It would be impossible to name everyone who has contributed to the writing and production of this Guide. However, the following deserve a special mention.
We are grateful to the learners whose photographs speak of their involvement in, and contribution to, the Skills for Life agenda. They are: Sakiya Ahmed, Shola Akinwale, Susan Eaton, Elvina Hackshaw, Hassan Housseni, Hysni Meta, Gisela Emanuel Ngombo, Lucy Odukya, Chandrika Patel, Mamta Rani, Said Sadaat, Demet Sun, Myrtle Taylor and Emma Wells.
We also thank the provider staff, tutors and trainers who appear in the Guide. They are: Lesley Downs, Linda Jones, Jackie McLauglin, Jenny Pestel, Marlene Quest, Steven Rothwell, Lindy Spicer and Carlos Warunge.
This Guide has benefited from the expert advice and help of the following organisations and individuals: Pecan Ltd staff (Linda Jones and Sarah Thomas); Croydon CETS staff (Cheryl Dunn, Jackie McLauglin, Ranjini Pather, Kari Shah and Rosemary Sloman); Jill Nunn and Marlene Quest at Training Enterprise, Positive People Development; Netta Azgad, Monica Collingham and all at Making Training Work; Roberto Foth, Pam Frame, Jenny Hunt and Ela Piotrowska; staff at Include in Durham and the Northumberland Guidance Company who so openly shared their good practice and enthusiasm for their customers; and people involved in the many other projects visited during the past year for this Guide, who may or not recognise elements of their practice in it.
Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE assisted the Skills for Life Strategy Unit in the production of these guides.
Ken Towner took the photographs.
WRITER BIOGRAPHY
Ann Janssen MA is a senior professional in education and training, with over 25 years’ experience in managing, strategically developing and successfully devising and developing innovative and effective practices in basic skills and vocational training, and this within the full range of learning environments in the post-16 sector. Since setting up Making Training Work in 1991, she has delivered accredited tutor-training programmes in ESOL and basic skills in close partnership with a wide range of regeneration companies and organisations in east London. She has contributed to working parties and research projects at a local and national level, which have examined and delivered training opportunities for those at a disadvantage in the labour market. She has worked for the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and the LSC in advising on and evaluating the ESOL and Basic Skills in Local Communities projects and has been part of the team writing the LSC Skills for Life Quality Initiative materials. Ann is an associate inspector with the ALI and Ofsted.
THE RAISING STANDARDS SERIES
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Adult and Community Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: E-learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Embedded Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Family Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Further Education Colleges
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: The Juvenile Secure Estate for Young People Aged 15-17
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Offenders Supervised in the Community by the National Probation Service
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Prisons
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Voluntary and Community Sector
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Work-based Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Young Offender Institutions for Young People Aged 18-21
