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Participation Network Meeting 3rd & 4th December 2009
Strengths
Validity through CfE
Commitment of Staff present
Potential impact
Focusing on all wider achievement a celebration
Fundamental to CfE
Pupil voice within CfE
Sharing professional expertise in network
school community is real community
Diverse perspectives
different LEA
different sectors
different roles
Sharing good practice
Balance of new & experienced members
Permeates everything
Validated by Curriculum for Excellence
Evidence proves that it impacts
Opportunities for collegiate discussion cross-sector
Essential in the delivery of CfE
Support active learning
Another tool in our teaching toolkit
Weaknesses
Timing (No. of initiatives)
Not all authorities & sectors represented
Raising awareness
Next steps followed through
Lack of continuity
Staff development Staff confidence to take risk
Perception of stand alone rather than overarching & permeating
Limited opportunities to come together
Dwindling numbers
Lack of representation from all LEA
At a crossroads- needing a focussed way forward
Dwindling numbers
Local authority support
Getting our voice heard by all the right people
Please engage with Las & identify key people to support current members work
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Opportunities
GLOW
parent /pupil joint network
Widen the network
Partnership working Widening the Sharing Good Practice, Locally , Nationally & Internationally
Investigate P.P in other countries
True self evaluation
Raise profile of network
GLOW
P.P Blog or wichie
Pupil choice leading to life skills
Update DVD
Ask the children! nursery
GLOW Spreading the word more effectively and to a wider audience
Maintain the drive
Broaden beyond pupils to parents, staff, communities etc
Visiting existing good practice e.g. Alison Peacock or even within Scotland
Conference - sharing practice/ideas bring a friend
Development of leadership for all ( pupils & staff)
Improved relationships a real school community
Improved attainment & achievement in its broadest sense
Align with the Es & Os of CfE
Threats
Keeping the interest going
LTS commitment to continuing to see the value of this network
Finance
Funding? LTS (removal of)
Priorities competing with
Politics
Seen as done & unimportant
Pupil participation fall off the agenda because there is a perception that it has been done Overtaken by Global Citizenship not running alongside or as part of it
That the issue remains within this group & doesnt spread to others
Clarity required Participation/ International Ed. / Global Citizenship?
Seen as an extra instead of an integral value