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MLA North West's Programmes Manager, Dr Joanna Oldham, would be delighted to welcome you to a seminar for museums and archives on the morning of the 17th June regarding working with Initial Teacher Education (ITE) trainees. The seminar will explore the capacity of non hub museums and archives in the North West to offer placements to students enrolled on ITE courses. MLA North West's work in this area is supported by receipt of an additional year's Strategic Commissioning funding (which aims to develop a comprehensive service to school age children, pre-school children and young people in the region). MLA North West wants to use part of its funding to broker strategic relationships between museums and archives in the North West on the one hand and the education sector via Higher Education Institutions and ITE on the other for the benefit of school children. MLA North West has established relationships with two universities (Liverpool John Moores University and University of Cumbria) with whom it is negotiating the use of museums and archives as settings for ITE placements. Museums and archives in and around Cumbria and Merseyside are now being invited to attend the seminar to register an expression of interest in offering a placement to an ITE trainee. Embedding sector placements into ITE courses provides an opportunity to forge a sustainable link between Higher Education and schools and museums and archives. Placements additionally provide teachers and ITE Course Leaders with an insight into the opportunities provided by museums and archives for education and engagement with young people. Sector placements for ITE trainees provided by the museums and archives are intended to inform teachers about the benefits of collaboration with our sector. Focussing on trainee teachers also provides an opportunity for museums and archives to contribute to shaping how our sector is used by the next generation of teachers. To this end, it is envisaged that trainees could use the placement to devise teaching and learning resources under the auspices of a sector specialist which are then trialled by the trainee on a subsequent visit to the setting with school children. The seminar on the 17th June pertains particularly to work with Liverpool John Moores University and so museums and archives in and around Merseyside are particularly welcome though museums and archives within reasonable reach of the University of Cumbria are also welcome. To attend the seminar, please contact [log in to unmask] Should you wish to engage the Programmes Manager about any aspects of this work, please contact Joanna Oldham: telephone 01925625073; [log in to unmask] MLA North West Legal Disclaimer This email and any files transmitted in it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please inform the sender. Please note that this email has been checked for the presence of computer viruses. Registered in England as a company limited by guarantee no. 1554226 and as a Registered Charity no.511412.