Links to national and local outcomes

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In the pilot EtD we examined the National Performance Framework with its 15 National Outcomes and considered a sample of local Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs).
Overall it was clear that the EtD participants found a much closer alignment with the National Outcomes than the sample of SOAs.

Group members could see links to nearly all of the 15 National Outcomes, but found a particularly strong fit to the following:

• No. 2 - We realise our full economic potential with more and better employment opportunities for our people.
• No. 3 - We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our research and innovation.
• No. 7 - We have tackled the significant inequalities in Scottish society.
• No. 11 - We have strong, resilient and supportive communities where people take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others.

Some individual programmes have a particular fit to other National Outcomes, dependent upon the focus of learning. These included:

• No. 5 - Our children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed.
• No. 6 - We live longer, healthier lives.
• No. 8 - We have improved the life chances for children, young people and families at risk.

It was harder to show links between the model and SOAs, because in relation to adult learning, SOAs tended to focus on outputs, e.g. on the number of courses or the number
of learners. Howeve,r pilot EtD participants did see the benefits of making links to the developing SOAs and putting a marker where they could against their own and their local SOA outcomes. So for example, two of the Group members showed in their own logic model, where they fitted with their SOA against local outcomes concerned with:

• Increased number of learning opportunities for adults
• Increased participation in alternative curricula options

See the Craigowl and Lead Scotland case studies for an exampleof links being made to SOAs.