CfBT - The Development Centre
 | CfBT - The Development Centre Telephone: 01273 704 530 Website: www.development-centre.com |
About Us
The Development Centre is a part of CfBT and is based in Brighton, working in partnership with organisations, training providers and employers involved in adult learning, assisting the implementation of the Skills for Life Strategy at a local and regional level.
With 40 years' experience of delivering education services worldwide CfBT Education Trust exists solely to provide education for public benefit. CfBT staff support educational reform, teach, advise, research and train.
CfBT believes in lifelong learning as a means to helping create opportunities in life for individuals and communities. We support this belief in many areas of our work but most importantly through our contracts which deliver the Government's Skills for Life strategy to raise the quality of teaching and learning in adult literacy, numeracy and language (ESOL) provision.
Courses and Services
Our expertise in development and production of materials and resources, design and delivery of training programmes, project management and events and logistics management, is key to delivering a range of national services designed to raise the levels of adult basic skills and increase life opportunities.
Skills for Life Professional Development Centre
Our expertise in development and production of materials and resources, design and delivery of training programmes, project management and events and logistics management, is key to delivering a range of national services designed to raise the levels of adult basic skills and increase work-based learning opportunities.
The Development Centre works with a large network of providers to support employees across the South East to improve their literacy, language and numeracy skills at work. We have also been managing the LSIS Skills and Employer Responsiveness Programme and Support Literacy, Language and Numeracy Programme nationally.
The Centre's main areas of activity are as follows:
- Facilitating local discussion forums for ESOL, Functional Skills and Skills for Life
- Working with Professional Development Centres in the South East region to professionalise the Skills for Life workforce
- Providing advice and guidance on the continuing professional development for all those involved in Skills for Life delivery and work based learning
- Undertaking research to develop Skills for Life curricula and identify continuing professional development needs, most recently including an innovative research project into the delivery of numeracy teaching
- Keeping the Skills for Life community informed of local and regional developments
- Building effective sustainable partnerships and networks
- Running conferences and training events to support the sector in continuing professional development and keeping up to date with policy and current issues
Contact Us
If you'd like to know more about The Development Centre, visit our website at www.sfldc.org. You can telephone us on 01273 704530 or email us
Find out more about CfBT Education Trust at www.cfbt.com
