Adult and Community Learning
Sandra Burnhill - Director for Adult
and Community Learning strategy
(including Skills for Life)
Chris Hooper - Head of ESOL and
Community Learning
Adult and Community Structure
update
 Curriculum Director for Adult and Community
Learning – Sandra Burnhill – responsible for the
development of the strategy.
 Includes all adult provision delivered in the
community and in the college (classroom based).
This includes Adult Safeguarded Learning and
Adult Skills Budget.
 Diana Branston is Curriculum Director for Adult
Employer Based Provision.
Structure continued …
 Head of ESOL and Community learning - Chris
Hooper
 Head of Skills for Life – Clare Farmer
 Head of Foundation Learning – Jenny Evans
 Next layer of the structure – Curriculum Team
Leaders.
Adult Skills provision
 August 2011 there were changes to learner
eligibility - Fully funded provision now available
to learners on inactive benefits who self certify
that they are unemployed and the course will
provide the skills to help them find work.
Learners must sign a declaration.
Adult Skills provision
 College is currently offering through the Adult
Skills budget:
 JCP referrals programme
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Vocational options
Motor Vehicle
Construction
Health and Social Care
Hospitality
Security
ESOL
Basic Skills
Adult Skills Budget
 ESOL provision – offering a mixture of delivery
models from beginner to level 2
 Basic Skills – Literacy and Numeracy from E1 to
L2. This is free, part time provision offered
predominately on the main site.
 LLDD – Adult Network - part time provision at
the college – 19 – 24 year old.
 Vocational areas – currently reviewing the
pathways to learning with a view to more in year
January starts at Level 1.
Adult Safeguarded Learning
 Management team
 Diane Liddle – Curriculum Team Leader - Adult
Community Learning.
 3 Community Education Co-ordinators
> North
> South
> Valleys
 The co-ordinators will have clear targets numbers
on all aspects of Adult Safeguarded Learning and
First Steps – PCDL, Family Literacy, Language and
Numeracy, Wider Family Learning
Adult Safeguarded Learning
 SFA June 2010 - defines a working description of
Adult Safeguarded Learning as “learning for
personal fulfilment, leisure, family learning and
community development”
 The college offers provision across all areas of the
ASL budget.
> Leisure Learning (higher cost - pink)
> Build your skills (lower cost - yellow) taster courses
leading to progression routes.
> Have a go (free in community settings - blue)
engagement courses
Curriculum model for 2011/12
 PCDL courses to be run as taster courses with
vocational curriculum teams identifying and offering
suitable progression routes by running QCF
accredited Awards/Certificates at level 1 with the
aim of progressing learners to move onto a level 2
course from September.
Next steps
 Marketing campaign to be launched with a mail
drop to all households in Kirklees on the 2nd
January. This will include all Adult Skills provision
and PCDL.
 Work closely with providers to ensure that we meet
the needs of the community and to provide clear
progression routes into learning.
Contact
 Batley/ Dewsbury
> Helen Jones
> hjones@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
> 01924 423893
 Huddersfield
> Kirsten Hunter
> khunter@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
> 01484 437150
 Holmfirth and Valleys
> Amanda Rank
> arank@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
> 01484 437171