Good Practice Database
Excalibur is part of the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) website and contains important information for providers on good practice.
Skills for Life Network Team
ESOL – New Qualifications and Guidance
New National Standards, Qualifications, Coding and Funding Implications for ESOL
Essential Skills Quality Forum, Kirkley Hall
The minutes from the Essential Skills Quality Forum, held at Kirkley Hall on the 20th of June, can now be found on the site
Update on Skills for Life Learning Infrastructure
Useful summary document covering all areas of the Skills for Life Learning Infrastructure.
University of Teesside Skills for Life Collection
The University of Teesside has launched its Skills for Life Resource Collection
Prison Reading Scheme Success
The Toe by Toe Project is a one-to-one literacy scheme in which prisoners teach other prisoners to read
Planning Learning and Recording Progress and Achievement
Planning Learning and Recording Progress and Achievement: a guide for practitioners
Professional Development Planning
Training Needs Analysis pro-forma to help you plan Skills for Life teacher/supporter training and qualification routes
Poetry websites
A range of websites to help learners explore the English language through poetry
Tips for Teaching Literacy and Numeracy
BBC Skillswise has a range of tips for teaching literacy and numeracy skills
Basic Skills Quality Initiative (BSQI) Report
Outcomes of the BSQI Training and Development Programme 2000-2003
Literacy Skills through Assertiveness Training
A group session plan and resources to help embed the core curriculum into Assertiveness training