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Steps into Sharing��Developing your Shared Education Partnership

Monday 6th February

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Do, Don’t and Don’t Worries

Do….

  • Use the mute button

  • Actively participate

Don’t…

  • Multi-task during the sessions

  • Turn your video off during the session

Don’t worry….

  • If you are not sure about any of the digital functions

  • If you lose connection during the meeting

  • If you need to leave the session for a short period… things happen. 

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Learning Outcomes

This session will provide school leaders, lead teachers with:

  • An outline of the next steps in the Steps into Sharing Programme
  • A timeline for partnership connection
  • Resources and materials that will assist with the partnership formation and development

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http://www.eani.org.uk

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Key DE Policies, Strategies & Programmes

In support of the Draft Programme for

Government Outcomes Framework:

  • New Decade, New Approach
  • Children and Young People’s Strategy
  • Every School a Good School 
  • A Fair Start Report and Action Plan
  • Extended Schools
  • Learning Leaders Strategy
  • Learning to Learn Framework
  • Mainstreaming Shared Education Strategy (2022)
  • Sharing Works: A policy for Shared Education (2015)
  • Pupil Pathway: A Resource for Teachers (2018)
  • Community Relations, Equality and Diversity (CRED) 
  • Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC)
  • The Executive Programme on Paramilitarism & Organised Crime

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Key Documents – Shared Education & CRED

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The Shared Education Team within EA have been working on a mapping exercise to match schools who expressed an interest to engage in Shared Education, to form new partnerships.

Your school has agreed to partner with a chosen school or schools and are the first cohort of Steps into Sharing confirmed partnerships.

Steps into Sharing 

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What we have achieved to date

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Cohort 1 New to New Partnerships

Cohort 2 New to No Expression of Interest

Cohort 3 Reconfiguration with MS

Cohort 4 Reconfigurations with CASE

Cohort 5 No Partner established

New partnerships created to date

33 partnerships

(77 schools)

Agreed and ready to proceed (Reconfiguration with MS / CASE)

109 schools

One school agreed but waiting for partner school to respond

24 schools

Withdrawn / Declined Option

17 schools

No response

53 schools

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What you have achieved to date

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Leadership Development

Learning Disseminated to BoG/SLT

Learning Disseminated to ALL Staff

    • Focused TPL Programme 2022/23
    • Online TPL Modules available to all staff

Capacity Building

    • Potential partners identified, shared & agreed
    • Partnerships established & opportunities outlined

Partnership Formation

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The EA SE Team will now work with school leaders and lead teachers to take the partnership forward.

This will be a step-by-step process which we will share with all schools involved.

Lessons have been learned from previous projects which should make this a clear and easily navigated process.

Establish Potential Partner

1

Connect & Agree Partnership Formation

2

Develop Partnership Agreement

3

Embed Partnership Working

4

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Partnership Timeline

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Partnership Timeline

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Partnership Timeline

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Partnership Timeline

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Resources and materials that will assist with the partnership formation and development

  • Timeline Overview

  • Connecting your Shared Education Partnership Toolkit

  • Connecting your Shared Education Partnership SWAY

  • EA officer will initiate and facilitate first partnership leadership meeting

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Shared Education Mainstream Team

Support, Inspire and Challenge 

Eimhear.McGarry@eani.org.uk

Rachel.Campbell@eani.org.uk

Paul.McIver@eani.org.uk

Head of Shared Education & Sectoral Support

Paul.Close@eani.org.uk

SIP - Shared Education & Sectoral Support

Jayne.Simms@eani.org.uk