1. Skills for Life Support Programme T: 0118 902 1920 F: 0845 838 1207 E: sflenquiries@cfbt.com W: www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sflsp The Skills for Life Support Programme is delivered on behalf of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service by CfBT Education Trust and partners CfBT Education Trust 60 Queens Road Reading RG1 4BS Module 4b Identifying underpinning LLN and developing schemes of work / assessment plans

2. Skills for Life Support Programme Aim For participants to: identify the specific LLN needed by their learners so that they can embed the teaching of those skills into their schemes of work / assessment plans. 2

3. Skills for Life Support Programme Learning objectives By the end of the module, you will be able to: describe the importance of identifying underpinning LLN for embedding develop appropriate and relevant documentation for identifying underpinning LLN create your own embedded scheme of work/assessment plan understand how this process can support learners reflect on and action plan next steps. 3

4. Skills for Life Support Programme You wouldnt expect a maths teacher to teach plastering Some of the most significant factors associated with achievement: learners perceive both their vocational and LLN development are delivered by a single team formal shared planning between vocational staff and LLN staff supports the integration of LLN into vocational teaching LLN teachers are viewed by staff and learners as contributing to learners vocational aspirations. 4

5. Skills for Life Support Programme Getting started 5 Requirements of the vocational or other course Literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) skills development is informed by: specific LLN skills (including level) needed by learners to succeed on the course your knowledge of the aspects of the course learners typically find difficult due to insecure LLN skills your knowledge of the LLN levels of learners identified through the initial assessment process. Embedded scheme of work and session plans

6. Skills for Life Support Programme Relevant but not limited Achievements in embedded literacy, numeracy and language should always be relevant to the demands of learners vocational or other learning, although they should not be limited by them. Raising Standards: A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision – Embedded Learning, DfES, updated 2008 6

7. Skills for Life Support Programme Contacts Add contact details here: Presenter Email Address Presenter Telephone (optional) Skills for Life Support Programme Office Contacts: CfBT Education Trust Tel: 0118 902 1920 Email: sflenquiries@cfbt.comsflenquiries@cfbt.com www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sflsp 7