Improving Outcomes through Extra-Curricular Activities Training and Peer to Peer Support and Challenge Seminar Partnership Working June & July 2012 Supported by

What’s happening today… MORNINGRegistration from 9.15am 9.30am Training Session delivered by our partners, the University of the First Age (UFA) LUNCH – 1.15 AFTERNOON 1.15pm Peer to Peer Support Seminar (ContinYou) – Pat Morgan and Anth Kirkbride CLOSE 3.30pm

ContinYou Who are we and what can we do for you?

Improving Outcomes for Children and Families: Department for Education Extra-Curricular Activities Grant Increase the range and sustainability of extra curricular learning opportunities made available to pupils by schools and VCS organisations Enhance the quality of learning opportunities provided by schools and VCS organisations Support the development of a well trained schools and VCS workforce to support the delivery of extra curricular activities

Partnership Working

Our Partners

Our Training Partners THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FIRST AGE (UFA)

Peer to Peer Support Welcome back! Our next events – October and February

Partnership Working Sharing Good Practice ….and Challenges Who decides what ECA you offer? How do you decide what you provide? Who delivers the activities? How do you monitor the effectives & check the quality of the provision? TABLE ACTIVITY

The Importance of Quality and how we can help you get started… Anth Kirkbride – ContinYou & Ian Durrant - QiSS

ECA Providers’ Market Place from your region

The Learning Exchange & VCS Hub

& VCS HUB A network for extra-curricular practitioners and other professionals working with children and young people. Share knowledge, discuss issues, be inspired.

The Learning Exchange: …up to date information, advice, support, interaction and resources…

The Learning Exchange: Share good practice and ideas with a virtual community of colleagues. Benefits to schools and local authorities: Access to the VCS search engine A one-stop of quality-checked local and national VCS organisations offering extra-curricular activities. Free training, resources, e-helpline Available to all schools and local authorities that join the Learning Exchange. Membership is free.

The VCS Hub: Free online marketing space: A new database holding profiles of quality-checked VCS offering extra-curricular activities. Increased visibility to schools: Learning Exchange home page, Twitter feed and Facebook page. Free training, resources, e-helpline Quality checklist: Hub members are required to complete and submit checklist to ensure they meet a set minimum criteria Quality assurance support

The VCS Hub This is what a school sees when it finds a VCS Hub profile on the Learning Exchange…

Reviews on the Learning Exchange Review Star rating ….schools or other Learning Exchange members can rate VCS hub members they have successfully commissioned….

The VCS Hub …blogging helps raise profiles…

Share knowledge, discuss issues, be inspired on The Learning Exchange For more tips on using your VCS Hub profile effectively, blogging, forum posting etc… Visit: Ask LEX the Learning Exchange e-helpdesk at

EVALUATIONS please Any comments or questions? E T E T Thank you for coming today – please book for our next free seminars - see you on the Learning Exchange!

Acknowledgements Resources and support ContinYou has produced a range of resources to support schools, community educators and voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to improve the range and quality of their extra-curricular activities. These materials are available from the Learning Exchange ( ContinYou also offers opportunities for peer-to-peer support and challenge. Development of the resources and training has been funded by the Department for Education (DfE) under its ‘Improving outcomes for children, young people and families’ grant funding programme. Training The training element of Improving outcomes through extra-curricular activities has been developed by UFA (