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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
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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
([email protected] 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