Shaping the future by learning from the past and acting in the present

Shaping the Future by learning from the past and acting in the present
Darren Atkinson,Service Transformation Coordinator, TECK
Darren.Atkinson@Croydon.gov.uk
Follow me on Twitter: @BSFDarren

School Transformation Teams
Lead Advocates
Visioning Workshop
Implications Mapping
School Strategy for Change
Strategy Workshop
Whole Staff Workshops
Weekly email
Top 50 Spaces for Learning
Broadening Horizons
Next Practice Visits
Provocation Papers
SLT Briefings
Stimulus Material
Links
Conferences
Education Design Brief
Interbuild
Vision Clarification Workshop
Activity Modelling Day
New Line Learning
Essex Academies
Joint Design Principles Workshop
Westminster Academy
Brislington
City Academy Bristol
Lexicon Development
Team by Team Space Types
Learning Spaces Live
Academy
Adjacency Diagrams
Third Teacher National Network
BCSE
What makes a good school?
Sorrell Foundation
Remodelling Lunchtime Debate
Roadshow
Demonstration Projects
Diary Room
Oscar Robot
Croydon Festival
Learning Through Landscapes
Creative Devise
Transforming Croydon Schools: Involving People

Our Work So Far… A Snapshot
14 December – BSF start
Joint LA Programme
40 Schools
£100M First Phase
Corporate Alignment
Transformation Central

Service Transformation
Acting in the
Present
Demonstration Projects
Shaping
the Future
Learning from
the Past
Broadening Horizons Programme

Broadening Horizons: A Rationale
imagination
exploration
discovery

Broadening Horizons: Involving People
Engagement
Involvement
Consultation
Communication

Broadening Horizons: Transformation Process
Next Practice Visits
Publications
Exemplar Design

Broadening Horizons: Impact
“The Next Practice visits have been superb. I don’t think I had any INSET last academic year (except some netball courses that took place at the weekend!) so I really appreciated the opportunity to visit other institutions and work with other LeAd’s from Croydon. I generally came back ‘buzzing’ after each visit. It was also great to be able to offer these opportunities to 4 of my colleagues who also appreciated being involved.” Angie Preston, Archbishop Tenison’s

Involvement Strategy: What makes a ‘good’ school?
What makes a good school?
Transforming Schools
Video Roadshow
Schools / Young People
Public & Community Events
Focus Groups / EIA
Local Authority, Project Teams
ParticipleProject
11 Schools visited to date in Croydon and Kingston
Over 1000 pupils have participated
30+ hours of video footage
150 + sheets of text
200 hours of staff time
Forming the Local Authorities Key Big Ideas for Change
Participation Toolkit:Presentations, briefings, project meetings
Events Forward PlanCapturing borough-wide activity:
Croydon Summer Festival 2009Celebrating Black HistoryReligious FestivalsNeighbourhood PartnershipsBusiness SeminarsTeachers Conferences
Targeted Focus groups Consultation on Equalities Impact Assessment Issues:
FaithDisabilityGender
Video Road show:In-depth interviews: interactive eventsTown centresPrimary schools,Special schoolsSecondary schools Community centres ~Croydon & KingstonOctober - December
Broadening Horizons
50 Top Spaces for LearningProvocation Papers
In-depth case studies, ethnographies Social profilingAudit of youth service provision

Service Transformation: Involving People
Lead Advocates
School Transformation Teams

Service Transformation: Local Authority Big Ideas
Entitlement
Pathways
Thriving
Extended
Together

Service Transformation: A Suite of School Documents
School Strategy for Change
Educational Design Brief
School Master Plan

Service Transformation: Educational Design Brief
Vision clarification: launchthe change journeyExplore critical aspects of SSfC and Big Ideas
1
2
Key approaches to learning: engage learnersDefine effective learning approaches
3
Design principles: create a shared languageBridge the gaps between people, process, place & technology
4
Design lexicon:spaces for learningDefine your language, characteristics and settings for space
5
Adjacencies:put the pieces togetherExplore critical spatial adjacencies, conceptual ideas
Educational Design Brief

Service Transformation: Design Interactions
Spatial Characteristics
Landscaping
Furniture & Equipment
Technology

Involvement Strategy: Listening
1. Expressive activitiesDuring & after school: drama clubs, arts, music, media
9. Relationship building – teaching staff understanding role change
10. Sensory experiences: music in shared school areas, sensory rooms ‘chill out’ zones
2. Early and personalised work experience & career support
3. Learning experiences outside of school
11. Choice – subject, time, technology, extras after school
4. Swimming pools – access for schools, community use
12. More pre and post school activities (weekend and holidays)
5. Good circulation systems for people movement around school
13. Flexible approach to time: choice over opening hours, lesson durations, use of school
6. Access for all: lifts, doors, wide corridors
14. Support, beyond academic, for emotional development, life skills and social issues
7. More practical learning experiences
15. Social spaces owned by learners: indoor break areas
8. Affordable, healthy school meals: international menus
16. Light, comfort and colour, inspiring learning environment

Demonstration Projects: Our Rationale
Test Big Ideas
School Based
Action Research
Active and Participative Learning
Collective Learning
TCS Programme Informing
Calculated Risk Taking
Two Year Change Plan

Demonstration Projects: Involving People
24 Projects Defined
Schools Select and Develop 3 Ideas
Written Submission from Schools
First 18 Projects Agreed

Demonstration Projects: A Transformation Process
Furniture & Equipment
ICT
Landscape
Architecture
Social
Dining
Learning
Teaching

Demonstration Projects: Two Examples
Design for transforming nooks and crannies through architecture
Design for transforming the sensory learning experience through the landscape
TITLE
Architecture
Landscape
DESIGN
Social
Learning
EXPERIENCE
Extended
Thriving
LA BIG IDEAS
Curriculum Flexibility
Personalisation
SCH. BIG IDEAS

So… what is next?
Strategy for Change
Third Teacher Network
Demo Projects
Super Clients’ Programme
School Ideas Project
Learning Patterns Book
“Top of the Plots”
“Practical Food”

TECK: A Local Programme with National Partners

TECK: Our Programme Aspiration
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“… I asked for more facilities and DJ equipment, so now we have a great range of after school music clubs.”
“I’m Jack, and Transforming Croydon Schools was my idea”
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