The Academy Addiewell

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The Academy _at_ Addiewell

• Transformational Learning
• Yvonne Brown
• HMP Addiewell

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The Prison
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Background Data

• 796 Capacity (704 Cells)
• Male Prisoners,
• Lanarkshire Facing (initially)
• Over 300 Staff
• Opens 12th Dec 08
• Maximum Security
• A Learning Prison

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The Contract

• Awarded to Kalyx June 2006
• Duration of 25 years
• Schedule D defines service delivery
• Very rigorous monitoring
• Service credits accrued (financial penalties can
  be incurred)
• Very high levels of purposeful activity

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The Philosophy

• Motivating our prisoners and staff
• A learning environment
• Working with families
• Working with community partners / agencies
• Interventions to tackle inappropriate behaviour
• Respect and responsibility
• Innovation
• Addressing substance misuse issues

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Academy_at_AddiewellDeveloping the Strategy -
Strategic Context

• Contract with SPS
• SPS Operational Proposals
• Addiewell - from vision to reality
• National Skills Strategy
• Offender learning strategy (when available)
• Scottish Govt - Management of Offenders
• European Prison rules
• Lanarkshire Economic Development Strategy
• CJA and CCP action Plans

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The Prisoner Learning Journey Assessment,
individualised learning and development
opportunities that are planned, tracked, joined
up, have continuity and external currency, are
personal, flexible and relevant.
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The Vision

• To develop a Learning Strategy and an
  operational framework which will distinguish
  Addiewell as an international, exemplar
• Learning Prison
• Be best in class.
• Continuity commitment consistency - a joined
  up whole team approach.
• The Academy not a learning services ivory tower
  part of the operational fabric.
• Learning and learner centred attitudes and
  culture
• Learner demand creation if we simply build it -
  they might not come.
• An intelligence based, curriculum - in demand,
  work focussed skills development
• Ease of access to directed and self directed
  learning (e-learning, self paced)
• Partnerships that work!
• Systems that support and monitor the individual
  learner journey
• Learning thats accredited, valued, relevant, and
  enjoyable!
• Skills that have external currency and are
  marketable
• A_at_A recognised and valued as contributing to the
  reduction in reoffending targets.
• More prisoners learning, more positive outcomes
• And all done in a safe and secure custodial
  environment.

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Apologies - Teaching granny to suck eggs

• Offenders have skill levels well below those of
  the general population 30 cannot read 30 below
  11 year old levels..
• Offenders are more likely to have been unemployed
  at the time of arrest
• Low skills and lack of employment high
  reoffending rates
• 46 will reoffend within 2 years
• 56 18 -25 will reoffend within 2 years
• 70 with 10 or more convictions will re-offend
• 10 of all crimes committed by an ex offender
• As expected the more times convicted the more
  likely to reoffend
• Reoffending costs communities, services and the
  taxpayer
• 75 of probationers are unemployed of the
  employed 80 in low paid manual jobs
• Skills and Jobs are vital in reducing reoffending
  

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Delivering Learning - Underpinning Themes

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Best in class Learning Infrastructure -QA -
monitoring/ Outputs ICT platform evaluate
LMS/VLE Adopt adapt propose new. Monitoring
systems. ICM. PR2, timetabling individual
staff SQA accreditation - Lds branding Set and
achieve targets offender outcomesree learning
planning process Recruit for attitude train for
excellence.

Delivering to Kalyx
Delivering to SG SPS
Innovative Curriculum design/scheduling Research
voice of the learner and best practise. Mix of
short and long term offerings Offender Progs /
interventions Core skills/ Employability/
vocational and trades Health/wellbeing Leisure
activities/ creative arts other PA -PCOstaff
academy (lds BLC)
Best use of Human and Physical Resources Staffing
Permanent/ Temp/ Voluntary/ peer learning/
PCOOSO Specialists e.g. literacies
psychologist, social work, workbased assessor
e-learning support. Supply strategy, Call-off
contracts. CL Vocational specialists Room
allocation/utilisation fittings -Timetabling
A_at_A
Partnerships that Work Strategic Scot Govt, CJP,
SEL, CS, JC SEN lds Criminal justice agencies
e.g. social work, FSA, Delivery partners, e.g.
TbT, Wise Grp Sacro, Comm /Lrng, families
outside other VS agencies Lit lrng
partnerships Employability employers Sodexo BI
CoC etc SSCs
Delivering to Prisoners
Delivering to society economy
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Academy_at_AddiewellTheme 1

• Best in class
• Innovative Learning Infrastructure
• Systems
• Security
• Staffing Structure
• Curriculum
• Content
• QA / Governance
• QA staffing permanent and pool
• SQA accreditation
• Lds branding/ Big Plus/ ILAs
• Microsoft Academy
• IIP

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Academy_at_Addiewell 2Theme 2

• Innovative Curriculum design/scheduling
• Learner centred
• Need/demand led Curriculum
• Accessible and Tailored
• Fit for purpose, relevant content
• Individual timetabling

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Academy_at_AddiewellTheme 3

• Best value use of Human and Physical Resources
• Human and Physical Resource, procurement,allocatio
  n, deployment monitoring systems
• Permanent staff
• Supply pool
• College contract
• Partner delivery
• PCO/staff delivery
• Peer tutors/mentors
• Community/voluntary
• Premises utilisation

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Academy_at_AddiewellTheme 4

• High Impact Partnerships
• Strategic/Policy oriented
• Sponsor/stakeholder
• Criminal justice sector, CJA. Social work
• Learning sector
• Councils
• Community
• Employer Alliances in targeted industries
• Specialist agencies/providers
• Private Sector champions
• SSCs

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The Challenge AheadStimulating and Sustaining
the Demand for Learning

• A stimulating and relevant stealth based
  curriculum
• A learner centred infrastructure which
  facilitates and supports self directed learning
• Deliver embedded core skills with engaging
  content / subject titles
• Active marketing - promotion and events Big
  Plus, BBC RAW, ILAs, learndirect, employer
  events, guest speakers, family learning events
• Develop supporters - involve families, role
  models, all staff as ambassadors, house-based
  learning champions. Cross functional impact teams
• motivate learners through exploiting existing
  interest areas e.g. ICT.
• Use formal motivational techniques e.g. GOALS
  training
• demonstrate interest both in learners attainment
  and broader achievements
• capture and reward evidence of learners
  achievements beyond the formal learning situation
  which may not be overt.
• Recognise and reward progress and celebrate
  success appropriately.

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No Illusions!

• We know it wont be easy!
• We know that there are multiple barriers to
  re-engaging
• We know we need high levels of shared commitment
  and passion
• We know we need resilience and determination
• We know we need multi agency goodwill and
  partnership
• We know that investment in learning is a long
  term commitment and returns can be slow to
  materialise
• BUT
• We also know that learning can transform lives
• We also know that given the right support and
  opportunity - people can change

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Discussion Topics

• Stimulating Demand
• Sustaining Demand and Engagement
• Developing the delivery infrastructure
• Keeping the content relevant and current
• Ensuring post liberation follow through
• Sharing the learning