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Promoting Innovation and Collaboration Mark Barnsley LSIS RDM. LSIS’s Mission and Vision. Its mission to ‘accelerate the drive for excellence’ LSIS is dedicated to working in partnership with all parts of the sector to build and sustain self-improvement Its vision is that:
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Promoting Innovation and Collaboration Mark Barnsley LSIS RDM
LSIS’s Mission and Vision Its mission to ‘accelerate the drive for excellence’ LSIS is dedicated to working in partnership with all parts of the sector to build and sustain self-improvement Its vision is that: every learner acquires the skills, knowledge and appetite they need for learning, living and working; and every provider is valued by their communities and employers for their contribution to sustainable social and economic priorities
What makes LSIS different? It is driven by the sector It no longer delivers top-down programmes It is responsive and flexible It tailors its services to individual need It helps the sector to help itself It gives space to think and learn It is leading a movement for improvement It is judged by impact, and judges others by impact It delivers services based on evidence It celebrates success Itencourages doing less, learning more and communicating more
Strategic dialogue ‘The new world we’re in 2011’ ‘The further education and skills sector in 2020: a social productivity approach’ Regional conversations A series of three national Policy seminars: ‘FE and its contribution to social and economic life – a vision for the Big Society’ ‘Getting the Big Society in focus’, ‘Enabling the Big Society: exploring new forms of organisation and resource’ and ‘Influencing the future: exploring new roles and purposes’
Key messages A socially productive, collaborative and networked future where colleges are incubators of social value and hubs for public service integration; where further education serves the needs of learners through being a creative partner in local growth and service reform agendas To do this further education needs to: • return adult learning to the centre of its mission through promoting lifelong skills and learning • become the ‘skills for society’ incubators – providing the skills to create the Big Society. • be the local social enterprise hubs – offering skills and training for social entrepreneurship.
Key messages • Shift towards networked local growth where the sector co-creates value, future jobs and economic growth through better relationships across the spectrum from learners to employers, to public authorities and civil society • Drive public service integration • Re-set citizen engagement by combining efficient market mechanisms with outreach, citizen empowerment and social value • Creating platforms for open learning
Support for Innovation: Regional Response Fund Learn East Consortia Project (LeaP) that aims to build the capacity of the consortia, strengthening the voice of the3rdSector, providing leadership for engagement with the Big Society and creating a robust business model Series of one to one meetings and self assessment of strengths and weaknesses in relation to future procurement and projects Skills matrix developed to identify strengths and enable partners to identify sources of support A set of capacity building events and activities planned to strengthen network and individual partner capability of holding contracts and working with other stakeholders
Support for LLN in the East of England Building on the successful engagement and involvement of VCS providers in regional ESF projects LSIS Sector led model High quality, innovative lead providers (FE colleges, ACLs, private training providers) working with VCS organisations to improve the quality of LLN provision Sharing and transferring effective practice, support, consultancy and cpd Despite cultural differences, evaluations very positive Impact on systems and processes Real improvements in the quality of teaching and learning
Key features of successful collaboration Developing awareness, understanding and respect for each other’s knowledge and expertise Recognising and wanting to work towards common goals Valuing each other’s contribution Recognising unique perspectives Developing a strong sense of shared purpose Trust and shared responsibility Valuing diversity of opinion and ideas