1. Adult Community Learning Partnerships 26 May 2011
Lindsay Harris
Pam Hales

2. ACL Partnerships – Critical Success Factors
Clear strategic direction achieved with an effective interaction between strategic and operational groups
Willingness of partners to contribute, commit and share expertise
Staff time to complete key tasks including curriculum mapping, data analysis
Challenges of undertaking partnership task with differences in partners’ policies, processes, and paperwork

3. ACL Partnerships – Estyn's guidance
inclusive membership, participation and attendance (including FE, HE, local authorities, third sector, WfA)
Curriculum
comprehensive range of provision
meets DCELLS priorities
encourages learner progression to further or higher provision or employment
use of technology to increase access
support the use of credit

4. ACL Policy and Partnerships
80 per cent of the total funding devoted to prioritise the following groups of learners:
anyone aged 16 and above accessing an ACL basic skills and/or ESOL programme, including contextualised basic skills and citizenship courses;
those who are not currently in education, training or employment and are in receipt of state benefits or support (excluding state retirement pension); or
those aged 50 plus who are not in full-time employment.

5. ACL Policy and Partnerships
20 per cent of allocated funding for innovative provision based on locally determined needs, both in terms of targeted groups, and curriculum offer
progress towards the accreditation of all ACL provision taking account of Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW) developments, including the Quality Assured Lifelong Learning (QALL) pillar of the framework