LearnEast Training Plans

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LearnEast Training Plans

• The Essex Experience

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• Training at two levels
• Needs of the project Information and skills
• How people feel
• Attitudes and feelings
• Both from the viewpoint of beneficiaries and
  staff

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• The LearnEast training plan
• Written as part of the bid
• Splits training into three levels
• ESF expectations of staff skills

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• Underlying the training
• Learners are individuals with unique learning
  needs
• Project is about equity of access
• Project is about involving people in shaping
  their learning

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• Practical issues for learners
• Access and accessibility
• Learning environment
• Appropriate equipment
• Appropriate learning packages

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• Just as importantly its about
• Building learners confidence in their abilities
• Getting over previous negative experiences
• Learners need to have confidence well deliver

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• Training needs to offer
• Understanding of issues facing learners
• Practical support we can offer
• Importance of working with the learners and with
  partner organisations

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• Where we want to get to we want to shift the
  balance of power to the learner!

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• We want to empower learners to
• Work with us on their learning plans
• Act as role models /mentors for each other
• Make suggestions for change
• Challenge us
• Make their own choices for the future

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• Staff attitudes and feelings
• About the process
• The effectiveness of cascade
• Turning theory into practice

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• Uncovering personal feelings about working with
  target groups
• Fear
• Threat
• Insecurity

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• Why are we doing this project?
• At a range of levels
• How staff use this understanding
• Project Managers accepting reality

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• Staff developing as individuals
• Finding space to develop
• Allowing development through talk
• Not stifling development

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• Practical examples from our training
• Learners participating!
• Use colleagues experiences and experiences of
  beneficiary organisations
• Groupwork to think through the barriers and
  explore good practice

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• Putting together support information
• Staff role play talking to learners
• Following up training with talking to potential
  learners testing out the training!

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• Training is not just about the learning sessions.
  Its ongoing within our LearnEast project.
• Anne Brimlow
• anne.brimlow_at_essexcc.gov.uk
• Moira Tarrant
• moira.tarrant_at_essexcc.gov.uk