The relationship between Cowan High School and the community of New Brighton stretches back six decades.
Cowan has strong anti-Apartheid ‘struggle’ credentials and produced many of New Brighton’s most prominent struggle leaders during the Apartheid era.
Right now the community faces a struggle of a different kind ... One of survival in the face of the worst economic crisis in living memory.
Unemployment is rife in New Brighton, crime and violence is on the rise and prospects are looking bleak.
Since the economic downturn began in 2008, many workers have been laid off. Many are parents of Cowan learners. Their financial capacity has come under pressure and many can no longer afford to pay school fees. Cowan has come under massive financial pressure.
Consequently Cowan pupils suffer through inferior education … the SGB does not have the funding necessary to pay for the services of desperately needed additional temporary teachers. Several teachers are sacrificing their time to voluntarily assist the learners without realistic expectation of remuneration.
Down the years Cowan has excelled in the areas of art and culture, but the deteriorating educational environment has had a detrimental impact on academic performance, which is reflected in a deteriorating pass-rate.
Although Cowan has been very successful in attracting funding for infrastructural projects … donors draw the line when it comes to salaries and wages which they see as a government responsibility.
A Department of Education representative made it very plain during the recent Strategic Planning process that Cowan should NOT expect the Department to bail them out ... because THAT is highly unlikely to happen.
The onus is thus on the Cowan Community: If you want a decent education, take responsibility for funding it yourselves.
It is a challenge which several learners have already shown a willingness to accept and confront.
It is from these humble beginnings that a GREAT idea was born. An idea set to transform a community.
This document provides an overview of the Convergence Academies initiative, which aims to help schools transition to a new culture of connected, participatory learning. The initiative partners with schools to build professional learning communities for teachers, create digital production spaces for students, and provide supports to help teachers design media-integrated learning units. The goal is to cultivate participatory agency in students by engaging them in connected, interest-driven learning through strategies like project-based learning and the strategic use of digital media and the "3Cs" framework of connect, consume, create.
EduToday is a proposed social educational platform that would allow users to both take and create online courses for free or for a fee. It aims to address limitations of existing platforms by offering a wider range of interactive learning tools and materials, and allowing anyone to publish educational content. The platform would integrate multimedia lessons, interactive modules, a knowledge library, communication tools, and gamification elements to provide an engaging learning experience. It seeks funding to further develop the platform and core courses, expand mobile access, and market the solution to educational institutions, businesses, authors and individual learners.
The Convergence Academies program aims to increase student engagement and achievement by integrating students' interests and informal learning experiences into the classroom using a "connected learning" approach. This is accomplished through Digital Ateliers that provide creative spaces for exploration with digital media and mentors, as well as redesigning instruction to incorporate more hands-on and interest-driven activities. An evaluation found that the program motivates students and improves attendance, GPAs, and 21st century skills among participants.
Putting the Social Back in Social Media: What Charter Leaders Need to KnowCharter School Capital
What are the top social platforms today and what are their relevance to your charter school's communications outreach? Learn best practices and potential policies.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, SnapChat ... With so many social channels today, how do you know which are the best for communicating? Learn about all the top social platforms and what they can do for your school's communication outreach to students, parents, staff and the community.
The document is a Request for Proposals from the Hive Fashion program, a two-year collaboration between youth organizations in New York City and Chicago focused on connecting teens to the fashion industry. The RFP aims to fund new programs that engage youth in creative production related to fashion or multimedia storytelling about fashion careers. Funded programs will help build the Hive's capacity for offering interest-driven, peer-supported learning experiences connected by shared themes. Grantees will also participate in sharing their experiences and lessons learned to help the network grow.
This document discusses preparing students to be global citizens. It provides context on the changing educational landscape and need for 21st century skills. Global problems require globally connected classrooms where students can collaborate across networks. The speaker advocates teaching students to be good local and global citizens through connected learning experiences and ensuring classrooms keep pace with how students live and learn online. Resources like the Global Education Conference can facilitate international projects to develop students' global competence.
This presentation was created as an interactive poster that was originally displayed on a 55 inch touchscreen at LILAC Conference in UCD. It showcases an online learning course for information professionals which ran for 14 weeks in 2015.
Learnstorm aims to bridge the gap between educational technology developers and end users by creating an online marketplace and social network that allows users to easily adopt new learning games and applications, while providing developers a platform to market, train users, and acquire customers for their educational technologies. The document outlines Learnstorm's approach and provides a sample user journey of how a student named Mary would interact with Learnstorm's tools and resources over the course of a day to enhance her learning experience.
This document provides an overview of the Convergence Academies initiative, which aims to help schools transition to a new culture of connected, participatory learning. The initiative partners with schools to build professional learning communities for teachers, create digital production spaces for students, and provide supports to help teachers design media-integrated learning units. The goal is to cultivate participatory agency in students by engaging them in connected, interest-driven learning through strategies like project-based learning and the strategic use of digital media and the "3Cs" framework of connect, consume, create.
EduToday is a proposed social educational platform that would allow users to both take and create online courses for free or for a fee. It aims to address limitations of existing platforms by offering a wider range of interactive learning tools and materials, and allowing anyone to publish educational content. The platform would integrate multimedia lessons, interactive modules, a knowledge library, communication tools, and gamification elements to provide an engaging learning experience. It seeks funding to further develop the platform and core courses, expand mobile access, and market the solution to educational institutions, businesses, authors and individual learners.
The Convergence Academies program aims to increase student engagement and achievement by integrating students' interests and informal learning experiences into the classroom using a "connected learning" approach. This is accomplished through Digital Ateliers that provide creative spaces for exploration with digital media and mentors, as well as redesigning instruction to incorporate more hands-on and interest-driven activities. An evaluation found that the program motivates students and improves attendance, GPAs, and 21st century skills among participants.
Putting the Social Back in Social Media: What Charter Leaders Need to KnowCharter School Capital
What are the top social platforms today and what are their relevance to your charter school's communications outreach? Learn best practices and potential policies.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, SnapChat ... With so many social channels today, how do you know which are the best for communicating? Learn about all the top social platforms and what they can do for your school's communication outreach to students, parents, staff and the community.
The document is a Request for Proposals from the Hive Fashion program, a two-year collaboration between youth organizations in New York City and Chicago focused on connecting teens to the fashion industry. The RFP aims to fund new programs that engage youth in creative production related to fashion or multimedia storytelling about fashion careers. Funded programs will help build the Hive's capacity for offering interest-driven, peer-supported learning experiences connected by shared themes. Grantees will also participate in sharing their experiences and lessons learned to help the network grow.
This document discusses preparing students to be global citizens. It provides context on the changing educational landscape and need for 21st century skills. Global problems require globally connected classrooms where students can collaborate across networks. The speaker advocates teaching students to be good local and global citizens through connected learning experiences and ensuring classrooms keep pace with how students live and learn online. Resources like the Global Education Conference can facilitate international projects to develop students' global competence.
This presentation was created as an interactive poster that was originally displayed on a 55 inch touchscreen at LILAC Conference in UCD. It showcases an online learning course for information professionals which ran for 14 weeks in 2015.
Learnstorm aims to bridge the gap between educational technology developers and end users by creating an online marketplace and social network that allows users to easily adopt new learning games and applications, while providing developers a platform to market, train users, and acquire customers for their educational technologies. The document outlines Learnstorm's approach and provides a sample user journey of how a student named Mary would interact with Learnstorm's tools and resources over the course of a day to enhance her learning experience.
The document describes the internal diagram for RNC connectivity in an MSC network. It explains that path IDs must be the same on the RNC and MSC sides to correlate the route. Each voice channel requires a unique path ID. Virtual paths divide bandwidth into fixed allocated portions, while virtual channels dynamically share bandwidth within a virtual path using a virtual channel identifier. An incident was created to modify the bandwidth and path ID between two nodes due to a mismatch in the path ID.
Frustrated commodity traders currently waste vast amounts of time and money on deals that statistically have a less than 1 in 10 chance of success. Triangle of Trade’s solution reverses those odds, and in the process offers us a true ‘blue ocean’ opportunity to create uncontested market space that will render current options obsolete and irrelevant.
The document outlines the Cowan GOOD to GREAT Programme which aims to use education, art, and local economic development to build community cohesion in New Brighton, South Africa. It proposes a collaborative approach between Cowan High School and its global alumni network to address issues like crime, unemployment, and poverty. The programme will focus on transforming academics, developing artistic talent, and kickstarting entrepreneurship to create sustainable livelihoods and reduce dependency. It provides details on the management team and funding requests to launch initial projects connecting the local community with global supporters.
The Cowan GOOD to GREAT Programme aims to reduce crime and unemployment in New Brighton, South Africa through education, art, and local economic development. The programme will transform Cowan High School academically, develop students' artistic talents, and kickstart a collaborative entrepreneurship model. It has support from the school and a global network of alumni. Securing seed funding of €15,000 would allow community engagement, crowdfunding, and administrative support to launch the initiative.
The document outlines a concept called Triangle of Trade that aims to facilitate successful commodity trades between African buyers and sellers. It proposes an online/offline platform that would:
1) Connect qualified buyers and sellers and allow them to securely complete deals through a facilitated mediation process.
2) Use a portion of revenues to fund a foundation called Regenesis that would support innovative African business ventures.
3) Operate through a website and physical facility that would verify parties, store confidential information, mediate negotiations, and ensure deals are completed properly.
This document is a price list from Nam Ngai Hong Industry Co., Ltd. for clear plastic boxes and containers. It lists 14 plastic packaging items including specifications, packaging details, pricing and shipping information. The price per item ranges from 25 Baht for small round and square boxes to 625 Baht for a large round container. Shipping is by 20-foot container with the maximum number of items and weight specified for each product. Contact information is provided for the import-export manager to place orders.
Dr. Surendran Parambadath is an Assistant Professor at Govt. Polytechnic College in Perinthalmanna, India. He was formerly a Post Doctoral Research Associate at Pusan National University in South Korea. The document provides information on the differences between organic and inorganic compounds, types of organic compounds including open chain, closed chain, aromatic and heterocyclic compounds. It also discusses properties like saturation, unsaturation and isomerism in organic chemistry.
This document outlines several key principles of insurance:
1) Utmost good faith requires full disclosure from insured parties and makes contracts void if facts are omitted or misrepresented.
2) Insurable interest requires that insured parties have a financial stake in the insured object/party.
3) Indemnity provides compensation proportional to actual losses up to the insured amount, but not for profiting from insurance.
This document provides information on various types of fuels including their classification, composition, and uses. It discusses natural/primary fuels like wood, coal, petroleum and natural gas. It also describes artificial/secondary fuels produced from primary fuels such as coke, kerosene, petrol and diesel. Liquid fuels mainly come from petroleum and its distillation fractions. Gaseous fuels discussed include natural gas, water gas, producer gas, biogas, LPG and CNG. The characteristics of good fuels and fuel values are also summarized.
The document summarizes a presentation about Ubuntu and how crowdsourcing is transforming business. It discusses challenges with traditional capitalism and how new paradigms like Sensorica and Capricorn use open collaboration, peer production, and reward mechanisms. Capricorn aims to create a modular water treatment system to address water scarcity using crowdfunding, by connecting mavens, connectors, and salespeople to develop solutions through the crowd.
The document discusses different types of electrochemical cells including primary cells that produce electricity from non-reversible chemical reactions and secondary cells that can be recharged by passing electricity in the opposite direction of the spontaneous reaction. Examples of primary cells discussed include Daniel, mercury, dry, and alkaline cells, while examples of secondary cells include lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, and lithium-ion batteries. The working and reactions of common cells like lead-acid, alkaline, and dry cells are also explained.
Malcolm Gladwell's classic, "The Tipping Point" has always been a major inspiration for me. The book is written in a very chatty, conversational style that masks the underlying logic and structure of Gladwell's "argument". In this presentation I have tried to strip it down to its bare bones ... and added a few thoughts of my own.
I believe that between the covers of "The Tipping Point" ... Malcolm Gladwell provides us with three of the key components for a "Dream Lean-Startup Team"
The document discusses the African philosophy of Ubuntu. It emphasizes community and sees individuals as defined by their relationships and interdependence with others. The philosophy promotes mutual support, consensus building, and collaboration for the good of both individuals and society. Ubuntu presents an alternative to Western individualism and economic models like capitalism or socialism by focusing on solidarity and interdependence over independence.
This document provides an overview of various types of environmental pollution including air, water, soil, noise, thermal, and radioactive pollution. It discusses the causes and effects of each type of pollution and potential methods for prevention and control. The key points covered are:
1. It defines pollution and categorizes it into six main types: air, water, soil, noise, thermal, and radioactive pollution.
2. For each type of pollution, it discusses sources, harmful effects, and potential approaches to prevention and control such as reducing contaminants at the source, modifying processes, and proper treatment and disposal.
3. It emphasizes the need to control pollution through approaches like proper industrial siting, waste treatment, aff
The document discusses adsorption, which is the accumulation of molecules on the surface of solids or liquids. It defines key terms like adsorbate, adsorbent, desorption, and occlusion. The document also distinguishes between physisorption and chemisorption, and notes factors that influence adsorption like surface area, temperature, and pressure. Some applications of adsorption are mentioned as well, such as in gas masks, vacuum production, water softening, catalysis, petroleum refining, and chromatography.
The Deloitte M&A Index is a forward-looking indicator that forecasts future global M&A deal volumes and identifies the factors influencing conditions for dealmaking.
This document outlines plans for a new educational project called Concordia Colleges. It discusses the vision to provide a nurturing environment that transforms students into confident leaders. The mission is to offer world-class, innovative education at an affordable cost using new technologies like tablets. It also discusses marketing strategies around the 4 P's of product, price, place, and promotion. Specific strategies are proposed to enhance enrollment at the Gulberg campus including expanding fields of study, using social media, and ensuring educational excellence.
This document provides guidance for schools applying for a Learning Commons grant. The grant aims to support the development of physical and virtual spaces that promote active, engaged learning for all members of the school community. It encourages schools to redesign their library programs through collaborative discussions. The grant includes funding and equipment to create Learning Commons spaces with iPads, cameras, and other technology. It also funds staff development and requires schools to form teams to implement goals, assess outcomes, and share results with other schools.
The document outlines the vision, mission, philosophy and core values of Tagoloan Community College. It then provides details about a Foundation in Social Studies course, including the course description, objectives, content outline and learning plan.
The course explores concepts of people, activities, locations and patterns of human activity from a historical lens. It examines the diversity of interconnections between people and places in a globalizing world.
The learning plan lists weekly topics such as land use, economic valuation, climate change and space/place relationships. It describes teaching methods like group work and assessments including a research paper. The goal is for students to understand places and landscapes in a changing world.
The document describes the internal diagram for RNC connectivity in an MSC network. It explains that path IDs must be the same on the RNC and MSC sides to correlate the route. Each voice channel requires a unique path ID. Virtual paths divide bandwidth into fixed allocated portions, while virtual channels dynamically share bandwidth within a virtual path using a virtual channel identifier. An incident was created to modify the bandwidth and path ID between two nodes due to a mismatch in the path ID.
Frustrated commodity traders currently waste vast amounts of time and money on deals that statistically have a less than 1 in 10 chance of success. Triangle of Trade’s solution reverses those odds, and in the process offers us a true ‘blue ocean’ opportunity to create uncontested market space that will render current options obsolete and irrelevant.
The document outlines the Cowan GOOD to GREAT Programme which aims to use education, art, and local economic development to build community cohesion in New Brighton, South Africa. It proposes a collaborative approach between Cowan High School and its global alumni network to address issues like crime, unemployment, and poverty. The programme will focus on transforming academics, developing artistic talent, and kickstarting entrepreneurship to create sustainable livelihoods and reduce dependency. It provides details on the management team and funding requests to launch initial projects connecting the local community with global supporters.
The Cowan GOOD to GREAT Programme aims to reduce crime and unemployment in New Brighton, South Africa through education, art, and local economic development. The programme will transform Cowan High School academically, develop students' artistic talents, and kickstart a collaborative entrepreneurship model. It has support from the school and a global network of alumni. Securing seed funding of €15,000 would allow community engagement, crowdfunding, and administrative support to launch the initiative.
The document outlines a concept called Triangle of Trade that aims to facilitate successful commodity trades between African buyers and sellers. It proposes an online/offline platform that would:
1) Connect qualified buyers and sellers and allow them to securely complete deals through a facilitated mediation process.
2) Use a portion of revenues to fund a foundation called Regenesis that would support innovative African business ventures.
3) Operate through a website and physical facility that would verify parties, store confidential information, mediate negotiations, and ensure deals are completed properly.
This document is a price list from Nam Ngai Hong Industry Co., Ltd. for clear plastic boxes and containers. It lists 14 plastic packaging items including specifications, packaging details, pricing and shipping information. The price per item ranges from 25 Baht for small round and square boxes to 625 Baht for a large round container. Shipping is by 20-foot container with the maximum number of items and weight specified for each product. Contact information is provided for the import-export manager to place orders.
Dr. Surendran Parambadath is an Assistant Professor at Govt. Polytechnic College in Perinthalmanna, India. He was formerly a Post Doctoral Research Associate at Pusan National University in South Korea. The document provides information on the differences between organic and inorganic compounds, types of organic compounds including open chain, closed chain, aromatic and heterocyclic compounds. It also discusses properties like saturation, unsaturation and isomerism in organic chemistry.
This document outlines several key principles of insurance:
1) Utmost good faith requires full disclosure from insured parties and makes contracts void if facts are omitted or misrepresented.
2) Insurable interest requires that insured parties have a financial stake in the insured object/party.
3) Indemnity provides compensation proportional to actual losses up to the insured amount, but not for profiting from insurance.
This document provides information on various types of fuels including their classification, composition, and uses. It discusses natural/primary fuels like wood, coal, petroleum and natural gas. It also describes artificial/secondary fuels produced from primary fuels such as coke, kerosene, petrol and diesel. Liquid fuels mainly come from petroleum and its distillation fractions. Gaseous fuels discussed include natural gas, water gas, producer gas, biogas, LPG and CNG. The characteristics of good fuels and fuel values are also summarized.
The document summarizes a presentation about Ubuntu and how crowdsourcing is transforming business. It discusses challenges with traditional capitalism and how new paradigms like Sensorica and Capricorn use open collaboration, peer production, and reward mechanisms. Capricorn aims to create a modular water treatment system to address water scarcity using crowdfunding, by connecting mavens, connectors, and salespeople to develop solutions through the crowd.
The document discusses different types of electrochemical cells including primary cells that produce electricity from non-reversible chemical reactions and secondary cells that can be recharged by passing electricity in the opposite direction of the spontaneous reaction. Examples of primary cells discussed include Daniel, mercury, dry, and alkaline cells, while examples of secondary cells include lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, and lithium-ion batteries. The working and reactions of common cells like lead-acid, alkaline, and dry cells are also explained.
Malcolm Gladwell's classic, "The Tipping Point" has always been a major inspiration for me. The book is written in a very chatty, conversational style that masks the underlying logic and structure of Gladwell's "argument". In this presentation I have tried to strip it down to its bare bones ... and added a few thoughts of my own.
I believe that between the covers of "The Tipping Point" ... Malcolm Gladwell provides us with three of the key components for a "Dream Lean-Startup Team"
The document discusses the African philosophy of Ubuntu. It emphasizes community and sees individuals as defined by their relationships and interdependence with others. The philosophy promotes mutual support, consensus building, and collaboration for the good of both individuals and society. Ubuntu presents an alternative to Western individualism and economic models like capitalism or socialism by focusing on solidarity and interdependence over independence.
This document provides an overview of various types of environmental pollution including air, water, soil, noise, thermal, and radioactive pollution. It discusses the causes and effects of each type of pollution and potential methods for prevention and control. The key points covered are:
1. It defines pollution and categorizes it into six main types: air, water, soil, noise, thermal, and radioactive pollution.
2. For each type of pollution, it discusses sources, harmful effects, and potential approaches to prevention and control such as reducing contaminants at the source, modifying processes, and proper treatment and disposal.
3. It emphasizes the need to control pollution through approaches like proper industrial siting, waste treatment, aff
The document discusses adsorption, which is the accumulation of molecules on the surface of solids or liquids. It defines key terms like adsorbate, adsorbent, desorption, and occlusion. The document also distinguishes between physisorption and chemisorption, and notes factors that influence adsorption like surface area, temperature, and pressure. Some applications of adsorption are mentioned as well, such as in gas masks, vacuum production, water softening, catalysis, petroleum refining, and chromatography.
The Deloitte M&A Index is a forward-looking indicator that forecasts future global M&A deal volumes and identifies the factors influencing conditions for dealmaking.
This document outlines plans for a new educational project called Concordia Colleges. It discusses the vision to provide a nurturing environment that transforms students into confident leaders. The mission is to offer world-class, innovative education at an affordable cost using new technologies like tablets. It also discusses marketing strategies around the 4 P's of product, price, place, and promotion. Specific strategies are proposed to enhance enrollment at the Gulberg campus including expanding fields of study, using social media, and ensuring educational excellence.
This document provides guidance for schools applying for a Learning Commons grant. The grant aims to support the development of physical and virtual spaces that promote active, engaged learning for all members of the school community. It encourages schools to redesign their library programs through collaborative discussions. The grant includes funding and equipment to create Learning Commons spaces with iPads, cameras, and other technology. It also funds staff development and requires schools to form teams to implement goals, assess outcomes, and share results with other schools.
The document outlines the vision, mission, philosophy and core values of Tagoloan Community College. It then provides details about a Foundation in Social Studies course, including the course description, objectives, content outline and learning plan.
The course explores concepts of people, activities, locations and patterns of human activity from a historical lens. It examines the diversity of interconnections between people and places in a globalizing world.
The learning plan lists weekly topics such as land use, economic valuation, climate change and space/place relationships. It describes teaching methods like group work and assessments including a research paper. The goal is for students to understand places and landscapes in a changing world.
The "I Have A Dream" Foundation empowers low-income children to achieve higher education through guaranteed tuition support and skills development. Its mission is to help students gain access to college to change their academic and life trajectories, and impact future generations. The foundation provides resources, support systems, and leadership to help students become college-ready and succeed in higher education and beyond.
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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.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE RISE: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE - By Ellen Shiple...desis_uk
This document discusses UnLtd, an organization that supports social entrepreneurs in the UK. It provides an overview of UnLtd's history and vision of backing people who can transform the world for social and environmental benefit. UnLtd supports around 1,000 people each year starting ventures and 50 scaling ventures with cash awards and support. It also works with higher education institutions to develop social entrepreneurship programs and support staff and students in launching social ventures. The document outlines UnLtd's past work with higher education through two phases of a partnership program and proposes priorities for a third phase to further develop an ecosystem of support across institutions, communities, and partnerships.
The WE Foundation aims to mobilize talent and knowledge across borders to solve global challenges. It identifies skilled individuals willing to collaborate on solutions and serves as a bridge between expertise and implementation. Key activities include running collaborative problem-solving programs called Solution Vortexes, coordinating cross-disciplinary solution teams, and maintaining design hubs around the world. Current projects address issues like malaria treatment in the DR Congo, poverty through biofuel in the DR Congo, and youth empowerment in North Africa.
The Coquitlam Open Learning Inquiry Hub is a new full-time program for grades 8-12 students starting in September 2012. It provides an innovative, technology-driven environment that allows students to pursue their own interests and learning goals through inquiry-based projects on themes like community issues and sustainability. Students will explore their questions with guidance from teachers and peers, then share what they've learned through presentations, blogs and other digital tools. The program emphasizes collaboration, design thinking, and networking to spark creativity.
This Strategic Partnership Proposal was commissioned to examine the ways in which the Vibank Community Group (VCG) can work with the Prairie Valley School Division (PVSD) & Vibank Regional School Community Council (SCC) and surrounding communities to further enhance community development, involvement and growth.
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This document outlines Jisc's visions for 2020 and how they developed those visions. It discusses key points from each vision, including data, student/learner control, AI and automation, staff skills, and more. It also notes how Jisc's current portfolio partly delivers the visions and how they can add to the portfolio. The document encourages readers to get involved and provides contact information.
The strategic vision outlines a commitment to developing the Hundred of Hoo School into the educational, cultural and social welfare hub for the communities it serves. It aims to build partnerships that empower community members and contribute to the wider area.
The document details strategies for engaging with partner schools and the community. With schools, it focuses on transition support, raising standards, and capacity building initiatives. With the community, it emphasizes lifelong learning, cultural opportunities, social welfare support, and empowering community leadership and self-sufficiency. Challenges include rationalizing programs in a new financial climate.
Annexes provide examples of current good practice with schools, a needs analysis matrix summarizing partner schools' strengths and challenges, and how the
Prime Academy is a proposed new school that aims to provide equitable and quality education for students in Puerto Galera, Philippines. The curriculum is designed to be learner-centered and produce holistic lifelong learners through its goals and objectives. Resources like human resources, materials, and financial support are outlined. Risks and contingencies are considered, and expected student outcomes include developing responsible citizens, critical thinkers, technologically literate individuals, effective communicators, and lifelong learners.
Flow India works at the intersection of Culture, Education and Technology with a people and planet-centred design focus. Our work emphasises on how to make the real-world and cultural capital accessible and relevant to educators and learners of all age groups and we have worked extensively on-the-ground and across the country.
The document discusses the PMI Educational Foundation and its programs and initiatives. It provides an overview of the Foundation's vision, mission and current programs including careers in project management, project management skills for life, and project management scholarships. It then outlines plans to expand the scope and impact of programs through endowing scholarships, project learning initiatives in primary/secondary schools, and humanitarian outreach through disaster-related project management.
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The document summarizes Beaver Country Day School's (BCDS) efforts to increase integration of multicultural competency development and social justice education into its curriculum and learning culture. BCDS aims to equip students with skills to communicate effectively in a diverse world, act as global citizens, and promote social change. The school is working on developing specific multicultural competencies, aligning curriculum with social justice goals, and providing real-world learning experiences through departments and the Hiatt Center for Social Justice Education.
The document contains summaries of projects completed by students for various nonprofit organizations. It includes the mission and vision statements of each organization, as well as a brief description of each project's objectives. There are multiple client organizations represented in the document.
This annual report summarizes the 2021-2022 school year for Millennium School. It highlights the school's resilience and success in navigating the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, including providing high-quality education, supporting students' well-being, and sustaining their mission. It also thanks donors and community members whose generosity helped provide $900,000 in financial assistance and support programs like teacher professional development and social-emotional learning. The report concludes by recognizing the school's sixth year of operations and accomplishments like graduating another class and expanding their Forum program.
The document summarizes the intermediate evaluation of a leadership and education innovation programme run by the Varkey Foundation in Argentina. It conducted surveys of programme participants and non-participants to evaluate the impact.
For participants, surveys measured satisfaction with the programme and self-reported changes in leadership competencies. For non-participants, a survey assessed changes in school environment and teaching practices under principals who participated.
The results showed high participant satisfaction with the programme. Participant surveys also indicated growth in perceived leadership skills. For non-participants, results suggested improvements in areas like teacher collaboration and innovative teaching methods in schools led by programme graduates. Overall, the evaluation found the programme was positively impacting both participants and their schools.
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1. Co-creating Cowan
The Cowan High School GOOD to GREAT
Programme
Prototyping an innovative new community “collaboration” solution.
SOCIAL COHESION THROUGH EDUCATION, ART and LOCAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT…
“Sharing UBUNTU with the WORLD”.
2. Hypothesis: The school as the hub of
a unique global community:
• Every school is a unique institution, drawing together a large and random
crowd of people … and moulding them into a “community” based on
their shared experience of school life;
• ‘Pride in one’s school’ invokes our first sense of ‘loyalty’ (beyond the
immediate family) … it is the glue that binds a disparate set of individuals
into a unique “community”;
• Eventually, former students will spread their wings and develop their
own individual networks … but still remain forever anchored and
emotionally attached to their school … the ‘safe space’ that shaped their
formative years;
• School is a powerful emotional anchor for many of us … it is from these
roots that a great tree will grow.
• The extended school community provides a huge resource pool of
imagination, skills, know-how and experience … it is the school’s unique
“Crowd” … a global network that, if it can be effectively harnessed, has
the potential to provide answers to virtually any problem we’ll ever need
to face.
3. Cowan High School : Introducing the
G2G Programme
• Cowan High School is an impoverished but inspired
township school in a struggling community ... located
within line-of-sight of Port Elizabeth’s iconic 2010
World Cup soccer stadium.
• The Cowan G2G Programme is an initiative conceived
in collaboration with a great bunch of kids from Cowan
High School in New Brighton who decided to rise above
“average” and instead be the VERY BEST they could be..
• Cowan has a proud history of achievement … but
instead of resting on its laurels … the Cowan
Community consciously decided to transform their
school … from GOOD to GREAT.
4. The school as a Open Collaborative
Networking hub
The success of The Cowan High School G2G concept depends on our ability
to nurture and develop a local “community” and provide it with global
outreach.
We choose to anchor our community to a local school because we believe
that a school has several unique attributes from a networking perspective:
• Every school is the hub of its own unique community.
• As we connect up the school’s community we initiate an ever-expanding
social network, whose ‘reach’ is global.
• Using social networking principles, we can grow , inter-connect,
structure and manage ‘our’ school’s community.
• By ensuring that goals are agreed, individual programmes and projects
are aligned … we’ll all work together to mutual advantage
Think about it … the ‘old-boys club’ of various elite schools shapes the future
success of everyone who passes through those hallowed portals. Although
our motives are more altruistic, this seems a sound principle to build on.
We simply speed up and formularise the process.
5. Cowan’s Unique Strengths and
Opportunities
• The school’s most obvious current ‘strength’ is in the
performing arts, where they have a number highly
talented vocal performers in the school’s sublime (and
award-winning) choir;
• The school’s financially-challenged neighbourhood
community offers a wealth of accessible skills and know-
how (particularly in the area of manufacturing … thanks to
industrial lay-offs and a weakening local economy) that can
be translated into marketable products;
• The Cowan Kids through their rapidly developing social
networking skills, hold the key to shifting the focus to the
global market.
6. Modelling our approach
The Cowan G2G Programme focuses
attention on three separate areas:
• Education;
• Art; and
• Entrepreneurship
Each is an independent project in its own
Academic Art and
right, but their objectives are closely Culture
aligned and integrated. Components are
designed to interact holistically to achieve
the common vision and the broader aims
and objectives of the programme.
In our model, Integration happens
horizontally, vertically an laterally, and
from a right-brain, left-brain and total- Entrepreneurship
brain perspective … to encourage a cross
pollination of ideas across different
disciplines
7. Programme Aims
• Academically, we WILL transform Cowan into a
great educational institution with results that
rival and even surpass the finest “elite” schools in
the area;
• Artistically, we WILL develop the latent talent
present in the area and the surrounding
community into a world-class incubator of
original artistic thought and expression;
• Entrepreneurially, we WILL kick-start a new kind
of vibrant and cohesive local community
economy, with everyone supporting one another
… in the TRUE spirit of UBUNTU.
8. Programme Objective 1: Academic
• To retrain every Cowan educator in modern interactive,
experiential teaching methods to internationally recognised
standards … thereby empowering them to practice their skills
using available resources and within the budgetary constraints
imposed on all public high schools.
• In recognition of the fact that 50% of matriculants will not find
jobs in the formal sector by the age of 24, to prepare all
Cowanites for a different future … via a rounded education
that values thinking skills, creative expression and
entrepreneurial effectiveness.
• To adapt the curriculum to address not only academic
effectiveness … but simultaneously to look at the practical
needs of the students and how these can be aligned to the
outcomes of the other legs of this programme.
9. Programme Objective 2: Art and Culture
• To identify talented members of the school’s
“creative community” in all disciplines and
nurture, develop and hone their artistic skills to
the highest international standards:
• To provide a platform to expose these emerging
talents to a global market … and help them to
exploit opportunities to the benefit of the
individual artists concerned;
• To simultaneously raise funds for the school and
various innovative collaborative initiatives linked
to the Cowan G2G programme in the areas of
Education, Art, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
10. Programme Objective 3: Entrepreneurship
• To empower the Cowan developing and activating the
entrepreneurial skills and resources of its COMMUNITY, both
local and global.
• To unveil and pilot a unique UBUNTU-inspired
COLLABORATIVE entrepreneurship model that spurs REAL
Local Economic Development at community level with the aim
of transforming the local economy and making it self-
sustainable and able to absorb much of its existing and
emerging manpower.
• To position our projects to tap into a large existing reservoir of
funding geared towards youth entrepreneurship and SMME
development
• To provide financial benefits in proportion to each member’s
inputs ... not as employees, but as shareholders in a series of
innovative, sustainable and profitable new ventures.
11. Current Status of the Programme
• The G2G Programme has the keen support of The
School Principal, Trevor Dolley … as well as the
School Governing Body and Educational staff;
• The G2G Programme has an active and
enthusiastic presence on Facebook involving
mostly present and past students;
• Our global group of “Friends of Cowan” are
actively involved with the planning and
implementation of various projects;
12. Immediate Challenges to confront:
• With a strong core group in place, our first challenge is
to persuade the broader Cowan Community of the
concrete benefits of constructive participation in the
programme, how it will benefit themselves personally
… while transforming their old alma mater, Cowan High
School … from GOOD to GREAT.
• Our second challenge is to enable effective
collaboration … by Crowdfunding the development of
the web-architecture to successfully connect the
Cowan G2G core-group with our Community on
various levels … from local to the school’s global
diaspora, via Facebook and our own unique
collaboration platform.
13. Immediate Priorities
Component Purpose Timeframe
1. Community Support thus stimulated via the Cowan G2G
support and Facebook group. Required: a programme of
buy-in. meetings, workshops, focus groups , etc. to extend November,
buy-in to ALL key stakeholder groups. December 2012
2. Funding for Proposal by Tony Pearce has been submitted to December 2012
“Academic“ Adopt-a-Schools. Requires support from
Leg. stakeholders .
3. Funding to 1. Seed-funding to enhance logistics and secure December 2012
kick-start buy-in ; and to kick start Crowdfunding campaign;
programme. 2. Crowdfunding campaign to develop website with December 2012
collaboration tools ; various early stage activities
of the programme.
3. Cowan DVD to fund the needs of the school and March 2013
fund entrepreneurial activities.
4. Website Multi-purpose Internet platform to facilitate January 2013
Collaboration
14. Core Management Team (1)
• Ian Bentley: Visionary Innovator and social-entrepreneur. Ubuntu
Entrepreneurship originator. Strategic Planner and Concept
originator. G2G group moderator on Facebook … Role: Programme
Integrator and Co-ordinator.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=32423647&trk=tab_pro
• Tony Pearce: Passionate UK-based educationalist and experiential
teaching expert. Doctoral dissertation on education in New
Brighton. Driving force behind “Red Location Choir”… Role: Project
Co-ordinator: Academic Leg.
• Yvette Dubel: Celebrated American Artist and Innovator. Cultural
Fusion and Community Change Management expert, Specialist
in“Applied Art-based Solutions”. Founder: “Context Magazine” ...
Role: Project co-ordinator: Art and Culture Leg.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4004093&locale=en_US&trk=tyah
15. Core Management Team (2)
• Tiberius Brastaviceanu: Based in Montreal, Canada. Global
authority on collaborative business practice, p2p economy. Expert
on value networks, open innovation. Community and ecosystem
architect. Mentorship and support ... Role: Project Consultant:
Collaborative Entrepreneurship.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=12912528&locale=en_US&trk=tyah
• Deborah J Boyd: Based in Washington DC. Information technology
expert. Education expert. Super-connector. Fund raising strategist.
Organisation Architect … Role: Fundraising Co-ordinator.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=15863276&locale=en_US&trk=tyah
16. Conclusion:
• The current South African education model involves ‘force-feeding’ facts
to students that they are expected to somehow memorise. Successful
ones will get to university. The balance will be on the street searching for
a job. Either way the future does not look rosy.
• Our approach is holistic. We will empower our children to be the very
best that they can be … providing a rounded education, with problem-
solving skills on a par with anywhere in the world.
• Students with artistic talents will be inspired to utilise them … likewise
those who demonstrate entrepreneurial acumen.
• Project teams built around a combination of passion, skill and know-how
will begin to transform the way that things are done in New Brighton.
• It’s a win/win solution where ALL who actively participate will be
rewarded for their contribution and share in the long-term benefits.
It’s an UBUNTU-powered DREAM whose time has come.