Developing Partnerships: Strengthening Your Programme to Maximise Impact and Sustainability - Part 1: Wednesday 22 February 2023 & Part 2: Thursday 2 March 2023 (Online)

This course aims to: Help you to develop a more coherent partnerships strategy for deeper long-term impact. This course is for: This course is designed for independent schools who are engaged in partnerships with state schools but wish to develop or expand their partnerships programme. It builds on the Exploring Cross-Sector Partnerships course and is aimed at those with responsibility for partnerships: Heads of Partnerships/Outreach/Community Engagement, Heads, Deputies, Development Directors and Extern

Description

Course outline: Your school may have a number of different partnership projects but is looking to evaluate, extend what you already do, or build in structures to make them more effective, sustained and impactful.
The course takes place across two afternoons with a reflective task in-school during the intervening week. Following the course, you will feel able to bring more strategic planning to your partnerships programme and more confident about evaluating impact and ensuring longevity of your collaborations.
As a small group we will be able to share ideas and concerns interactively. There will be input from guest experts, and we will share some useful ‘toolkit’ documents.

An introductory course “Exploring Partnerships” is available if your partnerships activity is not yet so developed.

Course Programme

Part 1: Wednesday 22 February 2023
16:00 – 18:30 (with a short break)	This session will cover: Who? What? Auditing your current partnerships portfolio Why? What benefits do your partnerships bring? Strategic planning What works well and how do you know? Impact evaluation People and relationships: staff, students, other stakeholders Reflection task in intervening week (analysing and re-prioritising)
Part 2: Thursday 2 March 2023
16:00 – 18:30 (with a short break)	This session will cover: …reflection task feedback, brainstorming A culture of partnership: sustainability, structures and reporting Getting creative with resources and funding Communications flow – internal and external Take-aways and target-setting
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Course Director Bio:

Christina is a prominent thought-leader on partnerships, especially cross-sector, and helps schools build strategic partnerships for mutual benefit. She is Founder-Chair of the Schools Together Group (now the School Partnerships Alliance), established whilst she was Head of Partnerships at King’s Canterbury. She offers bespoke consultancy and mentoring for schools, directs training programmes and speaks and writes on school partnerships. In January 2022 she launched #PartnerChat, a series of free monthly breakfast briefings.
She is also a school science consultant (having taught physics for over 20 years) and advises corporate clients on their educational outreach.
@ChristinaAstin