The document describes the Community Leadership in Education (CLEd) Programme, which trains volunteers from existing community education centers (called Spots) in leadership, entrepreneurship, and education skills over the course of one year. The 15 participants in the program, called Catalysts, receive residential training, ongoing mentoring, and grants to improve their Spots and catalyze greater educational change. The program aims to empower community members to lead sustainable improvements in access to and quality of education. Past Catalysts have increased user numbers and started new educational clubs at their Spots.

1. #OurCollectiveFuture
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION
(CLEd) PROGRAMME
INFORMATION BOOKLET 2022
Why apply to CLEd?
Through this one year programme, you will meet like-minded volunteers and collectively grow
your leadership, entrepreneurship and education skills. You will attend a residential Academy,
receive ongoing mentoring and gain access to grant funding for your Spot. Ultimately,
participation in CLEd will help you catalyse a greater scale of change in your community.

2. Our Vision
Our Story
EduSpots
Our Mission
At EduSpots, we envision a world in which communities can
unite to work for the future that they want to see, through
the power of education. It is this vision, aimed towards "Our
Collective Future," which inspires all of our work, including
our flagship initiative, the Community Leadership in
Education Programme, or CLEd.
Since 2015, EduSpots has established a network of 50
community education centres, or Spots, in Ghana and
beyond. As well as supporting construction, we have helped
to equip these Spots with books, STEM kits, solar power and
computers. Accessible to all and aiming to follow a
sustainable, community-led and decolonised approach,
these Spots are managed and run by an amazing team of
nearly 300 volunteers across the country, and provide
educational support to more than 15,000 Ghanaians a year.
A reading club meeting at our
first community Spot in Abofour.
We are committed to identifying passionate individuals
within our 50 Spot communities. We connect these
individuals, or Catalysts as they are known, to our
international network of volunteers; train them; and equip
them with the tools that they need to inspire community-
driven change in their local areas.
Students reading, Kobiandthe
LostCoat, a EduSpots book.
Students in Sanzule enjoying our
monthly STEM challenge.
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CLEd Programme

3. The CLEd Programme
In 2020, we worked closely with our
communities and stakeholders to establish the
next steps for EduSpots. It was from this
consultation that the Community Leadership in
Education (CLEd) Programme emerged. This
groundbreaking programme offers committed
volunteers from our existing Spots, the
opportunity to become Catalysts for future
change. CLEd is a bespoke training and
mentorship programme, that empowers our
volunteer Catalysts to make a lasting impact in
their Spots, their communites and beyond.
Catalysts at the inaugural
CLEd Academy
Catalyst Benjamin, leading a plastics
recycling initative in Elmina
We have already seen the huge impact that the
programme has had. The strategies and skills
developed by Catalysts during the first year of
CLEd, as resulted in a tremendous increase in
the number of community members engaging
with their local Spot. At the same time, as
increasing diversification of the Spots' usage.
Catalysts have employed their training to
establish new clubs and societies at their Spots,
aimed at supporting local education. Their work
has inspired members of other communities to
become Catalysts themselves, naturally
expanding the work of EduSpots for greater
impact.
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4. The number of educational clubs,
run at the Spots, has increased and
the quality of education at these
clubs has improved.
The number of users at our existing
Spots has increased, owing to
improved systems for community
engagement and access.
The Aims of CLEd
The CLEd programme focuses on building the
communities’ own capacities, ensuring that
change is long-term and sustainable. By
empowering our key Catalysts, CLEd delivers both
an increase in access to, and an improvement in
the quality of, education provision at our Spots.
This approach results in a greater educational
impact and an impact which is both community-
driven and locally sustained. From the CLEd pilot
in 2021, we have already witnessed the following
outcomes :
We used ImpactEd's evaluation tool
to track qualities in teamwork, goal
orientation, citizenship, well-being,
and self-efficacy. Our research-
backed surveys showed a significant
increase in all these areas.
Operations at the Spots have
improved, with more consistent
opening hours, book loaning
systems implemented, and stronger
child protection systems.
Clear data captures of Spot activity
has been led and compiled by the
Catalysts, in order to support the
future development of each Spot.
Catalysts have engaged their local
communities in fundraising efforts
to support the ongoing costs and
maintenance of their Spots.
2020-21 CLEd Catalyst,
Portia Selorm Dzamvivie,
teaching in Akatsi North
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5. The Beneficiaries of
CLEd
A mixture of teachers, students, and community
members will gain lifelong benefits. These will be
leaders, with proven commitment, from our
existing Spot communities.
15
Catalysts
trained
300+
wider
volunteers
5,000
Children &
Young People
Teachers, volunteers, parents and wider community
members, will benefit from the leadership training
provided to the Catalysts in their communities.
Students across the Catalyst communities will
benefit from the improved education standards that
the Catalysts will bring to their respective localities.
"My aim is to train young children to excel in their education and to
become change-makers in the community in the near future" - Imoro
Ruhia, a 2021 Cayalyst at Kalophin Spot, Northern Ghana
Each year 15 participants will go through our
CLEd training and mentorship programme.
They will then in turn have a significant
impact on a huge number of indirect
beneficiaries in their local communities -
from children and young people attending
their Spots, to other volunteers, community
leaders and more.
Former Catalyst, Yvonne Peters
Asamoning, (second from the left) leading
a female mentoring programme in
Kalpohin. She is now the EduSpots
Ghana Team Coorindator.
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6. Community
Engagement &
Team Building
Project
Management
Delivering CLEd
Face-to-face training sessions, including
our 5-day residential CLEd Academy that
takes place at the start of the programme.
Engaging and active workshops including
sessions on Learning to Learn, Wellbeing
and Pedagogy.
1:1 and group mentoring from an assigned
and dedicated CLEd Peer Mentor.
Peer to peer support.
Community-delivered action plans.
Access to up to 8000 cedis grant funding.
The programme comprises of 8 modules
delivered through a mixture of:
In total CLEd delivers more than 2000 training
contact hours over the 12 months programme.
The CLEd Modules
Communication
for Change
Child
Protection &
Inclusion
Literacy
Development
Education
Project
Design
Social
Entrepreneurship
& Fundraising
STEM
Education/
Advanced
Literacy
Additional
Sessions at
the CLEd
Academy
Participants working on a group activity at
the 5-day CLEd Academy this summer.
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7. Application Process
Certification Process
Any committed volunteer at one of our current Spots
can apply via a letter or video application.
Your written statement or video needs to explain how
you believe you, and your community, would benefit
from being part of the CLEd programme.
Applications should be sent to Yvonne Asamoning
(yasamoning@eduspots.org) by Sunday 16th January
There will be a short interview for all candidates
following the closing date, after which the fifteen
2022 CLEd will be selected.
Successful applicants will have:
Already shown strong volunteer engagement in
their communities;
Have the ability to complete the full 12 month
programme;
And will be committed and able to oversee
positive change in their communities during the
programme and into the future.
CLEd participants will be required to apply their newly-developed skills to
improve the educational impact and outcomes of their Spots during the
programme.
During the programme a member of the EduSpots team will visit participants'
and their community to provide support on the progress being made.
To obtain a ‘pass’ in each training module, at the end of the programme
participants will be required to write a report that demonstrates exactly how
they have applied the training to their community.
Participants can also apply to receive a 'distinction' in specific modules . To
obtain this, they must lead a presentation on their work, to be reviewed by
their leadership coach and peers.
Our 50 EduSpots
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8. Following CLEd Graduation
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All CLEd graduates will be given the chance to present on their work as part of
the annual EduSpots Volunteer Conference in December. Where the CLEd
graduation ceremony will also take place as part of this network wide event.
All Catalysts who successfully graduate from the programme can apply to
become paid CLEd Peer-Mentorsfor the next CLEd cohort. Successful graduates
will also be given an interview for any EduSpots staff jobs they apply for.
Those who graduate with distinction in Year 1 will be able to continue the
application of skills in their community and apply for a distinction in further
areas in Year 2. For exceptional graduates there will also be the opportunity to
apply for the highest level CLEd award of an overall CLEd distinction. They will
also be able to apply for a grant funding in Year 2.
All CLEd graduates will become part of our Catalyst-led CLEd alumni network.

9. Application and acceptance
The CLEd Timetable
December 2021-January 2022
February 2022
Februrary 2022
February 2022
March 2022
April 2022
10th May 2022
May 2022-December 2022
June 2022-December 2022
November 2022
Late-December 2022
Introductory session and induction
Participants' self-assessment and
impact surveys
Community and Spots needs
assessment
Coaching of participants, in relation
to individual aims and
community needs
5 Day residential CLEd Academy
Deadline for grant applications &
project proposals
Delivery of community
improvement plans
Community visits & project
updates
Final impact reports & presentations
on impact & learnings
Graduation Ceremony and
award of certificates
The training and mentorship of the CLEd Programme will last a full
year. The structure and dates of the Programme are as follows:
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10. Case Studies
University of Ghana student, Adu, is a leader of the Akumadan
Community Spot and one of Eduspots' 2021 Catalysts. In his words,
"The biggest thing I have taken away from CLEd is knowledge and
skills in project management" - something he has imparted to his
team in Akumadan to help "sustain, maintain, and develop our
project." He has also appreciated CLEd's collaborative approach,
telling us that "I have learnt from a lot of people in the group - I have
been interacting and chatting with others and taking ideas from
them."
From Ghana's Volta Region, Dennis is a professional teacher and
project leader at the Kodzi Community Spot. Dennis explains that
"what I have learned from the CLEd Programme about child
protection has been very important. I have been applying it in my
community and helping to advise the parents on the importance
of child safety." He has also "learnt a lot from the communication
aspect, especially how to communicate in different ways with the
children and how to engage the community," including "the
elderly people" of Kodzi.
Adu Boahen Carlos
Gloria Serwaa Addae
Dennis Doe
Professional teacher, Gloria, leads the Abofour Community Spot.
Since joining CLEd, she has found that her improved knowledge of
literacy development has "helped to develop the confidence of the
pupils" at her project. Like many others, Gloria recognises that she
no longer "tries to create all the change by myself" and has found
that "the more that you communicate with people who share
similar interests" to you, "the more changes you will create."

11. Case Studies
Ibrahim Nabila Adam is a professional teacher and leader of the
Kalpohin Community Spot. At the CLEd Academy, Ibrahmin told a
Ghanian press interviewer that "we have just had an engagement
with our Assembly Man" discussing ways to "reengage the interest
of the children in education following the pandemic". Having
been trained by the Academy, he told the interviewer that "when I
go back, we are going to serve some of these ideas to them so that
we can see how to make positive improvements to the situation."
Another 2021 Catalyst Benjamin is a professional teacher and
EduSpots volunteer in Elmina. Before CLEd, he explains, "I was doing
everything by myself but now the Academy has trained me to be an
open person that everyone can come to for ideas." Since his time at
the Academy, he and the other Catalysts have "all been talking and
learning more and more from each other." "CLEd has been amazing,"
he tells us, "I have really grown and become an awesome leader."
A nurse from Tamale in the north of Ghana, 2021 Catalyst, Nimatu
Abdul-Rahman, leads the Savelugu Community Spot. Confident
that, through CLEd, "a little change can cause a wide ripple, " Nimatu
is aware that "I am inspiring a lot, knowingly and unknowingly." She,
like many others, values the programme's collective strategy and
appreciates "the sharing of ideas," as well as "sharing our stories and
inspiring each other" - principles that lie at the very heart of CLEd.
Ibrahim Nabila Adam
Benjamin Nana Aikins
Nimatu Abdul-Rahman