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AH1 Develop strategies and programmes for interpretation and learning

AH1.2 Develop a programme to implement the education and learning strategy

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. Developing a programme of activities that will deliver the aims and targets of the education and learning strategy
2. Consulting with stakeholders and users concerning the content and approach of the programme
3. Presenting information on the programme in formats that are suitable for different audiences
4. Ensuring the programme is in line with the policies of the organisation and meets specified user requirements
5. Ensuring the programme takes into account the need for and encourages innovative and creative learning approaches
6. Identifying and securing the resources to deliver the programme
7. Identifying clearly the timescales for the programme and agreeing them with all the relevant people
8. Identifying the effect of the programme on other activities and people, and taking appropriate steps to co-ordinate activities

Occupational Context

1. Users
   • Current / intended
   • Future / potential
   • Individuals / groups
   • Professional / lay
   • Learners / informers / researchers / decision-makers
2. Programmes
   • formal
   • informal
   • directed
   • user-directed
3. Specified user requirements
   • relating to needs (e.g. personal development, specific learning attainment, public information, policy change, understanding of local and national cultural heritage)
   • relating to desired learning outcomes
4. Resources
   • human resources: professionalism and expertise (training provider)
   • material resources: educational/ training tools (funding bodies)

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Identify the learning needs of different target audiences
• Set measurable learning outcomes
• Design activities for different target groups and planned learning outcomes

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• Curriculum development

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can develop a programme to implement the education and learning strategy

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

• develop a programme of learning events and activities to meet the educational needs of users.

Users will include current and potential users as individuals and as groups. The types of programmes should include formal and informal (directed and user-directed).

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in developing programmes of education and learning activities in their organisation over a period of time.

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