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AH1 Develop strategies and programmes for interpretation and learning

AH1.1 Develop the organisation's education and learning strategy

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. Ensuring you understand the organisation's policies and guidelines for internal and external learners
2. Reviewing the organisation's current interpretation and learning strategy and the available resources
3. Consulting with stakeholders to ensure the strategy fulfils their requirements
4. Identifying clearly the constraints affecting user education and assessing their impact
5. Identifying potential partners to help with the delivery of the programme
6. Identifying target audiences, their different learning styles and methods for accommodating them
7. Exploring thoroughly the possibilities for education and learning, and generating new ideas
8. Identifying realistic, measurable aims and targets for the strategy
9. Ensuring that the strategy is in accordance with relevant legislation, organisational guidelines and best practice
10. Evaluating and revising the strategy on a periodic basis

Occupational Context

1. Interpretation and learning strategy
   • activities
   • structure
   • content
   • delivery
   • accreditation arrangements
   • learning development
   • review
2. Stakeholders
   • local and central government
   • community groups
   • teachers and parents
   • education bodies
   • special interest groups
   • training providers
   • specialist / professional groups
3. Impact
   • personal professional development
   • organisational / departmental security and development

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Achieve specified learning outcomes

You need to know about:

• The internal and external policies on education and learning
• The stakeholders who need to be consulted
• The current state of research on education and learning
• How the cultural context can effect the education and learning strategy
• The needs of the target audience
• The main learning styles of the target audience
• Relevant national guidelines and legislation on the provision of learning materials

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• Strategic planning
• Organising and delegating responsibilities

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can develop the organisation’s education and learning strategy

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they:

• develop the organisation’s strategy for education and learning.

You will identify how the availability of funds, people and facilities affects the strategy, and the strategy should address the formal and informal education needs of users.

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in devising strategy in their organisation over a period of time.

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