Information for Providers and Tutors
ACLS supports many groups to access funding to deliver learning opportunities to local people.
Follow this link for our grant paperwork (including the Grant Application Form, Guidance Notes etc.). You’ll also find copies of Tutor Newsletters, and information about past and planned tutor development events.
Useful links provides information about the range of organisations ACLS works with, including the LSC, providers of Information and Advice, E:learning, Quality, as well as profiles of some of our learning providers.
You can access ACLS Policies, Forms, Procedures and Guidance Notes through our ACLS class paperwork page. This page has all the essential forms for running an ACLS course.
ACLS Provider Meetings
Date: 25th February 2009
Venue: The Summit Centre, Ashfield
- 10.00 - 12.00 for FE / Community Colleges & the WEA
- 13.00 - 15.00 for all other ACLS funded providers
Family Learning Events
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SHARE Events |
Date |
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Training Schedule (2 day) |
15 &
16/09/2008 |
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Training Schedule (2 day) |
12 &
13/01/2009 |
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Network meeting (1/2 day) |
30/09/2008 |
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Network meeting (1/2 day) |
08/01/2009 |
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Network meeting (1/2 day) |
24/03/2009 |
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Network meeting (1/2 day) |
12/06/2009 |
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PEEP Events |
Date |
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Network meeting (1/2 day) |
22/09/2008 |
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Network meeting (1/2 day) |
06/03/2009 |
Venue:
To be confirmed
Times:
Network meetings: 09:30 to 12:30
Training sessions: 09:30 to 16:30
For further information please contact:
Liz Barnes
Mobile: 07879 814775
E-mail: lizbarnes38@yahoo.co.uk
To book a place please contact:
Christalla Patsides
(Family Learning Development Worker)
Adult & Community Learning Service
Nottinghamshire County Council
3rd Floor, County Hall
West Bridgford, Nottingham
NG2 7QP
Tel: +44 (0)115 9772155
Fax: +44 (0)115 9773859
E-mail: christalla.patsides@nottscc.gov.uk
E:learning
The Service now has a team of 10 E-Guides. Their role is to support tutors to improve the quality of teaching and learning by using Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
The Team are currently planning a series of e-learning workshops. Details will be posted here as arrangements are completed.
Click on E-Guide Contacts to find details of ACLS E-Guides.
Tutors / Staff Development/Good Practice
ACLS offers a range of development opportunities throughout the year, including an Annual Tutor Conference, E-learning workshops and curriculum based events.
Arrangements for developing and supporting tutors are outlined in the ACLS Tutor Handbook [PDF 371KB] .
Specific details of events, workshops and meetings are publicised on ACLS webpages, through the tutor e:mail group, tutor newsletters and our network of providers.
You can access the following information and materials from previous events:
Curriculum Team Meeting Minutes
Tutor Newsletters
Resources
For any help or further details please contact ACLS.
Please also see our ACLS paperwork page for various documentation.
By clicking on www.aclearn.net/display.cfm?page=1134 tutors can search for e-learning content and resources and discover how they can develop their own content and resources.
Chips with Everything at www.aclearn.net/chips is an ACL newsletter, produced quarterly by NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education - England and Wales).
Spondoolies at www.spondoolies.org.uk is a new web-based resource for the emerging subject of financial learning. It is based around a tried and tested member forum format and is free to use for all.
The document FLLN (Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy) menu from LSC 2007-2008 family programmes guidance [PDF 46KB] is for use by providers and tutors in planning provision and curriculum to give an overview of programmes which ACLS can fund. This document may also may be helpful to promote programmes to organisations and learners. For information about Wider Family Learning please contact ACLS to discuss.
ACLS held two Teaching and Learning days in May 2008. Topics covered included:
Archived Items
ALI Inspection
The Adult Learning Inspectorate carried out an inspection of ACLS in October 2006. The report can be seen by using the following link www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=306885&providerCategoryID=2128609280&fileName=\\school\\53\\ACLI_53674_20061124.pdf [PDF 146KB]
Other News Articles:
ACLS Curriculum Leader contact list
Tutor Conferences 2007
Click here for a report on the Tutor Conferences [PDF 163KB] held in September. We welcome your views and if there are any other topics you would like to see covered at the conferences or as part of e-learning, or if you would like to comment on any other aspect of our work please contact ACLS.
Previous Tutor Conferences
ACLS held two Tutor Conferences on the 9th and 13th of September.
The events were attended by a total of 126 Tutors. Attendees found out about (click each topic for more information):
They also attended workshops on Information Learning Technology, Equality and Diversity, Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement (RARPA). Tutors also took part in an interactive session, as pictured, called 'Who Wants to be a Grade 1' - click the link Who Wants to be a Grade 1 [PDF 26KB] to see the session. The event also gave tutors the opportunity to work in Curriculum Groups with their Curriculum Leader - click Curriculum Group Listing to see contact details.
Feedback from tutors was, overall, very positive. On a scale of 1 (not at all useful) – 5 (very useful) 78% of attendees on the 9th September rated the event as 4 or 5 with 70% doing the same for the 13th of September.
In order to read the documents linked from this page you will need Word (for doc  format) or Adobe Acrobat reader (for pdf format). You can download these free of charge by going to plug-ins and viewers
Useful information on pdf files and their accessibility is available at: http://access.adobe.com
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