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Greg Ryan-Gadsden, General Manager (WA), The Smith Family

14/03/2014

It takes a village to bring up a child

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Thank you!

…..to bring up a child.How the village works together

It takes a village (community)

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All this little hero needsis a chance.

CHARITY PRESENTATION – DECEMBER 20134

Australia’shidden problem

There are currently morethan 638,000* children living in financial disadvantage.

That’s 1 in 10Australian children.

*Source:Australian Bureau of Statistics (2013). Labour force status and other characteristics of families, June 2012.

Alex is not alone

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The Smith Family missionHelping young Australians in need to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves.

TSF Brand Brief6

• International evidence is emerging that strong school-community partnerships can contribute to a diverse range of outcomes including*:

• improved academic performance and school attendance; reduced student behavioural problems;

• increased parental confidence regarding their role in their child’s education;

• increased community resources being available for the school; and

• increased use of school facilities by the wider community*(e.g. McKinsey & Company, 2010 and Coalition for Community Schools,2009)

Why the village (community)?

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• Can/should the school do it all?• Leveraging services from the local community• Pooled resources• Different to school services• Sharing responsibility across the community• Schools released to focus on core work• Import different skill sets• Building sustainability

Why the village (community)?

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• Towards one line budgets• Local merit selection• Increased public accountability e.g. NAPLAN, AEDI• Growth in expectation (community, parents,

employers, Government)• Entrepreneurial, form external partnerships • Curriculum reform

Changing role of the principal

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• Community School, • Extended Schools, • Full Service Schools, • Integrated service delivery• School hubs• Wrap around services, • Extended School/community hubs!

What are we talking about?

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Key components of an extended school hub are:

BEYOND CO-LOCATION

WORKING TOGETHER

DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY

COORDINATING SERVICES

LOCAL DECISION-MAKING

POOLING FUNDS

What is a HUB?

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Current thinking

Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice, Edited by Joy G. Dryfoos, Jane Quinn and Carol Barkin, Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Extended school hub outcomes

Literacy and numeracy Attendance

Transition to training/univ

ersity and employment

Retention to Year 12 or equivalent

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The Hub model

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TSF roles and responsibilities• Appoint and support project staff• Facilitate consultation, planning, implementation• Broker services• Reporting to Executive Committee• Manage financial and statutory accountabilities• Resource and document meetings and outcomes• Manage communications and linkage to all

stakeholders• Maintain stakeholder engagement and motivation• Facilitate data collection toward evaluation

activities.

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Establishing an extended school Hub

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Timing

Phase Duration

Phase 1: Analysis and Consultation

6 – 9 months

Phase 2: Planning 3 months

Phase 3: Implementation 3 – 10 years

Evaluation Ongoing

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Schools and partnersClayton

View Primary School

Middle Swan

Primary School

Swan View Primary School

Swan View Senior High

School

Fogarty Foundation

The Smith Family

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Strategic plan

Vision

Mission

Strategic plan

Implementation

Evaluation

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Themes

• Literacy & Numeracy

• Health

• Life Skills

• Emotional Intelligence

• Parental Engagement

• Transitions (home to school, primary to secondary, school to training/work)

• Resources

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Benefits to date

Collaboration (network principals)

Engagement of

community, parents, CCI

etc

Innovative ways of

engaging parents

Evidence led priorities

Audit of local

services

Audit of school

activities

Placement of health

services students

Joint board/counci

l meeting

Partnerships with private

schools

Donations from

business

3 principal promotions!!

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• Stable committed school leadership• Parent consultation and involvement• Clear planning with outcomes and targets• Fostering strong partnerships across community• High expectations and shared accountability• Community programs and services that suit this

context• Extended hours and diverse service provision• Long-term diversified funding base• Integration with other community initiatives

Key Success Factors of Extended School Hubs

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Kwinana Hub

Corporate sector

investment

Interest in

innovation

Focus on early years

Different way of

working

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Any Questions

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Thank you!

thesmithfamily.com.autsfmktg@thesmithfamily.com.au

ncsehe.edu.auncsehe@curtin.edu.au

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