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Adult Learning
Information for community groups and organisations, employers,
referrers and spotters and other interested groups and individuals.
Adult Learning is the new name for Adult literacy
in South Ayrshire. Adult Learning is offered by South Ayrshire
Council’s Department of Education, Culture and Lifelong
Learning and is part of the Community Education Service.
Adult Learning offers free support to anyone
over eighteen, living in South Ayrshire, who wishes to improve
their reading, writing, spelling or calculation. Support is
provided through:
- One-to-one tuition
- Small group tuition
- Local drop-in facilities
In addition, Adult Learning may request appropriate
specialist help where an individual has specific educational
needs beyond our professional capacity.
The service is run by trained, professional staff and supported
by trained sessional staff and volunteer tutors.
Each new person who requests literacy support will receive an
informal interview with a local literacy development worker
who will assess the learner’s needs.
An Individual Learning Plan will be negotiated with each person
based on the subjects, tasks and material agreed with the literacy
development worker.
Adult Learners choose where and how they want to work. They
meet their individual tutor in local accommodation convenient
to themselves; or perhaps agree to work in a local group; or
learn at a local drop-in facility. They work towards their own
personal targets, using learning materials specially selected
for them. Progress is reviewed continuously, and they receive
regular guidance as to their next steps.
At present, much of Adult Learning is not accredited.
However, the skills achieved may lead to accreditation as the
learner moves towards more formal education and training (if
that is their choice). Some Adult Learners make use of our service
simply to improve their confidence and self worth, and to cope
more effectively with everyday life. Some Adult Learners have
poor literacy skills, others may be looking to prepare for entry
to a college course, or just to improve a basic skill such as
handwriting, calculating percentages, spelling or sending an
email.
If you would like a stock of referral sheets, or just some further
information about Adult Learning, please phone Linda
Muir, Literacies Manager, FREE on 0800 389 8320.
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