{"id":14587,"date":"2022-09-15T14:28:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/?p=14587"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:28:15","slug":"important-centre-notice-refreshed-centre-handbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/important-centre-notice-refreshed-centre-handbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Centre Notice &#8211; Refreshed Centre Handbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Desk-Items-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14588 size-medium\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>ESB introduces new handbooks for each of its centres &#8211; available to download today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed to streamline the ESB journey for our centres and to enable them to find information more easily, our master Centre Handbook has been split into three new individual Centre Handbooks. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Centre-icon-in-blue-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13219\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ESB-HBK-C29-ESB-Handbook-for-Skills-for-Life-Centres-in-the-UK-v1.pdf\">ESOL Skills for Life centres<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>New ESB Handbook for <strong>Skills for Life<\/strong> centres:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Learner preparation&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step-by-step booking process&nbsp;<\/li><li>Plan your assessment day by creating an efficient running order<\/li><li>Planning your Reading and Writing assessments including instructions for your invigilators&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Centre-icon-in-blue-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13219\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ESB-HBK-C27-ESB-Handbook-for-Speech-Centres-in-the-UK-v1.pdf\">Speech centres<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New ESB Handbook for Speech Centres based in the UK.&nbsp;<\/strong>For Speech Centres operating outside of the UK, we already have a Handbook for your centre <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ESB-HBK-C16-Speech-International-Handbook-v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Step-by-step booking process&nbsp;<\/li><li>Links to useful videos &nbsp;<\/li><li>Assessment rules and regulations poster for you to display&nbsp;<\/li><li>Guidance for assessment timings and recommended learner numbers per day<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Centre-icon-in-blue-circle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13219\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ESB-HBK-C28-Handbook-for-Centre-Assessed-Qualifications-v1.pdf\">Centres offering ICE qualifications<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our centres delivering ESB ICE qualifications<\/strong>&nbsp;can also access detailed guidance regarding centre-assessed components within our brand new&nbsp;<strong>ESB Handbook for Centre Assessed Qualifications<\/strong>. The following items are discussed in this Handbook but please ensure that it is used in tandem with your&nbsp;<em>Speech Handbook<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Centre staff requirements&nbsp;<\/li><li>Internal quality assurance&nbsp;<\/li><li>Moderation process and feedback&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an existing ESB centre, please start consulting the new Centre Handbooks <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediately<\/span>. They are available to download on our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/support\/policies-and-procedures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Policies and Procedures page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color has-vivid-red-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/app\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Customer-Experience-icon-blue-circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108 size-thumbnail\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>If you have any questions about our new Centre Handbooks, please contact our <a href=\"mailto:QualityAssurance@esbuk.org\">Quality Assurance Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESB introduces new handbooks for each of its centres &#8211; available to download today. Designed to streamline the ESB journey for our centres and to enable them to find information more easily, our master Centre Handbook has been split into three new individual Centre Handbooks. ESOL Skills for Life centres New ESB Handbook for Skills [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}