Discussions took place on tables about the future of the London C&F group. Key points were: All members agreed that they found the group valuable and wanted it to continue to meet after BPFs It was agreed that members should collectively write to the DfE to express their disappointment at the decision to end the contract and to highlight the importance of support continuing to be made available. Mitzi from Barnardo’s agreed to draft this Can the play a part in influencing the DfE’s future plans? Can someone from the NAAS team be invited to future meetings? It’s crucial however that anybody who attends is able to answer questions (recent DfE attendance at forums has felt fairly tokenistic). Anyone who attends can be briefed about likely questions beforehand so can prepare. It’s felt that the DfE would benefit from engaging with the group Charli and Debbie will chair the first meeting (alternative arrangements will be looked at for future meetings having a rotating chair is a possibility) and draft – the agenda (members should let them know of any topics they want covered). At future meetings time will be set aside to develop agendas for subsequent meetings. They will also invite potential speakers. It was agreed that the NAAS be a standing item. Funding for teaching partnerships and future – developments were put forward as other areas to cover – The DfE is to be asked if they can provide any admin support for the group. Rather than have a designated note-taker, each table is to be responsible for taking their own notes It was suggested that a guided discussion around development, good practice, creativity, etc. would be really helpful. Informal Action Learning Sets could also be run to enable members to reflect on specific issues they’re facing The length of future meetings will depend on what’s on the agenda The group is likely to generate additional good practice examples Charli mentioned the roundtable events that are being run by the DfE over the next 6-8 weeks she will circulate details to members. –
Discussions took place on tables about the future of the London C&F group. Key points were: All members agreed that they found the group valuable and wanted it to continue to meet after BPFs It was agreed that members should collectively write to the DfE to express their disappointment at the decision to end the contract and to highlight the importance of support continuing to be made available. Mitzi from Barnardo’s agreed to draft this Can the play a part in influencing the DfE’s future plans? Can someone from the NAAS team be invited to future meetings? It’s crucial however that anybody who attends is able to answer questions (recent DfE attendance at forums has felt fairly tokenistic). Anyone who attends can be briefed about likely questions beforehand so can prepare. It’s felt that the DfE would benefit from engaging with the group Charli and Debbie will chair the first meeting (alternative arrangements will be looked at for future meetings – having a rotating chair is a possibility) and draft the agenda (members should let them know of any topics they want covered). At future meetings time will be set aside to develop agendas for subsequent meetings. They will also invite potential speakers. It was agreed that the NAAS be a standing item. Funding for teaching partnerships – and future developments – were put forward as other areas to cover The DfE is to be asked if they can provide any admin support for the group. Rather than have a designated note-taker, each table is to be responsible for taking their own notes It was suggested that a guided discussion around development, good practice, creativity, etc. would be really helpful. Informal Action Learning Sets could also be run to enable members to reflect on specific issues they’re facing The length of future meetings will depend on what’s on the agenda The group is likely to generate additional good practice examples Charli mentioned the roundtable events that are being run by the DfE over the next 6-8 weeks – she will circulate details to members.
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