Adult Learning Statement of Ambition Implementation Plan
Outputs
Inputs
Activities
2015-17
Immediate
(18 months)
2015- 17
National
Strategic
Forum for
Adult Learning
in Scotland
with Working
Groups
•
•
•
•
Education
Scotland
Strategic Forum
To establish four working groups and
coordinate meetings
To monitor the delivery of the work
plans
To ensure appropriate engagement
with learners and the deliverers.
To implement a forum communications
strategy for the forum and working
groups
Adult Learning
organisations
Adult Learners
Scottish
Government
1.
Professional learning Working Group
2.
Learner Voice Working Group
3.
Family Learning Working Group
4.
Adult Achievement Awards working
group
Strategic Forum
•
Work-streams are managed
effectively
•
Learners maintain their
engagement with the Forum and
its work-streams
•
Practitioners in Scotland are aware
of the implementation plan and its
progress
1..Professional Learning Working Group
• Audit of current opportunities and uptake
for professional learning carried out
2. Learner Voice Working Group
• Survey adult learning providers and
learner organisations to identify effective
current practice.
• The actions identified in the ‘Mechanisms
to feed into a new national framework’
paper are taken forward
3. Family Learning Working Group
• Importance of family learning in
attainment agenda established through
family learning work in, for example,
Read, Write Count campaign
External factors:
- Austerity and Economic
Factors
- Political climate
4. Adult Achievement Awards Working Group
• The lessons learned from the pilots are
analysed and widely understood by other
adult learning deliverers in Scotland.
• Adult Learners and deliverers are aware
of, and understand, the impacts of the
award on participants
Outcomes
Intermediate
2017 - 18
Longer term
(5-years)
2018 - 20
1 Professional Learning
Adult learning practitioners in Scotland use
the most effective approaches to implement
the Statement of Ambition
2 Learner Voice
Adult learning practitioners in Scotland use
the most effective approaches to co-design
learning experiences and development of
policy with learners
3 Family Learning
Adult learning practitioners in Scotland use
the most effective approaches to deliver
family learning experiences
4 Adult Achievement Awards
There is a broad awareness of the wider
outcomes of adult learning for individuals,
communities and families
Assumptions:
Effective partnership working
Sufficient capacity to deliver within the
timescale
That there is Commitment to the Statement
of Ambition across Scotland
Adults access,
recognise and
participate in
learning
opportunities
throughout all
stages, changes
and circumstances
in their lives.
Adults co-design
their learning
experiences
Adults transform
their lives and
communities
through learning
choices in personal,
work, family and
community
settings.
Adults effectively
influence strategy
and policy at local
and national level
Adults are
effectively
supported in their
learning journeys