Education Partnerships A conversation starter for school leadership

Education Partnerships A conversation starter for school leadership teams and teaching staff

Education Partnerships A conversation starter for school leadership teams and teaching staff

Intro - Context

What the evidence demonstrates NEED ADDITIONAL QUOTES FROM RECENT AUSTRALIAN RESERACH The willingness and capacity of the corporate and philanthropic sectors to contribute to the work of government schools has never been greater. Black 2008

NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD KEEP THIS? ? What the evidence demonstrates Source: LIFE Centre: http: //www. life-slc. org/life-center/about

Benefits of an education partnership Families / Community School Lower drop out and higher attendance rates Children and Young people Improvements in student readiness to learn Reduced demand on teachers crating greater opportunity to focus on leaning activities Support for ongoing improvement in outcomes from birth through to adulthood. Better learning and development outcomes for children and young people, effective schools and strong communities

Education Partnerships In Action Copperfield College MATHS Science awards? ? http: //www. education. vi c. gov. au/about/news/ar chive/Pages/vsmeacop perfield. aspx

Overcoming barriers?

Leadership Strong, distributed leadership is critical for partnerships to be effective. Strong leadership can create: • a larger knowledge base • a stronger ownership • sustainability of partnership activity • collaborative effort and • greater capacity to achieve successful outcomes

So what does this mean for our school? • 1: 3: 6 discussion, consider: • What does this means for our school? • Where might be opportunities for exploring, commencing or building partnerships? • What barriers might exist? • What are the implications of not doing anything to advance family-school partnerships? • Be prepared to share your responses with all staff

Discussion • Where do we want our students and school to be in the next 12 months? • What type of partnerships will assist us to get us to where we want to be? • What type of organisations would we want to partner with? • Are there certain organisations we would not want to partner with? • What background research on potential partners can we do before committing to a partnership?

Education Partnership Website Identifying Goals Types of Partnerships Finding a Partner Agreeing on Goals Establishing Governance Roles and Responsibilities Identifying Resources Developing Work Plans Demonstrating Leadership Sustainability Evaluating a Partnership Expanding a Partnership Addressing Problems Ending a Partnership

For further information • Partnerships in Education website, DEECD (www. education. vic. gov. au/partnerships) • Education Partnerships Division (education. partnerships@edumail. vic. gov. au or 03 9637 2525)

What the evidence demonstrates Walls of the school have become more permeable and transparent and schools are under the microscope. This increase in demand for better performance and greater accountability means a shift in the roles and orientations, from within the school to the outside. Fullan, M. 2000 The willingness and capacity of the corporate and philanthropic sectors to contribute to the work of government schools has never been greater. Black 2008

What the evidence demonstrates Source: LIFE Centre: http: //www. life-slc. org/life-center/about

Benefits of an education partnership Families / Community School Lower drop out and higher attendance rates Children and Young people Improvements in student readiness to learn Reduced demand on teachers crating greater opportunity to focus on leaning activities Support for ongoing improvement in outcomes from birth through to adulthood. Better learning and development outcomes for children and young people, effective schools and strong communities

In action See how the benefits of a school working in partnership with business has made a difference

Leadership For education partnerships to be effective strong distributed leadership is critical. Strong leadership can create: • a larger knowledge base • a stronger ownership • sustainability of partnership activity • collaborative effort and • greater capacity to achieve successful outcomes

Discussion • Where do we want our students and school to be in the next 12 months? • What type of partnerships will assist us to get us to where we want to be? • What type of organisations would we want to partner with? • Are there certain organisations we would not want to partner with? • What background research on potential partners would we need to do before committing to a partnership?

Education Partnership Website