What are the very best doing? (ACL providers with a grade 1 for E&D) A presentation delivered by Dr Christine Rose

1. What are the very best doing?(ACL providers with a grade 1 for E&D) A presentation delivered by Dr Christine Rose

2. Outcomes frominspection of ACL Seven key themes to discuss today • Equality data effectively used to monitor performance • Comprehensive staff training • Targeted provision to widen participation and promote social inclusion • Senior manager ‘buy in’, visibility and drive • Planning with E&D in mind • Learner awareness and understanding • Positive celebration of diversity

3. 1. Equality data effectively used to monitor performance • Managers regularly monitor and analyse performance by different groups, with little or no performance gaps • Challenging targets for E&D are set and met for participation and success • The race, disability and gender profile of staff reflects the borough’s wider community • Diverse teaching workforce….profile matches students in relation to ethnicity

4. 2. Comprehensive staff training • There is robust training for staff in equality and diversity • Tutors are highly knowledgeable and aware of equality and diversity issues

5. 3. Targeted provision to widen participation and promote social inclusion • Clear progression routes between courses from non-accredited to accredited provision. Programmes are carefully targeted at those with greatest needs • Careful targeting of marketing and selection of venues has led to higher participation from minority groups • Successful engagement with margenalised groups and number of people from under-represented groups have increased

6. 4. Senior manager ‘buy in’, visibility and drive • An identified group drives forward improvements • Managers assess impact of actions taken for equality and diversity • Robust whole organisational equality action plan

7. 5. Planning with E&D in mind • All centres and most community venues are accessible for learners with physical impairments • Good support for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities • Managers review and develop curriculum content to promote diversity and challenge cultural stereotypes

8. 6. Learner awareness and understanding • Learners understand their rights and responsibilities as well as issues of harassment • All learners show good awareness of equal opportunities • Mutual respect and tolerance for all learners and staff are well developed, understood and practiced.

9. 7. Positive celebration of diversity • No quotes here – this is about having a culture and ethos of equality and inclusion • VOICE • E&D is embedded across the whole organisation – all that you do

10. EHRC - The essential guide to the public sector equality duty Jan 2011 • ‘Clear leadership from senior management is crucial… involves taking responsibility for compliance with the duty, taking account of equality analysis when making decisions, taking the duty into account in strategic planning, building it into partnership working, informing and reminding staff about the duty, and designating clear staff roles for implementation. It can involve allocating resources for advancing equality, including equality targets in staff appraisals, requiring updates on action taken and outcomes from the duty, and promoting the benefits of the duty in public communication. …the duty involves generating a culture change across your organisation where equality issues are viewed as a matter for everyone.’