Educate Together First of all a Thank You for your support and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

25th Anniversary of the
 Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

Annual Seminar, November 8th 2014, Belfast

• First of all a “Thank

You” for your support and what we have learnt from NICIE over the past year

• Help with our second-level project and first three

schools

• Advice and assistance in our thinking on transformations
• Advancing our thinking on North-South governmental

issues

Educate Together

Educate Together and NICIE

Common origins in activist parents and teachers in the 1970s Share common motivations to provide education in which children from different backgrounds learn to live together Evolved different models to meet differing social environments in the two jurisdictions in Ireland Kept in touch and supported each other over the years Now developing a more structured relationship and greater cooperation

Educate Together

Independent NGO - Educational Charity Bound by the Educate Together Charter Commits the organisation to make Educate Together model schools available to all Irish parents and defines the model to be:

• Equality of access and esteem to children irrespective
• f their social, cultural or religious background
• Co-educational and addressing gender and other

stereotyping in schools

• Learner-centred in teaching and learning
• Participative governance maximising responsibility and

participation by pupils, staff, parents and the community.

Irish primary education system 2013 (DES figures)

Pupils Schools Average size Catholic 487,246 2,843 90.5% 171.4 Church of Ireland 16,060 179 5.7% 89.7 Presbyterian 694 14 0.4% 49.6 Muslim 517 2 0.1% 258.5 Multi denominational 3,600 21 0.7% 171.4 Inter denominational 3,257 15 0.5% 217.1 Quaker 120 1 0.0% 120.0 Educate Together

16,864 68

2.2% 248.0 Total 528,358 3,143 168.1

1978 1984 1999 2011 2014 2020 2030 2050

1 3 16 60 80 100 300 450

Faith- formation

• utside school

hours allowed

A brief timeline

Tipping point for system change ~100 pr schools
 ~10 second-level

Dalkey School Project Educate Together

State providing school buildings and sites

Learn Together curriculum

Re-assignment Process adopted by DES

National Patron 2nd level schools

Allowed to pitch for second-level and secondary schools

Teacher education Creating self- sustaining educational social enterprise with wide international links

All families have access to a school in which all children have equity of esteem UN CERD

74 primary and 3 secondary schools Current enrolment〜｟19,000 pupils 22% in disadvantaged urban areas 14% with specialist autism/SEN units Some of the most diverse schools Very strong demand for more schools >20 areas ready for new
 Educate Together schools National Centre of 20
 professional staff supporting
 development, teaching
 and learning, governance,
 communications and
 CPD for schools Not-for-profit social
 enterprise 15% annual
 expenditure from the State Will be financially self-sustaining when 2020 targets are met Urgently raising investment and funds to meet this target

Greater Dublin Area

Greater Dublin Area

Letterkenny Sligo Galway Ennis Limerick City East Tralee Cork Wexford Kilkenny Gorey Carlow Portlaoise Tullamore Mullingar Ardee Navan Maynooth Celbridge Newbridge Bray Greystones Balbriggan Skerries Rush and Lusk Tyrrelstown Lucan Swords Donabate/ Portrane Dalkey Rathfarnham Ranelagh Dublin 7 Glasnevin North Bay Wicklow Waterford Existing Primary School Kilcolgan Ashbourne Ballinteer Belmayne Blessington Citywest Firhouse Basin Lane Griffith Barracks Monkstown Stepaside Shellybanks Malahide/Portmarnock Claregalway Rochestown An Ghoirt Álainn Midleton Bracken Holywell Thornleigh Limerick Adamstown Esker Lucan East Griffeen Valley North Dublin Castleknock Castaheany Hansfield Powerstown 2014 Primary School Carrigaline Knocknacarra Newtownwhite Tramore Trim 2014 Re-assignment Primary School 2014 Second-level School Aston Village Ballymakenny Le Chéile

Educate Together in 2014

Educate Together Development 2015-17

Confirmed area for a new Primary School Sanctioned New Second-level School Target area for new Primary School Target area for new New Second-level School

Greater Dublin Area

Greater Dublin Area

Balbriggan Balinteer South City Dublin North City Dublin North Wicklow Carrigaline Passage West Cobh Killarney Fermoy Clonmel Dungarvan New Ross Nenagh Arklow Rush Marino Whitehall Parlmerstown Dublin 6 Carpentersown Leixlip Shannon Tuam Galway Athlone Dundalk Kells Loughrea Castlebar Ballina Westport Longford

26 primary schools 7 secondary

Quality framework Review of Learn Together Consolidating network International
 trading company

LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNT

Strategic planning and analysis Theory of Change Building positive engagement Cross-party Surfing the political cycle Robust financial and


• perational planning

Project Management Teacher education Research and Data Divestment and re-assignments Creating models that facilitate
 change

Demand for ET Schools 8

ET Theory of Change 4: Generate Demand for more ET Schools

Funders and Donors Political Parties Opinion Formers Media Public Opinion VEC/IVEA Religious Patrons

Other Patrons

Manageme nt Bodies Parent Organisatio ns Teacher Unions

Government Department of Education and Science

Law International Bodies

Principals Organisatio ns

Government Department of Education and Science

Political Parties VEC/IVEA Religious Patrons Teacher Unions

Groudswell of Support and Activism Positive Attitude

Educate Together

Positive Attitude Resources Positive Attitude Positive Attitude Neutrality Neutrality or Support