the national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills skills for life john tempest...
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The national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills
The national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills
SKILLS FOR LIFESKILLS FOR LIFE
John TempestDirector, South West Region
DFES, Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit
Implications of the new context, -
for staff delivering Skills for Life
Synergies with other strategies :Overall Ambition -- To ensure through learning everyone reaches their potential. In doing so ensuring both the economy, communities and individuals benefits
Improved effectiveness, relevance of provision and improved outcomes for learners in colleges, school sixth forms, Work Based Learning and Adult & Community Learning delivering specific Success for All targets
50% of 18-30 year olds to have entered HE by 2010
28% of 22 year olds to have started a Modern Apprenticeship by 2004
90% of 22 year olds to have participated in a full time programme by 2010 leading to HE or skilled employment
0.75m and 1.5m adults with improved basic skills by 2004 and 2007
Reduce by 40% adults lacking NVQ2 by 2010
Level 2 achievement @ age 19 +3% points by 2004, further +3% points by 2006
Skills Strategy Ensuring responsiveness Incentives for learning
Success for All
Raising Quality, Transforming the Learning And Skills Sector
Process of enabling change
Define the present Describe the future
Analyse gap –Determine work to be done
Manage transition Embed/consolidate
How many people trained and delivering?
How many people needed to deliver level of learners?
How many people need recruiting or/and training?
How many trainers for volume of delivery? Funding?
How many people trained and delivering?
The best laid plans . .. . . . ..
Present Present positionposition
Future Future positionposition
INTERNAL
INFLUENCES
Identifying differences
Develop Strategy
Action Plan
Implementation
Review
Frequent issues in change
Pressure for change Capacity for change
Clear shared vision Actionable first steps
Bottom of ‘in-tray’ Frustration & anxiety
Fast start, fizzles-out Wasted efforts – false starts
Challenge folk myths!
Capacity versus Quality in SW Region
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£/10 per achievement
% progress to target