| Department
of Education, Culture and Lifelong Learning
 AIMS
‘It is the intention of the department that the aims
for the service will be delivered within an open and rigorous
climate of continuous improvement’
Mike McCabe, Director
- Improve Attainment & Achievement by Promoting Effective
Learning and Teaching
- Raise standards of educational attainment in our schools
- Maximise achievement for all learners
- Develop an integrated programme for ICT to support learning
- Establish an effective measuring, monitoring and evaluation
performance system
- Provide access to high quality specialist services to
support learning and teaching
- Secure Best Value Consistent with High Quality Educational
Provision
- Improve the fabric of and access to our buildings to
meet the needs of lifelong learning
- Develop all personnel to reflect the changing needs
of the service
- Provide modern equipment and resources to address the
needs of all learners
- Strategically deploy resources to secure best value
for the service
- Embed rigorous quality assurance and quality management
systems across the service
- Build Community Capacity and Advance Active Citizenship
- Form partnerships to facilitate and support learning
- Strengthen links among families, school and the community
- Support the development of skills and confidence in
community activists and organisations
- Promote broad-based participation in community affairs
- Ensure Lifelong Learning is Inclusive and Promotes Equality
and Fairness
- Develop equality of opportunity for all learners
- Create an ethos of support for learning for every individual
- Provide a full range of learning opportunities
- Encourage individual personal development
- Promote the Development of Cultural Activities
- Develop positive links with Arts’ organisations
throughout South Ayrshire in order to maximise the impact
of cultural activities in the area
- Increase access to and encourage participation in cultural
activity
- Enrich learning through the experience of cultural activities
- Widen opportunities for participation in cultural activities
in local communities and among disadvantaged groups
- Develop a strategic approach to the delivery of cultural
services which takes account of the National Cultural
Strategy and local priorities
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