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The key aim of the Improvement Programme is to improve teaching, learning and achievement in literacy, language and numeracy.

The third year of the programme offers an excellent opportunity for you and your organisation to access the successful, wide-ranging development activities for improving Skills for Life provision and raising achievement for all learners.

The Skills for Life Improvement Programme can help you refresh and strengthen practice to ensure learners engage, progress and achieve.  From September 2008 support is available to you if you are an education or training provider and wish to develop your literacy, language and numeracy provision. There will be a particular emphasis on numeracy to reflect this national priority.

The support will focus on helping you to develop

a whole organisation approach to embedding Skills for Life

“where literacy, language and numeracy is central to the whole organisation at all levels, ranging from strategic leadership and management to delivery practice. This includes embedding literacy, language and numeracy skills development in vocational and other learning.”

See the Embedding through Whole Organisational Approach page for more details of the support available.

"The Skills for Life Improvement Programme has been instrumental in shaping and supporting Derby College’s Whole Organisation Strategy for Skills for Life, which helped us to achieve Grade 1 at inspection in November 2007."

Vice Principal for Skills for Life, Derby College

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Workforce Development

The Improvement Programme also sets a high priority on developing the knowledge, skills and experience of key managers and teachers. Resources are available to grow and strengthen teams of teacher educators and teacher trainers across regions.

See the Workforce Development page for more details.

Applications are being accepted now. Demand is likely to be high and there will be limits on the numbers of providers involved so please apply early. Application forms will continue to be accepted for a period until the programme targets are reached; however, it will be advantageous to apply early.