Making the best of LSIS NW Learning Fair, March 2011 Jo Higgins Regional Development Manager, NW.

Making the best of LSIS

NW Learning Fair, March 2011

Jo Higgins

Regional Development Manager, NW

Plan of presentation

•Recent LSIS developments

•The role of the RDM

•The LSIS offer

•Regional activity

•Questions

•Contact details

Recent LSIS developments

•New strategic plan and direction, new CEO

•More sector lead, less of the big multi million £ contracts

•Reduced budget £33 million

•Regional interface and introduction of RDMs

•Continuation of LSIS accounts/vouchers

•Organisational Health Checks available

•New offer being planned

The role of the RDM

•Regional brokers

•Promote the LSIS menu of programmes and services

•Signpost providers to the best source of support

•Offer Organisational Health checks

•Diagnose “at risk providers” and offer support

•Work with delivery partners to reduce duplication and ensure shared use of resources

•Listen to the sector voice.

The LSIS Offer

• 55 LSIS programmes

• Support for quality improvement, understanding

policy, curriculum change

• High profile support = IAS, OHCs, Beacon and HQM

support

• More being delivered regionally to meet regional need

Regional Activity

•Far more being delivered within the region

•LSIS will come to you

•Regional infrastructure being developed, networks, regional steering groups etc.

•Sharing of expertise

•Regional Responsiveness Fund just launched

Are you making the best of what’s on offer?

Questions?