Acknowledgements

Many thanks to:

  • PDNet (Yorkshire and the Humber Skills for Life Professional and Development Network) who were the inspiration behind this development. They recognised the need for these particular professional development packs and ensured they were made available to the region.
  • The Learning and Skills Council for providing the capacity building funding which enabled these packs to be written.
  • The Skills for Life teachers and trainers who worked together at a Writing Weekend and afterwards, to create these innovative and exciting professional development packs.

The teams of writers were:

Embedding Numeracy into Vocational Areas

  • Ray Bagshaw
  • John Barton
  • Shirley Chartron
  • Gail Maxwell
  • Janet Ravensdale
  • Tina Turnbull

Energising ESOL

  • Sughra Begum
  • Rosemary Lane
  • Kath Swinney
  • Helen Trayers

Museums, Libraries and Archives

  • Jael Edwards
  • Gail Lydon
  • Judith Robinson

Train the Trainers

  • Jan Chatterton
  • Helen Trayers

Speaking and Listening

  • Alison Bagshaw
  • Jan Chatterton
  • Ros Foggin
  • John Parkinson
  • Kate Roberts

Sheila Morton facilitated the Writing Weekend, supporting us to stay on task.

Shirley Chartron, Helen Hanson and Nick Jeans provided valuable ideas on integrating ICT within the professional packages.

 


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