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Step in to Learning for Numeracy Champions

A training and development programme for Family Numeracy Champions

3.1Module 3: The role of the Numeracy Champion:Identifying, supporting and advising learners

PPStep in to Learning for Numeracy Champions

Learning objectives

Delegates will be able to:

• identify parents/carers who may wish to take up the

opportunity to brush up their numeracy skills

• identify the purposes of skills checking and assessment

• recognise and dismantle the barriers that make it difficult

for parents/carers to discuss and take up opportunities to

improve their numeracy skills

• recognise some ways of communicating effectively with

parents/carers.

3.2

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Skills checking . . .

• is a first step• identifies whether the learner would benefit from brushing up their

maths skills• is a blunt instrument• is quick• doesn’t require a qualified Skills for Life teacher.

3.3

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Initial assessment . . .

• identifies what level the person is working at • is carried out by trained staff.

3.4

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Diagnostic assessment . . .

• analyses strengths and areas for development• is used as a basis for devising an individual learning plan• provides more details of learners’ skills• is administered by a qualified Skills for Life teacher.

3.5

PPStep in to Learning for Numeracy Champions

Numeracy Champions can:

• talk with parents/carers about what they can do• invite parents/carers to talk about the numeracy tasks they might

like to brush up• discuss the possibility of taking national qualifications in numeracy• use a self-check tool to get the conversation going• use a skills checking tool if trained to do so.

3.6