The programme is
now finished for this academic year and regrettably we
are no longer accepting applications.
Strategic support to help you position the needs of learners in
Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLN) at the heart of your
organisation’s activities through adopting a whole organisation
approach.
What are the benefits to my organisation of
accessing the programme?
- Work with other organisations to learn, share and transfer good
practice across your sector
- Access one to one support for self-improvement on specific
areas identified through the inspectorate and national
research
- Gain a real understanding of the professional development needs
of all your staff in line with the new teacher education reforms
using a detailed organisational TNA
- Participate in-house or local continuing professional
development for managers and teams
- Enhance knowledge of how to improve learners experience and
achievement by taking advantage of the specialist expertise of
development advisers
What are the key themes?
The focus for development will be priority improvement themes
identified through Inspection reports, by using the popular and
effective ‘organisational Healthcheck’ and your own self-assessment
reports.
These include:
- A WOA for leaders and managers
- Self improvement through peer review and development
- Skills for Life within the self assessment process, including
setting targets for retention and achievement
- Developing staff teams – observation of teaching and
learning
- Coaching and mentoring as a tool for organisational change
- Embedding LLN for management and planning
- Implementing a framework for planning the learner journey at a
strategic level, including initial and diagnostic assessment and
learning plans
- Using the learner voice to improve quality in the delivery of
Skills for Life
Who should get involved?
| In 2007, 850
organisations were supported through this programme, with 92%
giving high ratings to the quality of training and
support. |
The programme welcomes organisations where managers are
committed to investing the necessary staff time to improve quality
systems and processes for the benefit of all learners. There will
be a particular focus on providers of:
- Work-based learning
- Jobcentre Plus
- Offender learning
- Train 2 Gain
- Voluntary and community sector
- Adult and community learning and all providers working with
hard to reach learners
What is
involved?
The 2007-08 programme draws on innovative approaches for supporting
managers and staff developed within the last phase and through
programmes such as the WOA Pathfinder project.
The support offered:
- Brings together groups of organisations to share practice and
work collaboratively on specific development themes identified
through inspectorate findings and underpinned by national
research.
- Provides differing levels of specialist consultancy support and
training opportunities for senior managers and their teams to
develop a Whole Organisation Approach improvement model to Skills
for Life
- Offers a flexible programme of in-house or local professional
development activities related to improvement themes
Who is the contact in my region for
further information and guidance?
How do I apply for
support?
The programme is now finished for this year and
regrettably we are no longer accepting applications.