Global Learning Association

GLA KEY ACTION 1 COURSE:

Preventing Failure, Leading for Success (UK) 16- 19

Sunday 15 Oct -- Sunday 22 Oct

Coordinators:

Chris Williams: & Chris Souvlis:

GLA PIC: 948140566 4 DAYS LINCOLN/ 3 DAYS LONDON

For: 7 from Sweden, 7 from France, 2 from Spain

Draft PROGRAM

Sunday 15th

Arrive in London and train to Lincoln

7 French--Easyjet EZY8054 Saturday 14th Oct to Gatwick North Terminal Arr 10:25AM -Met by 11am in arrivals hall by Chris S for journey by train to Britannia Hotel, Canary Wharf. E14 9SJ

7 Swedish Arrive at Heathrow on Sunday 15 Oct with Scandinavian Airlines SK0531 12:50

16.30 The French group take the same train as the Swedes from King's Cross. After changing at Newark Northgate and crossing the bridge to platform 3, they should all arrive in Lincoln at 18.20 to be met by Chris Williams.

2 Spanish Arrival at Gatwick–Sunday Oct. 15th at16:20(Air Europa 1015)

--They arrive atLincolnfrom Kings Cross - Sun. Oct 15th at21:00(theyshould take a cabfrom Lincoln Station to the Newport Guesthouse)

If anything goes wrong on any of the inward journeys, either email Chris William Or phone 07952 346223

Monday16th

At Lincolns Christ's Hospital School. 11-18yrs 1300 pupils - a city school ….

9.15 Welcomes. Options at 16 - Mark Edgar, Associate Senior Leader and Head of Sixth Form

10.00 The challenges of leadership at LCHS in the last seven months - Martin Mckeown, head teacher

10.45 LCHS - Chris Williams, former senior leader --The Context of UK School Leadership: Overview of British Education/ Overview of Lincolnshire Education. Discussion of recent political changes/ Changing roles of Local Authorities/ The growth of Academies and the market place in UK EducationOFSTED and national inspections

11.00 Break

11.30 Lesson observation

12.30Tour of school

13.00Lunch

13.30Meeting Sixth Formers

14.00What is a good learning experience / lesson? (Title: TBC) -Laura Jones, Assistant Head of Sixth Form

14.45 onwards: group discussion. And perhaps a chance to meet someteachers of 16-19 classes who are not actually teaching in lesson 6

PM:Welcome meal Cafe Zoot

Tues 17th
8.00-11.30 William Farr School 11- 18yrs 1500 students - a commuter village school. Assessment/ coaching/ managing a large school/ preparing students for work & college/ HE/careers
11.45-14.00 Riseholme CampusLunch
14.30-18.00 Bishop Grosseteste University- three presentations

- Supporting - Gifted and Talented pupils - Julie Blyth
- Flip Learning - Jim Baker
- GIGS – support for girls with science/ technology/ engineering/ maths,Ray Kirtley,Chairman of GLA, Co-ordinator of ‘Girls into Global STEM’(EU Erasmus + project 2016 - 19) see

Free time

Wed 18th
9.00-11.00Visit to Lincoln Institute of Technical College
11.00-14.30Free time including lunch. Perhaps Cathedral or Castle or Museum visit or retail therapy
14.30 Back at NGH ready to go to London

15.52Trainfrom Newarkto London

1721 Met at station by Chris SouvlisWITH COACH for the journey to Greenwich, South London. DAVID - 07815 689607

Dinner together in Greenwich

Thurs 19th

10.00At Goldsmiths University-- Overview of London & local educational challenges Context of London Education—population growth/ multicultural society/ politics/ funding cuts Chris Souvlis

11:00 RoomDTH G2 HigherEducation in the UK / what is unique about Goldsmiths’ offering. Lindsay Stewart, Postgraduate & EU Recruitment Manager

Sandwich lunch ‘on the move’

13.00 Overground/ tube to Southwark stationfor Lewisham and Southwark College visit,25 The Cut, London, SE1 8LF

13.45Vocational study in the urban setting --introduction to Vocational Education in London tour of theSouthwark campus, Janet Lunam, Head of IELTS and International

14.30 – 15.30Gordon Gillespie, Vice Principal, Overview of delivery and questions

Free time

Fri 20th

Keens Coach 8.45 from Hotel.

Bus 53. Bus 21. Walk 6 mins

At Southwark KS4 Inclusive Learning Service, Porlock Hall, Porlock St, Southwark, London SE1 3RY

Ph 020 7525 0370

9.30 Supporting excluded, senior secondary students at risk of failure. Head of School KS4 – Doreen Sinclair-McCollin & her team

10.30 Presentation: Relationship building / Coaching to support young learners with THE LEARNING MOMENT (Miranda Gay, Inclusion Tutor, Hackney Community College)

•Experience coaching as a strategy to supportyounglearners

•Discuss challenges facing 16 -19 learners

•Review our strategies.

11.30 Evaluation of the week/ Certificates

12.30 Free time

Sat 21st

Greenwich Park Viewing platform– Considering neo-liberalism and its effect on the London skyline, as well as on education/ Tourist tour on the Thames and/or Free Time

Spanish Departure Gatwick- Sat. Oct. 21st at17:20(Air Europa 1016)

French Departure, Gatwick North Terminal –Sat Oct 21st(flight EZY8057) at 18.20

Sun 22nd

Swedish departure:from Heathrow with SK0526 Sunday22 Oct 10:35.

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Sweden Participants

1Ms Ulla-Britt PERSDOTTER Director Anderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School)

2Ms Anita STENMARK-LUNDSTRÖMHeadmasterAnderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School)

3Ms Johanna SMITTHeadmasterAnderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School)

4Mr Jörgen MALMHeadmasterAnderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School)

5Ms Sara LUNDSTRÖM-HAGLINDHeadmasterAnderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School) lactose intolerance

6Mr Tommy LINDMARKHeadmasterAnderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School)

7Ms Kristin LUNDHOLMHeadmasterAnderstorpsgymnasiet (Anderstorp Upper Secondary School)

SPANISH PARTICIPANTS Address: Av. Cervantes SN 10005 Cáceres (SPAIN)

8 José Miguel Iglesias Rodríguez (Philosophy teacher and our headmaster)

9 Susana González Prado (Greek and Latin head of department, she also teaches History for our British Council Project students)

FRENCH PARTICIPANTS

10 BRACQ Régis, Deputy Head
/ Lycée Général et Technique Philippe Lamour, Nîmes
11 FOSSE Valérie, Deputy Head, Section Générale et Technique
/ Lycée polyvalent Pablo Picasso, Perpignan
12 HUOT-Marchand Anne-Cécile, Deputy Head
/ Lycée polyvalent Charles Renouvier, Prades
13 JOUGLA Catherine, Deputy Head
/ Lycée polyvalent Joliot Curie, Sète
14 LE PRADO-MADAULE Danielle, History-Geography Inspector
/ Rectorat
15 RICHARD Laurent, Deputy Head
/ Collège Henri Bourillon, Mende

16 Mr OUACHAM Cyril Deputy Head at the Lycée Technologique Dhuoda in Nîmes

PRE-COURSE READING:

(Overview of the Education System in England)

Course Leaders:

CHRIS WILLIAMS

Chris Williams worked in large secondary schools for 34 years, initially teaching History, and latterly for over two decades as Deputy Head and twice Acting Head teacher at Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School. He remains on the staff l in a part-time capacity and is the Lead Practitioner for its Global Learning Programme Expert Centre.

While at LCHS he prepared the first of its six International School Award applications in the launch year of 1999. Chris now works across Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and abroad as a facilitator, trainer and keynote speaker either as a freelance consultant or as a British Council Ambassador. He particularly enjoys helping schools start their international journeys through the ISA, supporting more established schools, taking INSET sessions and being involved in assemblies and multi-national student project events.

He has hosted over 30 CPD courses in the Transversal and Comenius programmes, and is now developing Erasmus + KA1 events. Recent professional visits have included Romania, China, Nigeria, Ireland, and francophone Guadeloupe, Morocco and Senegal. In autumn 2014 Chris made keynote speeches on ‘what makes a good partnership’ at a European etwinning+ conference in Gdansk and the Ukrainian national conference in Kiev. In autumn 2015 he spoke at conferences in Maputo, Warsaw, Sopot and Bucharest. In 2016 he is hosting several groups from Poland and also Turkey and China

Chris has been Treasurer of the GLA since June 2012.

CHRIS SOUVLIS

Chris Souvlis worked for The British Council from 1999 to 2010, helping deliver a range of education programs as diverse as the Fulbright US/ UK teacher exchange program and the Comenius Universities and Schools European Partnerships and In-service visits.He managed the 2-Week Primary Teachers Project, for England’s Dept. of Education, which supported the delivery of school languages at Key Stage 2.

Since 2010, he has continued to support teacher in-service training abroad, working every half term with training centres in Spain and France to deliver EU funded, language courses for teachers. Initially, he worked with the boroughs of Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham, where he led the South London Schools International Support Network. Lately, he has worked as a British Council Ambassador, supporting International links and projects across the UK, including in Southend, Essex and Greater London.

He has contributed to the Coordination &/ or Evaluation of 6 large scale European projects in recent years, (see: hosted visits for international groups to the UK and led training at home and abroad. He most recently coordinated a 3 country cross sectoral Erasmus+ project from 2015 to 2017, leading schools and Universities in the UK, Greece and Spain as they developed teacher training materials related to Pupil Well-being. He has coordinated many GLA Erasmus+ KA1 courses in the UK for educators from other EU countries. He has been deputy Chair of the Global Learning Association since 2015.

Chris Souvlis
Support for International Links & Projects (Southwark & Southend)
00 44 (0)7943 326 440, /

Ray Kirtley, Chairman of Global Learning Association:
School of Education and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Education, University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX

Tel: + 44 1482465125/ Mobile: + 44 7453 476869

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