Enhancement of Learning Support

Enhancing Learning Support

NW Regional Event 2

18th February 2011

Resources and Approaches to Enable Learners to be Involved in Managing and Directing their

own Support

•A national project funded by LSIS

•Delivered jointly by Association of Colleges and National Association of Specialist Colleges

•Delivered in 9 different regions in England as follows:

Enhancing Learning Support is...

X Regional event

Enhancement of Learning SupportBackground to project

Regional ActivitySouth West and North West – resources and approaches to enable learners to be involved in managing and directing their own supportLondon – A self assessment Tool.Yorkshire and Humberside – Using technology to support greater independence for learnersSouth East – Developing an online tool to profile the CPD needs of Learning Support staff

X Regional event

Enhancement of Learning SupportBackground to project

Regional Activity

West Midlands – Resources to support alternative approaches to CPD

North East – The role of systems and structures in promoting or hindering learner independence

East Midlands – Organisational Improvement Tool

Enhancement of Learning SupportBackground to project

Other project related activity includeA web portal to host all information of relevance and interest to LSAsA professional development network across the Doncaster and South Yorkshire regionA report on the effective management of learning support – West of England CollegeTo find out more or contribute go to http://www.natspec.org.uk/enhancement-of-learning-support.html

•We reviewed resources and approaches to involving learners

•Decided to trial the different approaches of practice that we had shared – Next steps

•Worked with our Learner Reference Group to help us review the resources and approaches

•So what have we discovered?

Carrying on where we left off in October 2010...

Learner Reference Group

The Journey

Questions for Learners

How can I be involved in reviewing my support and make changes if required?

How can I be involved in the assessment of my support needs?

How can I manage the support I receive? What approaches and resources support my learning?

Questions for Learning Support Practitioners

How can I promote learners’ independence so that support enables them to take ownership of their learning?

How can I involve learners in the initial assessment of their support needs?

How can I facilitate the review process so that learners take responsibility for reviewing their support and are fully involved in agreeing changes to their support plan?

Quality assurance of resources and approaches?

Standards to guide us?Application of those Standards?

•Listen to the following presentations about some of the resources and approaches we have tried

•Look at the elements relating to disabled learners that we have selected from the Application Guide for the National Occupational standards

•After listening to the presentations and arising questions, consider in your groups which elements apply to the approach or resource presented

•Tick those that apply

So our first task today is....Quality Assurance

• Is a free on line learning resource designed to help staff in learning and skills sector to plan and develop their careers

• Offers a range of interactive exercises to help you identify career goals and steps to achieve them

• Saves your responses to your personal development plan as a tool for reflection and a spur to action.

• http://www.leadershiplearning.org.uk

Shaping my Future

• To run alongside the project with Natspec

• Offer to provide support to access Shaping my Future with one hour of free telephone coaching

• In return for feedback on the effectiveness of Shaping my Future and career coaching

• Available to one Learning Support Assistant per region

• Applicants need to be committed to completing the project (working through Shaping my future, telephone coaching and providing feedback) and will access to IT and phone. Project will run between Nov 2010 and Feb 2011

• Further details from kathryn.james@lsis.org.uk

Shaping my Future project

Feedback from

Christine Hampson, Knowsley Community College

Shaping My Future Pilot

•Learner Reference Group - resources and feedback

•AIP solutions – Working Styles Analysis demonstration

•Register for the National Conference in Warrington 15th March 2011; you will need your LSIS account number for this

•Network

•And of course enjoy your lunch provided by the students!

Lunch

• Has the NW Region identified and evaluated resources and approaches to involving learners in directing their own support?

• Yes• Have we consulted and worked with our

Learner Reference Group to guide us?• Yes

Summary

• Complete your evaluation form• Book on to the National Event

taking place at Warrington College 15th March 2011

• Have a safe journey home

What Next?

Thank you