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LSIS Support for Literacy, Language & Numeracy Programme (East of England)
Programme overview
Aims
The LSIS Support for Literacy, Literacy & Numeracy (LLN) programme’s broad aim was to improve the quality of literacy, language and numeracy provision, with priority given to numeracy, across the sector, so that more learners achieved their qualifications and so progressed in life and at work.
To achieve this, the programme:
- created a community of practice by identifying Lead Providers (LPs) with high quality LLN provision and through the allocation of funds enabled them to become key components in a regional delivery model that offered support to other sector providers (SPs)
- supported providers to implement a whole organisation approach to LLN by facilitating collaborative working across the sector enabling providers to transfer effective practice
- developed sustainable models of self improvement in the East of England Region
Target Audience -
The programme targeted providers who were new to LLN, offender learning institutions, providers with employer facing activity, and those providers with significant numbers of learners below Level 2 who had been identified with provision that is unsatisfactory. It also targeted employers seeking to improve the skills of their workforce.
In particular, the programme supported senior/middle managers, practitioners working with learners or employees who needed to improve their LLN skills, IAG staff and teacher trainers delivering specialist qualifications.
Key Themes
The programme focused on eight themes. In each theme numeracy was a high priority for development:
- Support for organisations to develop and implement a whole organisation approach to LLN: This support helped providers identify their organisation’s needs and priorities in relation to LLN, for example strategic planning, development of structures, systems and processes and professional development planning. It was generally targeted at senior/middle managers within an organisation.
- Support for providers to embed LLN within their provision: Recent research highlighted the benefits of embedding language, literacy and numeracy in vocational courses rather than teach them in isolation. Support under this strand helped providers identify the training needs of vocational staff and helped providers to plan and deliver embedded programmes.
- Improve the quality and increase the quantity of numeracy provision: The government set challenging targets for the achievement of numeracy qualifications. This required a step change in the number of adults taking courses and a change in attitudes towards numeracy. Learners were also supported at the lower levels to move up to Entry 3. The new support programme helped providers to engage new learners and increase capacity to deliver high quality numeracy provision.
- Support providers to implement, monitor and evaluate assessment that supports learner success: Under this strand, providers were supported to use tried and tested skills checks, initial and diagnostic assessment tools with their learners.
- Embed employability skills within providers’ programmes: Providers were supported to develop provision which was more responsive to learner and employer needs, in order that learners were equipped with the LLN skills that would help them find and progress in work.
- Develop flexible models of delivery: Flexible or blended learning models included a combination of the use of information learning technology and elements of learner support, either through a LLN teacher and/or peer support. Providers were supported to develop and offer more flexible models of programme delivery in order to be more responsive to needs of learners, particularly those in employment and those seeking work.
- Support providers in their responsiveness to the New Approach to ESOL and in their capacity and capability to meet the needs of other priority groups: Providers were supported to develop programmes to meet the needs of a wider range of ESOL learners, for example low level learners, as well as people who are unemployed and on benefits, low skilled adults in employment, offenders in custody and disadvantaged families (FLLN)
- Capacity build the teacher and teacher training workforce: This strand helped providers to plan strategically to increase the numbers of qualified LLN staff in their organisation. It also helped providers develop flexible approaches to teacher training and build the regional capacity of the teacher training workforce.
Lead providers in the East of England included:
- Adult Community Learning Essex
- Barnfield College
- Cambridge Regional College
- Colchester Institute
- College of West Anglia
- North Hertfordshire College
- Poultec
- Southend Adult Community College
- West Hertfordshire College
- Edmunds Hill (HMP)
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St Ives, Cambs, PE27 4LG
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