Southwark – Our Project

Evelyn Holdsworth

Southwark – Our Project

Southwark – Our Borough’s: • CONTEXT• ACHIEVEMENTS• DIVERSITY

• Why our pupils/ teachers/ schools need to look outward and value other people and cultures...

 

Comenius Regio Partnership – Ref. n.º 2011 – 1 – GB1 – COM13 – 10859

MCMCMeeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom

Southwark (UK) and the Algarve (PT)    2011 - 2013

• Our borough’s first 2 year collaborative EU project• New opportunity despite the economic downturn

What its meant for our region:

• More opportunities (for travel, in-service, growth, perspective)• More engagement—with others locally & abroad (schools, pupils, teachers, Goldsmiths, etc)

• More inspiration....                                                                               MCMC

The Southwark Journey—what we’ve done...

Early 2011 – 2 preparatory planning trips to Lagos

—what we’ve doneHosted the first MCMC meeting & school visits  Oct 2011 

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—what we’ve doneContributed to the Algarve meeting & project activities May 2012

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—what we’ve doneTeacher job shadowing in Lagos schools May 2012

• 16 Southwark teachers from 8 Southwark schools took part

—what we’ve doneContributed to the Algarve meeting & project activities

Oct 2012

—what we’ve doneHosted Algarve job shadow teachers in Southwark schools, Oct 2012

—what we’ve doneSouthwark teachers participated in the Goldsmiths MCMC CPD course,

developed as part of the project

• 6 project-funded twilight sessions focused on identity, language, cultural awareness and the multicultural classroom 

—what we’ve doneDeveloped the MCMC project website www.mcmc-regio.com and the

MCMC short film which premiers today...

—what we’ve doneContributed to today’s

MCMC conference and last visit by our Algarve partners

As well as immediate impact:The success of  MCMC activities has helped strengthen our sense of international engagement

   We’ve:• initiated other European in-service. E.g. 2 Heads group visits (--to Finland and to Sweden)

•  successfully applied for our 2nd Regio (with the Canary Islands)

•  applied for 2 further Regio projects for 2013 –2015 (--on School Radio with the Algarve & on Leadership with Jarfalla, SE) 

Thanks to our Algarve partners, our journey continues...

Comenius Regio Partnership – Ref. n.º 2011 – 1 – GB1 – COM13 – 10859

MCMCMeeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom

Southwark (UK) and the Algarve (PT)