Equal Skills for Life Conference

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Equal Skills for Life Conference

• move on
• with the
• National Certificates

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Workshop Aim

• To give an overview of the National Project and
  the Move On approach and positive messages about
  the National Qualifications in Literacy and
  numeracy

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What is Move On?

• The Move On approach simply asks Do you need
  English or maths qualifications to Move On?
• It uses the National Certificates in Adult
  Literacy and Numeracy as a promotion tool and to
  accredit skills development at Levels 1 and 2.
• Janet Anderson MBE, Director, Move On Project

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Impact of having a Skills for Life need

• Five times more likely to be unemployed
• More likely to have housing problems
• Less likely to be in good health
• Less likely to vote
• Over-represented in prisons and YOI

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move on with the National Certificates

• Move On is the strand within Skills for Life
  that focuses on people with L1 and L2 literacy
  and numeracy skills
• Traditionally skills for life programmes have
  been offered by focusing on problems people have
  with reading, writing, maths
• People operating at L1 and L2 literacy and
  numeracy probably wont relate to having
  problems but should focus on the benefits of
  having qualifications

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Move on offers

• A focused learning opportunity
• A positive sell
• An opportunity to train

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move on offers learners

• free skills check/test taster
• free short course
• strand 1 strand 2
• prep. to pass the certificate
  individual learning plan
• with lots of practice tests for wider
  skills, own focus
• free national certificate entry
• advice on opportunities to build on their
  success and progress to other courses

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Levels Equivalence Chart
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About the National Tests

• The tests are pitched at the same level as GCSE
  maths or English.  They are shorter and more
  focused on the skills required for work and life
  generally. They tell you what level you are at
  and not what you have covered in a two year
  course. They prepare you for the next step.
• The National Test in Adult Literacy and Numeracy
  compares with the theory driving test - it checks
  whether you have got the theory you need to
  support the practical application of driving. 
  One supports the other, and you need both to be
  successful.  People go on improving their skills
  after they have passed.

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What are the national tests like?

• Short (1 hr literacy, 1¼ hr numeracy) and
  accessible40 multiple choice questions - like
  theory driving test
• Available increasingly on demand
• On paper and on screen Based on everyday
  subjects e.g. home or workTry the practice
  tests on the Move On website www.move-on.org.uk

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The National Test Toolkit

• The baseline resource for the move on project
• Supports the introduction of the national
  certificates in adult literacy and
  numeracyInformation about the national
  testmove on approach and resources for
  promoting, recruiting and supporting learners to
  pass the testPractice tests on paper and CD-ROM
• Available free from DfES Publications on
• 0845 60 222 60 quote SFL NTT and at
• www.move-on.org.uk

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What learners think

• Research indicates a strongly positive response
  from learners
• I quite enjoyed it, it wasnt like the sort of
  things they forced you to do at school
• It made me think I wouldnt mind doing another
  one
• Got my mind working again after 3 years of no
  maths
• Success rate in Somerset Move On pilot 92

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Motivating potential learners

• Simple promotion / screening have you got a GCSE
  English or maths? If not your CV has a gap this
  is your opportunity to fill it
• You can modernise your skills by getting the new
  adult English and maths qualifications
• While youre doing a qualification, you can get a
  second one for free
• A stepping stone to a range of other learning
  opportunities
• A 3 hour taster to see if you like it

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move on offers recruiters

• A simple, focused, positive approach to
  identifying and referring potential learners
• Training on how to refer adult learners who have
  no or limited qualifications in English or maths
• Language to use and action to take to recruit
  these non-traditional learners and support the
  Skills for Life campaign
• Promotion resources badge, leaflet, contact
  card

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move on is not

• A 3 hour taster followed by a 30 hour course -
  necessarily
• A way of pushing people through the National
  Certificates to achieve the Governments
  targets.
• Ignoring the needs of Entry level SfL learners
  

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move on web site
move on website
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move on contacts
move on web site www.move-on.org.uk move on
e-mailmove-on_at_ctad.co.ukTel. [phone]