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The delivery of a Support for Small Schools Conference

Focus: The planning and delivery of a Day Conference to occur in April 2001 which examines innovative approaches to collaborative working arrangements between small schools. The Conference will target Headteachers and will consider the burdens they face managing and teaching in a small school. Solutions based upon pilot projects which demonstrate successful innovation, collaboration and clustering will be sought. Feedback will also be received from the activities detained within this pack

Person with overall responsibility: Steve Cox, Area Education Officer, Gloucestershire LEA

Keywords: Conferences, burdens, collaberative working arrangements

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Project Plan
Tasks
Timescale
  • The convening of a Conference Planning Group
...June 2000
  • Setting clear aims and objectives for the Conference and locating it within a planned ongoing process
...July 2000
  • Programming the Conference
...Aug 2000
  • Organising and administering the Conference
    • Booking venue/refreshments
    • Recruiting speakers/facilitators
    • Sending details
    • invites
    • group management etc
    • Budgeting
...Mar 2001
  • Monitoring and evaluation arrangements
...Mar 2001

Success Criteria

  • Aims and Objectives met
  • Competent speakers/facilitators – good venue – sound and effective administration, balanced programme
  • Understanding of the issues, the various solutions, the process for using SFG33
  • High attendance level
  • Conference evaluation forms indicating satisfaction with the above

Resources allocation and source of funding

  • C£2.5K depending on level of attendance, quality of venue, fees etc
  • SFG 33

Proposed Developments for 2001 onwards

  • Feedback from pilot projects will inform future practice

Project Progress Report