Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Jobcentre Plus Programmes
How effective are teaching, training and learning?

In effective self-assessment, teaching, training and learning are evaluated by the extent to which learners...

2.13acquire new knowledge and skills, while developing in confidence and self-knowledge about how they are progressing and what they need to do to improve.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the Jobcentre Plus context means learners...

2.13.1 acquire new literacy, numeracy and language skills that help them achieve their occupational goals.
2.13.2 gain knowledge and the confidence to apply their new literacy, numeracy and language skills in other contexts.
2.13.3 understand the occupational relevance of the learning activities they undertake.
2.13.4 are involved in setting and updating their own targets.
2.13.5 can describe the progress they have made and how this has affected their employability and their jobsearch activities.
2.13.6 have their progress reviewed and recorded at appropriate intervals to ensure that they are making good progress.
2.13.7 benefit from the contribution of all relevant partners – trainers, employers and personal advisers – to review meetings.
2.13.8 know and understand that actions to be completed by a particular time will be identified and recorded at review, and that these will lead to amendments to the ILP where appropriate.

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