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Delivering Extended Schools That Really Work on the Ground
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This Seminar will be held at The Royal Commonwealth Society in London
On Monday 05th June 2006
Seminar reference EXT/156 |
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CONTEXT
 Extended Schools and Every Child Matters provide major challenges for schools and all local services
Schools will be open from 8 to 6 as one stop shops
The majority of school staff could cease to be teachers
A wide range of professions will work in schools
Workforce remodelling will be important
Children and Young People's Plans and Local Safeguarding Boards have major roles
The cycle of underachievement should be tackled for child, family and community
Schools should become a major community resource
But how will all this really work on the ground?
How geared up are we for it?
How will we meet the challenges for management and leadership
This seminar with key national and local players examines these issues and plots a course for the future
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BACKGROUND
Extended schools and Every Child Matters are central strands of government policy. They impact fundamentally on the ethos, activities, staffing, management and leadership of schools. Just how the policies can best work on the ground remains somewhat vague. This seminar looks at the national context and then examines in detail how policies are being made to work in one inner London comprehensive.
By 2010, schools will provide a range of services and activities, often beyond the traditional school day, to meet the needs of children, their families and the wider community. How will we meet this target?
Schools have to work in partnership with other agencies. In every local council area, at least one school has to provide a comprehensive range of services on one site, as well as study support and 8am to 6pm childcare. All other schools will provide part of this agenda. Just how well and how fast are we moving towards these goals?
Every Child Matters requires councils to promote co-operation between schools and a wide range of agencies and to draw up a single Children and Young People's Plan. Local Safeguarding Children Boards must ensure cooperation. Full implementation is required by 2008. How does this impact on schools serving more than one council area? How should councils and schools deal with this challenge?
For children, extended schools will provide well organised, stimulating activities before and after school. They will make a real difference to their chances at school and support their parents.
For the community, school buildings will start to make a real difference. Necessary services and facilities will become much more accessible. There will be a real boost to community regeneration and an attack on the cycle of underachievement. This calls for a major change in culture. Are schools really going to be able to adapt to meet the challenge?
One big change is that the majority of school staff will often cease to be teachers. Many schools will become one-stop shops. Health, social work, youthwork, careers, housing, police and other staff will become increasingly commonplace. How well will these different professions and school management cope?
A National Remodelling Team, 4 Children and ContinYou aim to support schools and their partners through the change. The remodelling process asks partners to mobilise, discover, deepen, develop, deliver and sustain. A common core of skills and knowledge in the children's workforce will be required, with everyone working with children, young people and families having to demonstrate broad competence. How will management respond to this challenge?
This seminar with key national and local players examines just how new policies and programmes are being implemented. How well are challenges and opportunities being met? What are the obstacles and pitfalls to change? How are different stake-holders reacting and performing? What more needs to be done to assure success? How do we achieve a sustainable win-win result for all?
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The fee for the day's Seminar is £295.00 plus VAT.
Please note: A special rate for schools would be £245.00 plus VAT.
GENEROUS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND FOR MULTIPLE BOOKINGS.
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