Values
Lancashire Adult Learning has the following core values:
- Value all learners equally
- Support all learners in achieving their personal learning goals
- Strive to provide a learning experience of the highest quality
- Deliver learning opportunities that are accessible for all adults in all sections of the community
- Work closely with local communities to strengthen their capacity to grow and flourish
- Believe all learning is of equal value
- Plan on the basis of clear evidence of need
- Collaborate enthusiastically with learners, other providers and community stakeholders
- Manage our resources to obtain best value and secure continuous improvement
Objectives
Lancashire Adult Learning will focus on 10 Key Objectives for the period between 2006-2009:
- Promoting equality and diversity in all aspects of the work of the Service
Maintaining and delivering a relevant and responsive curriculum for Personal
and Community Development across Lancashire, including a continued emphasis on widening participation from under-represented groups and
individuals
- Developing a range of First Steps provision across Lancashire which provides
progression opportunities and specifically encourages learners to:
- acquire Skills for Life
- progress towards level 2
- progress into employment
- develop independent living skills (for those with learning difficulties and disabilities)
- Identifying and providing appropriate provision for all learners requiring Skills for Life support, to raise learners’ employability, and to contribute to meeting the LSC’s Skills for Life targets
- Maintaining and delivering a relevant and responsive curriculum for Wider
Family Learning and Family Language, Literacy and Numeracy, including a
continued emphasis on widening participation from disadvantaged families
- Promoting employability, with specific emphasis on Skills for Life and
progression to Full Level 2 provision
- Altering the balance between the contribution of the individual, the employer
and the public subsidy of provision, and reducing the dependence of the
Service on LSC income
- Working in partnership to ensure the best use of resources
- Ensuring that all provision and services are high quality through developing a
culture of continuous improvement
- Promoting a safe environment for learners
These objectives will be applied and expressed by zones in response to local need and will provide the framework for their operational planning.
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