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Adult Literacies 2020:
Strategic Guidance
Clare El Azebbi
Policy Manager – Adult Literacies & ESOL
Email: [email protected]
Aims
Scottish Government policy overview
Literacies policy development
The way forward
The Scottish Government’s purpose
•
A Smarter Scotland
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15 national outcomes in the Concordat with CoSLA characterising the kind of country
the Scottish Government wants to build. Including:
‘We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our research
and innovation
Our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors
and responsible citizens
Our public services are high quality, continually improving, efficient ’
•
National indicators and targets include:
‘Reduce number of working age people with severe literacy and numeracy problems’
► Literacies seen as helping employees develop vocational and wider employability skills
as well as contributing to national economic success (Skills Strategy)
Literacy Action
Plan
Adult Literacies in
Scotland
2010-2020
THE ADULT ESOL
STRATEGY FOR
SCOTLAND
Working and learning
together to build stronger
communities
Recent policy developments in
literacy and numeracy
Literacy Commission report Dec 2009
HMIE aspect report Jan 2010
SSAL 2009: published 13 Aug 2010
Literacy Action Plan:
Early Years through to Adulthood: Oct 2010
Adult Literacies 2020: Strategic Guidance: Dec 2010
Literacy Action Plan
• Literacy Commission Report: recommended need
for Literacy Action Plan – from early years to
adults
• Vision: to raise standards of literacy for all from the
early years to adulthood
• Launched October 2010
• Commitment to revise strategic guidance for adults
Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies
2009 (SSAL 2009)
• First survey for more than 10 years
• Nearly 2,000 interviewed
• Provides a clear picture of literacies levels in
Scotland
• Helped shape the refreshed strategy
Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies
2009 (SSAL 2009)
› Spiky profiles
› 73.3% - appropriate for a contemporary
society
› 26.7% - some literacies challenges
› 3.6% of 26.7% - 1 in 28 – very limited
literacies capabilities
Survey - Other main findings
 Lower literacies capabilities are strongly
correlated with poverty and deprivation within
Scotland
 Stronger skills are associated with many other
forms of advantage, such as better paying jobs
and living in a less deprived area.
 Overall literacy skills in Scotland are comparable
with many of the world’s leading economies.
Adult Literacies in Scotland 2020:
strategic guidance
Vision:
By 2020 Scotland's society and economy will be
stronger because more of its adults are able to
read, write and use numbers effectively in order to
handle information, communicate with others,
express ideas and opinions, make decisions and
solve problems, as family members, workers,
citizens and lifelong learners.
ALIS 2020: Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Scotland’s adults have access
to literacies learning
opportunities in which they can
achieve their goals and
progress
Outcome 2:
Adult literacies learners receive
their high quality learning and
teaching so they can achieve
their goals
Outcome 3:
Scotland has a coherent and
effective adult literacies
infrastructure that enables and
supports continuous
enhancement of provision
Outcome 4:
There is evidence of the
impacts and the value of
literacies learning on
individuals and society
ALIS 2020: Linked themes
Literacies not isolated - part of wider social
and economic agendas
 Literacies, Employability and Work
 Literacies and Financial Capability
 Literacies and Family
 Literacies, Health and Wellbeing
Particular groups
• Offenders and ex-offenders
• Adults whose first language is not English
Commitments
• Each sector to agree measurable and
meaningful commitments against each action
point
• Encouraged to report back to Scottish
Government on annual basis
• Plans will be used to help measure progress
and evidence the difference we are making
Implementing ALIS 2020
National Strategic Implementation Group –
representatives from key sectors within learning
and business - will:
 advise on the implementation of the strategy
 feedback to Scottish Government on progress
within their sector
• Met for the first time on 10 March 2011
ALIS 2020 Strategic
Implementation Group
• Consider key priorities for 2011/12
• 3 Working Groups set up:
> Literacies for and within work
> Professional development
> Measuring impact
Who is implementing the new strategy?
Prisons
Other
learners
Referral
Orgs
Voluntary
Sector
ALIS
2020
National
orgs
Local
authorities/
CLD
You!
Work/
Unions
Colleges