoc early years childcare. We are checked/ inspected by NCC via their agent Childminding Matters (CMM) and Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) through termly meetings, achieving a quality standard and three-yearly inspection reports; achieving the highest grade possible during our 3 inspections.
None of our current evidence for NCC/CMM is formatted to lead into the new standard; we must convert it to ?fit? into the template.
The employees are understandably nervous of new procedures and paperwork.

risingstar, as one working on am MBA dissertation (this bit only 2500 words though) I like your advice!

Bloody hell. They want the moon on a stick...

Summary
Norfolk County Council (NCC) have introduced a quality standard; none of our quality control evidence is formatted to validate our ranking. As proprietor/manager I need to create a process for recording information which meets the new standard.

111 words:

"XXX, a childcare setting in a Norfolk village with 8 staff members, provides childcare for 20 children (up to 13 years), operating a grant-funded before/after-school club, funded Early Years Education and contract and ad-hoc early years childcare. We are checked/ inspected by NCC, via their agent Childminding Matters (CMM), through termly meetings, achieving a quality standard and the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) through three-yearly inspection reports, achieving the highest grade possible during our 3 inspections.

None of our current evidence for NCC/CMM is formatted to lead into the new standard therefore we must convert it to the new template and employees are understandably nervous of new procedures and paperwork."

Or is it necessary to point out you are the proprietor/manager in the introduction?

I don't like acheiving a quality standard and achieving the highest possible grade.

Could you save more by saying grant-funded wraparound care instead of before/after-school club?

Is it necessary to say checked and isnpected? Would inspected not cover both?

Sorry to be a bit pedantry, but.

A quality standard for what ?.

Meals, Educational attainment,

not sure about the use of nervous employees ?.

Oh look a new form, it's over there in the drawer, dont look dont look.

Whould something like.

The employees will need to adapt to meet the challanges required to fulfill new procedures, both verbal and written.

Now back to work......

Moon on a stick - yeah somewhat (I get 357 words when this one is finsihed)

Standards in care & education/childcare standards, maybe

If they aren't nervous they won't be resistant to change & bang goes that paragraph in analysis

Why is it necessary to mention OFSTED if the standard is a local one?

I prefer 'working to' a quality standard rather than 'to acheive' (I think).

But I'm still a little confused - this quality standard is a new thing? Or they've changed the format? You are currently inspected by them or you will be?

NCC require us to meet a quality standard
CMM implements this, there was an old standard; there is now a new one

The documentation we produce to evidence our work needs to meet both OFSTED who inspect 3 yearly & have their own docs & NCC who inspect yearly & have their own.

BUT I am legally required to use the councils but not to use OFSTEDs; so rather than have a set for the council & one for OFSTED (as we have now)I'll develop one set for both

Katy

You C&P the section with the nursey name in!!!

CMM visit termly & impose NCC QS yearly (using a third set of evidence)

Excuse me, can I just say......

got my first ema back yesterday. First course I have taken since DD got sick 7 years ago.

Got 70%

So relieved.

I also need telling to get my arse of MNs and get on with the next bloody module.

Thanks - I reported it

thefirstMrsDeVere CONGRATULATIONS now get your arse of MN and get on with the next bloody module!!

I am struggling to get my head around that, let alone work out how you can get all that info into 100 words.

Can you not just say that due to a recent change in the quality standards you will need to update your existing paperwork to meet the needs of NCC, CMM and OFSTED without giving more details?

Oooh congrats thefirstMrsDeVere!