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Skills for Life: UK online centres and learndirect centres pilot project
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Project Status: Completed
Duration of project
Start: April 2003
End: End of March 2004
Aims
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has commissioned the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE) to develop in partnership with the Basic Skills Agency a package of free training, which will support the delivery of Skills for Life in UK online and learndirect centres.
The aim of this project is to raise awareness of basic skills and to train UK online and learndirect staff in literacy, numeracy and ESOL at levels 2, 3 and 4.
The project will explore the capacity of UK online and learndirect centres to engage with the delivery of the Skills for Life agenda and help identify and shape the roles the centres might play.
The training package, which will be piloted in the North West until the end of March 2004, includes four courses (referred to as Strands 1, 2, 3 and 4) designed to:
 | Provide staff and volunteers with an introduction to the Skills for Life strategy. |
| Explore opportunities to develop Skills for Life provision. |
| Help staff and volunteers support learners with literacy, numeracy and language skills needs. |
| Introduce staff and volunteers to the National Qualifications Framework for teachers and those who support teaching and learning. |
| Highlight the Skills for Life quality assurance requirements. |
| Provide staff and volunteers with an opportunity to shape the content of future training. |
Key partners
(NIACE) to develop in partnership with the Basic Skills Agency a package of free training, which will support the delivery of Skills for Life in UK online and learndirect centres.
Funder
The Department for Education and Skills.
Funding: £700,000
Target Group(s)/Learners who will benefit
Staff and volunteers of UK online and Learndirect Centres
Progress to date
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Strand 1 training is targeted at centre managers only and contains elements of the new City and Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Adult Learner Support combined with a consultation activity to help shape the content and mode of delivery of future training. |
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Strand 2 training is open to all centre staff and volunteers and is essentially Unit 1 of the Level 2 Certificate for Adult Learner Support contextualised to the UK online and learndirect learning environment. |
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Strand 3 training is open to all centre staff and
volunteers. The strand will focus on the implications of poor basic skills in
the UK online and learndirect context and offer practical suggestions
for improving the quality of teaching and learning. |
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Strand 4 training is open to all centre staff and volunteers and will provide signposting to the Continual Professional Development programme. |
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The pilot phase of the project will be evaluated by the National Research and Development Centre. |
Key NIACE Staff
Silvanna Harvey – Development Officer (Basic Skills)
Julie Young – Project Administrator
Contacts
Julie Young – Project Administrator
email: julie.young@niace.org.uk
Tel: 0116 2044228
