Transcript Donald Lush

Simon Crowe
Westminster Adult Education Service
What inspectors are looking
for in adult learning provision
Who am I?
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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
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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:
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identified ILT as a weakness
 developed action plans and set targets
 evidence of progress
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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
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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?
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Meeting the inspectors
Why me?
 2 hours’ notice
 Preparation
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Good practice – ESOL -> ICT
 Equal Opportunities
 Targets and action plans
 Successful?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Recap
 Tell
your story
 Create buy-in
 Rigorous Self Assessment
 Embed into Quality Assurance
 Measure and evaluate
 START
AGAIN!