Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
National Probation Service
How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting all learners?

In effective self-assessment, the effectiveness of leadership and management is evaluated by the extent to which...

5.8 the professional development of staff contributes to their effectiveness.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the context of offenders on community supervision means...

5.8.1 staff develop skills and gain appropriate qualifications to deliver Skills for Life.
5.8.2 staff identify their professional development needs through regular appraisals.
5.8.3 staff have access to regular continuing professional development (CPD) that will help them improve learners’ skills in literacy, numeracy and ESOL.
5.8.4 staff have access to CPD that increases their understanding of the needs of offenders on community supervision and relevant aspects of the criminal justice system.

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