Transcript Donald Lush
Simon Crowe
Westminster Adult Education Service
What inspectors are looking
for in adult learning provision
Who am I?
Learning Resources Manager
Support curriculum delivery
Team of Learning Resource Assistants
2 Learning Centres
Lead on “flexible delivery”
The Service ILT strategy
E-guides
Champion e-learning
Westminster Adult Education Service
12,000 learners
30,000 enrolments
Diverse population
30 to 60 age group
Mostly women
Skills at level 1 and 2
English often an
additional language
Huge number of
partnerships and small
sites (c. 95)
Main features of today
Today is the story of of what happened
to me and my organisation
No surprises, but personal insight
The talk will cover:
WAES grades
The inspection process
My tips for inspection
WAES Inspection
WAES’s
first Inspection
November 2005
New inspection cycle – updated CIF
WAES Grades (provisional)
Area
WAES
ACL
Health, public services and care
2
2.4
ICT
3
2.8
Leisure, travel and tourism
3
3.2
Arts, publishing and media
1
2.6
Languages, literature and culture
3
3.1
Preparation for life and work
2
3.0
1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3= Satisfactory, 4=Inadequate
Leadership and management
WAES
ACL
Leadership and management
2
3.2
Equal opportunities
2
2.8
Quality assurance
3
3.6
1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3= Satisfactory, 4=Inadequate
Overall effectiveness - Grade 2
In judging the rigour and accuracy of the Service’s
self-assessment process the following judgement
was made:
“The inspection team had a high degree of confidence in
the reliability of their self assessment process.” (highest
judgement)
In judging the Service’s capacity to make further
improvements the following judgements were made:
“The provider has demonstrated that it is in a good
position to make improvements.” (highest judgement)
So what about e-Learning?
A bit of a let-down!
WHY?
ALI understands where sector is
WAES had:
identified ILT as a weakness
developed action plans and set targets
evidence of progress
Progress on ILT - QIP
Interactive whiteboards
JANET connection
NLN transformation project
E-guides
PC in every classroom
UK online partnership
First VLE - Moodle
ILT staff development programme
Second Learning Resource Centre
Progress on ILT – QIP (continued)
Innovative project work
New MI System
Revised course documentation
Raised awareness
E-learning Co-ordinator
Senior management champion
Digital upgrade
The strategy - are we back at
square one?
Meeting the inspectors
Why me?
2 hours’ notice
Preparation
Good practice – ESOL -> ICT
Equal Opportunities
Targets and action plans
Successful?
Lessons learnt
Some tips……..
Tell the story you want to tell
Make sure all managers can identify
good ILT practice – wherever it is
Make sure senior managers draw
attention to good practice
Tell your story repeatedly
Will learners talk enthusiastically about
ILT?
Get buy-in
Have a vision - make it exciting
Consult widely in developing and
updating the ILT strategy
Nurture champions
Task managers with agreeing targets
Support – it’s difficult
Celebrate good practice
Rigorous self-assessment
Updated SAR comprehensively identifies
strengths and weaknesses in ILT
Robust action plan in place to address
weaknesses
Evidence of actions – will demonstrate
improvement over time
Embed into Quality Assurance
Changed schemes of work and lesson
plans to identify focus on ILT
Standing item on team meeting agendas
Incorporate actions into the quality
improvement plan and monitor
Monitor through line management
Training and development plans
Evaluate impact over time
Recap
Tell
your story
Create buy-in
Rigorous Self Assessment
Embed into Quality Assurance
Measure and evaluate
START
AGAIN!