University of the First Age

These are a series of FREE professional development training and peer-to-peer support seminars for school staff and voluntary and community sector (VCS) providers. The training and seminars will support participants to increase the range and quality of extra-curricular activities (ECA) offered to pupils aged 5 to 14 years. ECA are educational activities offered outside normal school hours. 

Effective Commissioning:Improving Outcomes Through Extra-Curricular Activities

What the day involves
9:00: REGISTRATION - with refreshments on arrival ready for a 9.30am start

9:30: TRAINING - Each session provides practical steps and provides a space for sharing expertise within the group.  This training session will provide an opportunity to understand and explore how to commission or be commissioned to provide a wide range of exciting and challenging activities for young people. During the session you will be able to develop your own action plan and draw on a wide range of expertise to ensure you have a high quality plan in place.

What the morning involves:

• Understand what is meant by commissioning
• Reviewing the benefits and challenges of commissioning or being commissioned.
• Build on the expertise already in room - to appreciate what we have already got in Extra curricular learning and to begin to explore how we might make it better through commissioning.
• To shift our thinking/practice from good to outstanding

Effective commissioning is one in a series of six free training programmes that take place across the year. Each session explores an aspect of how we can improve outcomes for young people through the Extra Curricular programmes provided by schools and VSC organisations.

12:30: LIGHT LUNCH

1.15: PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT SEMINAR

• Sharing good practice & challenges
• 'Live' case studies from your region (schools and VCS ECA providers)
• How to get the most out of the Learning Exchange and VCS Hub
• Peer Support activity
• Networking

3:30: DAY ENDS

When and Where

Darlington - 7th February

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Birmingham - 20th February

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London - 27th February

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Last chance to catch up with previous seminars!

Raising Quality & Monitoring and Evaluation: Improving Outcomes Through Extra-Curricular Activities

What the morning involves

Registration will take place between 9.00 and 9.30am. The morning will consist of a training session on how to improve the quality of your extra-curricular activities.  

• Consider the benefits of extra- curricular activities for children& young people, their families, schools and the community at large.
• Explore the breadth and depth of your extra - curricular provision
• Learn more about practical tried and trusted ways of developing ECA to have an impact on mainstream achievements.
• This session will provide practical take away for both schools and other providers of extra curricular activities enabling you to focus on planning, delivering, and embedding high quality activity.

What the afternoon involves

The afternoon session focuses on monitoring and evaluating your extra-curricular activities.

• Exploring the role of monitoring and evaluation in raising the quality of your provision
• Sharing a range of tools for gathering data & sharing data
• Sharing good practice

When and Where

Hammersmith -8th January

Contact for booking: Please email Cathy Maund. [email protected] 

Southall - 14th January

Contact for booking: Suki Kaur. Call 079000 566 772 or 02085748855

Sandwell - 30th January

Contact for booking: Nikki Russell. Call 0121 569 8146 or email [email protected]

Booking

**You need to be a Learning Exchange member to qualify for this free event - visit www.learning-exchange.org.uk to join up. Membership of the Learning Exchange is free.**

As always, there are limits on numbers so please book early to avoid disappointment!

Please ensure that are a Learning Exchange member to attend this free event - visit www.learning-exchange.org.uk to join up. If you have any problems signing up, please call us on 020 7587 5092.