North East Skills for Life Improvement Programme
Professional development opportunities available through the QIA Skills for Life Quality Improvement programme in the North East
Skills for Life Network Team
Training New Skills for Life Professionals
An LSC/ESF co-financed project that aims to enable unemployed people to qualify as Skills for Life teachers and supporters
Training the Teacher Trainers
Free four-day residential course for literacy, numeracy and ESOL teacher-trainers
North West Training and Development
Links to professional development websites for the North West
Workplace Skills for Life – the Future
Robert Nurden of The Network writes on the current state of play in workplace Skills for Life and the challenges and opportunities it faces in the future
Families Getting On – A Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy Conference
A free national conference for anybody with an interest in the engagement and delivery of family literacy, language and numeracy and the continued embedding of Step in to Learning
Boosting essential skills: online help to develop school support staff
An online guide to help school leaders plan and implement training for their support staff in language, literacy and numeracy skills has been launched by the Training and Development Agency for Schools
Family and child reading given a boost
The Family Engagement Toolkit, funded by the Department for Education and Skills, gives advice to schools on how they can engage parents and encourage them to read with their children
Regional Training News
Level 4 Subject Specialist programmes on offer at South Tyneside, Bishop Auckland and Newcastle Colleges
Funding to support Skills for Life teacher training
An update from the NRDC on funding available to support routes to fully qualified status for prospective/new and existing Skills for Life teachers
Resources to support the delivery of Level 2 Adult Learner Support programmes
Level 2 Unit 1 materials contextualised for museums, library and archive staff are available to download from the MLA Yorkshire Skills for Life website