Why Adult Learning
Adult and Community Learning Objectives
Our learning objectives complement Health and Social Care activities provided by Adult and Community Services (ACS)
Access for All
We will:•• Provide a range of tailor-made leisure learning opportunities for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, providing learners with additional support as required, e.g. support workers, small group size and adaptive technology etc.
•• Support adults on low incomes to participate by providing concessionary fees and help with childcare costs, examination fees, materials costs and transport costs.
•• Develop flexible learning opportunities to provide for the needs of, for example, shift workers and carers.
•• Create a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) that learners can access at any time from home, library, community centre or other access point.
•• Offer family learning activities in schools, children’s centres and other locations to enable parents and carers to participate.
•• Use additional funding to target disadvantaged communities.
•• Provide information and advice to ‘Matrix’ standards.
Raising the Skills of Local People
We will:•• Provide up to 10,000 non-accredited/leisure learning opportunities per year to encourage adult participation in learning.
•• Recognise and record the achievement of learners in non-accredited provision in order to encourage and support progression.
•• Provide up to 5,500 learning opportunities per year leading to nationally recognised vocationally based qualifications.
•• Provide literacy and numeracy from Entry Level to Level 2 and enable up to 400 learners per year to achieve national tests.
•• Extend the number of National Vocational Qualifications offered at Levels 2,3 and 4 in response to local demand through ‘Train to Gain’.
•• Work with local employers to provide tailored workforce training including management training and provide vocational training in line with the local economic landscape.
•• Tackle worklessness through ‘Return to Work’ packages supported by additional funding when available.
•• Work with local employers to provide training to improve the language and literacy skills of migrant workers.
•• Support local people faced with redundancy and the need to re-skill.
Strengthening Families and Communities
We will:•• Support parents and carers in understanding and promoting their children’s literacy, numeracy, learning and skills levels.
•• Work in partnership with local schools and children’s centres to identify priorities for engagement.
•• Provide support for carers and parents who identify their own skills needs through Family Learning activities.
•• Support capacity building in the voluntary sector by providing accredited and non-accredited courses to extend the skills of staff and volunteers.
•• Provide a virtual exhibition space for learners engaged in arts activities.
•• Use local culture and cultural events to engage with local communities and
•• promote learning opportunities.
•• Promote inter-generational activities and provide opportunities for older learners to engage in activities to promote wellbeing and reduce social isolation.
•• Contribute to the development of the children of migrant workers and other minority ethnic groups through Family Learning.
Successful Learners
We will:•• Provide impartial information, advice and guidance to ‘Matrix’ standards.
•• Provide accurate pre-course information.
•• Improve retention rates across all provision by 5% a year.
•• Improve success rates in accredited Further Education to at least 5% above the national average.
•• Provide Skills for Life assessments and support to learners engaged in vocational programmes.
•• Identify individual learning needs and tailor provision accordingly.
•• Develop the VLE to enable all learners to explore additional resources, engage with tutors, undertake additional activity and self assess skills levels.
•• Embed Skills for Life into a wide range of subjects to enable learners to develop these skills within a wider interest area.
•• Use ‘Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement’ (RARPA) to encourage and support learners in assessing their own progress.
ACS Business Plan for 2009/10 |
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