The national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills

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The national strategy for improving adult
literacy and numeracy skills
SKILLS FOR LIFE
Implications of the new context, - for staff
delivering Skills for Life
John TempestDirector, South West Region DFES,
Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit
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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
90 of 22 year olds to have participated in a
full time programme by 2010 leading to HE or
skilled employment
Level 2 achievement _at_ age 19 3 points by 2004,
further 3 points by 2006
28 of 22 year olds to have started a Modern
Apprenticeship by 2004
Reduce by 40 adults lacking NVQ2 by 2010
0.75m and 1.5m adults with improved basic skills
by 2004 and 2007
50 of 18-30 year olds to have entered HE by
2010
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
Skills Strategy Ensuring responsiveness
Incentives for learning
Success for All

Raising Quality, Transforming the Learning And
Skills Sector
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Process of enabling change
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?
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The best laid plans . .. . . . ..
Present position
Identifying differences Develop Strategy Action
Plan Implementation Review
Future position
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Frequent issues in change
Bottom of in-tray
Frustration anxiety
Wasted efforts false starts
Fast start, fizzles-out
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Challenge folk myths!
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Input output?