A Community Vision For Achievement in Education

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A Community Vision For Achievement in Education

• A Co-ordinated Approach

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Some assumptions

• We define community as the geographical area and
  the people who live there
• Community based organisations are accountable to
  the local community
• Community based organisations only have a right
  to exist if they are fulfilling a purpose
• Community based organisations (in broad terms)
  want to improve the quality of life for the
  community
• Community based organisations seek to articulate
  the needs of the local community and to reflect
  this in ways that either increase access to or
  directly deliver quality services which meet
  those needs
• Community based organisations should therefore
  adopt an approach which utilises whatever
  resources are available and contribute in a
  fitting manner to both operational and strategic
  initiatives which seek to achieve those goals
• Community based organisations (staff and
  management) work to professional standards. -
  Continuing professional development is a key issue

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Some facts
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Some Other Facts Falls electoral ward area
pop.5046

• North of Ireland 582 electoral wards
• Multiple Deprivation Measure 2nd
• Income Domain 1st
• Employment Domain 4th
• Health Deprivation and Disability Domain 2nd
• Education, Skills and Training Domain 5th
• Proximity to Services Domain 582nd
• NB. Greater Falls Neighbourhood Renewal Area
  covers 3 whole (Falls, Clonard, Beechmount) and 2
  part electoral wards (Falls Park and Whiterock).
  Approximate population of the NRA is around
  17,000

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Physical Resources (Falls ward)

• Maureen Sheehan Centre (Albert Street Health
  Centre)
• Frank Gillen Centre
• Immaculata Boxing Club
• St Peters Immaculata Youth Club
• Roden Street Community Development Group
• Greater West Belfast Resource Centre
• Divis Community Centre
• St Marys Primary
• St Peters Primary Nursery
• St Josephs Primary
• Cathedral Nursery
• Proposed development at former St Comgalls (Falls
  Community Council)
• Westcourt Centre
• NB. doesnt include key and potential services
  nearby including Springvale, St Marys College,
  Twin Spires (Belfast Trust Ortus), Conway
  Education Centre or Workforce Training Services
  or daycare services

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Some facts
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Our Vision for Achievement

• Improve the life chances of children and young
  people through increased educational attainment
• Improve life chances of all children and young
  people through additional opportunities through
  non-academic routes and pathways
• Develop a support structure and initiatives to
  achieve these goals and overcome barriers to
  advancement

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Influences on a child/ young persons life
(current potential, negative positive)
Peers
Community Organisations
Family
Schools
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Education projects services
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Youth projects services
Other people
Sports/ Cultural clubs
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Health Social Care
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Co-ordination

• Development of a common vision
• Information sharing through and between all
  educationalists
• Partnership approach and inter-agency
• co-operation
• Sharing of resources
• Sharing of skills and knowledge
• Developing a common professional approach
• No duplication of services

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Some Ideas Challenges

• Increased usage of community and school sites and
  exchange of staff for specific purpose throughout
  the year
• Joint training and programmes of work on specific
  issues and themes e.g.. Family support, drug/
  alcohol abuse , suicide awareness.
• Information on environment facing formal
  educational practitioners to community
• Information on community environment to formal
  education practitioners
• Joint programming in and between school and
  community sites eg. Study support, essential
  skills support, counselling initiatives, health
  programmes, parent and family support initiatives
• An education group for the neighbourhood
  partnership area
• Exploration of area wide education bids for
  resources