PLUS in Tyne and Wear

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PLUS in Tyne and Wear
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• Pilot in 2001 - 3.3 million
• Teaching and Learning Modules
• Pond Kit
• Initial assessment software
• 3 Years from April 2003
• Inherited those materials
• It was only in 8 of the YOIs
• No comprehensive training
• No support for implementers
• (Development)

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• By January 2005
• 615 practitioners trained
• 1292 young people had used it
• Approx 50 community sites
• (BOSS)
• By January 2006
• Over 1,500 practitioners trained
• More than 4000 young people have used it
• More than 200 community sites
• (IMPACT)

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From then to..?
Materials
Access
Training for Practitioners
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Projects

• Summer Colleges
• Arts Champions
• Intensive Reading Programme
• Promising practice

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Volunteers
FE
Training Providers
NACRO
LSUs
PRUs
Schools
Champion Sites and projects
ISSPs and Yots
Prevention Schemes/Workers
YOIs
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