Page 3 - SBL Tuition Methodology/Schemes of Work

Slide 3 SBL TUITION METHODOLOGY

Our SBL course is designed around 3 phases: 2. EXAM PREPARATION (REVISION) PHASE:
(1) Pre-reading phase; This phase also comprises of 4 contact weekend sessions (28 hours)
coupled with a number of non-contact sessions directed by
(2) Tuition phase; and CharterQuest. It starts with a Progress Test, designed to assess your

(3) Exam preparation phase integrative, broad and high level understanding of the 9 core SBL
examinable competencies, whilst introducing the ACCA’s SBL
marking grid (technical versus professional skills)

The focus of this phase is to build your exam techniques by
1. PRE-READING PHASE:
attempting a series of mock exams -and debriefing the model
This phase starts as soon as you enrol for the course and received answers, with a determined focus on the marking grid. We delve
our pre-reading material. The goal of this phase is to help you deeper into how to earn technical marks versus professional marks,
become familiar with the 3 comprehensive case studies (written how to build an answer, and sharing with you insights from several
by CharterQuest) to help apply the full SBL exam competencies webinars held with the chief examiners of the new SBL module in
during the tuition phase. You will need to come very prepared to relation to how marks are earned and allocated.
benefit most from the course!
This phase ends with final mock exam, a 4 hour exam standard exam
which you write under exam conditions, and it is marked and
2. TUITION PHASE:
debriefed in our final contact session.
This comprises 4 contact weekend sessions (7hrs * 4 = 28 hours).
During this phase, we use the 3 case studies reviewed during the pre-
reading phase to teach the full SBL syllabus at a very high level as
required to succeed at the final exam. The 3 case studies combined,
have been written to be of immediate relevance in teaching the 9 core
SBL examinable competencies: leadership; governance;
strategy; risk; technology and data analytics; organisational control
and audit; finance in planning and decision-making; innovation,
performance, excellence and change management)