LEARNING LINKS NORTH WEST
TEACHER/EDUCATOR PLACEMENT PROGRAMME 2004 – 2006 (North West)
An opportunity for teachers and for educators in museums and archives, to
work in partnership and to share skills and expertise.
Expressions of interest are now sought from museums and archives in the
North West that would like to participate in Learning Links.
The Learning Links programme aims to:
•Use the vast resources and different learning experiences of museums and
archives to improve teaching and learning for pupils aged 5 to 16
•Broaden access to museums and archives to schools that traditionally do
not visit or use museums and archives to ensure a cultural entitlement for
all.
Learning Links will do this by:
•Offering teachers from target schools, placements in museums and archives
to develop new programmes and resources to support the curriculum
•Offering museum and archive staff similar placements in target schools to
develop their awareness of the curriculum and expertise in working with
schools
The outcomes will be:
•Sustainable new links between LEAs, schools and museums and archives
•Skills development for teachers and museum and archive staff
•Innovative new programmes and resources across a range of age groups and
curriculum areas
•A body of evidence demonstrating the impact of museums and archives on
teaching and learning
•Better understanding of the barriers which prevent schools visiting and
using museums and archives
This pilot scheme is limited and preference will be given to organisations
that can identify both capacity to host placements and staff who can
commit to taking up a reciprocal placement in school. Experience of
initial teacher training or INSET and capacity to identify local schools
who do not currently visit or use your services, will also be taken into
consideration.
MLA North West will be seeking to achieve a good mix of types and size of
organisation and also, if possible, an even spread of organisations across
the region.
Learning Links is funded by DCMS and DfES and is an element of the
Strategic Commissioning initiative. It is managed in the NW region by MLA
North West*.
Placements
Each placement will last c7 to 10 days and these may be taken as a block
or staggered over a period of weeks. A total of 12 placements (a
combination of teacher and museum/archive staff placements) are available
in 2004/05 and a further 24 placements in 2005/06. The first round of
placements will commence in January 2005.
MLA North West will work with the regional Education Business Partnerships
to recruit teachers.
Funding for supply cover/staff cover, plus expenses will be provided.
The deadline for expressions of interest in Round 1 is Friday 12 November
and in Round 2 is Friday 26thth November 2004.
To register your interest in participating in the Learning Links Programme
please contact Diane Rushbrook for an application form.
[log in to unmask] or 01925 625 058
For an informal discussion about Learning Links please call:
Chris Chadwick,Head of Learning and Access 01925 625053
Further details about the wider Strategic Commissioning initiative,
including the new Cultural Entitlement Fund will be available on the MLA
North West web site in the coming weeks.
*MLA North West is the strategic body tasked with the development of
museums, libraries and archives in the region.
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