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Schools & communities. Alan Dyson Centre for Equity in Education University of M anchester d.a.dyson@manchester.ac.uk. Reconnecting with an old tradition. Henry Morris, Cambridgeshire, 1925. A modern version. http://www.hcz.org/home. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES
Alan DysonCentre for Equity in Education
University of Manchesterd.a.dyson@manchester.ac.uk
Reconnecting with an old tradition
Henry Morris,Cambridgeshire, 1925
http://www.hcz.org/home
A modern version
One of our core beliefs is that in poor communities where, literally, all of the institutions are failing children, you can’t do one thing and expect you’ll solve the issue of scale. I mean, you can save some children with an early intervention programme, and you can save some children if you work with addicted mothers, and you can save some children if you have after-school programs. But if you start talking about how you’re going to save most of the children, you have to do all those things, and do them over the long term, and you have to make sure you count how many children actually received those services.
The HCZ pipeline
Saskatchewan SchoolPlus
The English version?
Some reasonable expectations• Student learning: Community school students show significant and widely evident
gains in academic achievement and in essential areas of nonacademic development.
• Family engagement: Families of community school students show increased stability, communication with teachers and school involvement. Parents demonstrate a greater sense of responsibility for their children’s learning success.
• School effectiveness: Community schools enjoy stronger parent-teacher relationships, increased teacher satisfaction, a more positive school environment and greater community support.
• Community vitality: Community schools promote better use of school buildings, and their neighborhoods enjoy increased security, heightened community pride, and better rapport among students and residents.
• BUT – no quick fix for raised attainments!(Blank et al., 2003)
Some key questions Is our initiative strategic or opportunistic? Is its focus on:
Children? Children and families? Children, families and community?
Is it focused on: Needs? Capacities Wishes? Opportunities?
Building a theory of change
Currentsituation
Actions
Stepsof change
Long termoutcomes
Analysing the current situation
Currentsituation
What are the issues in the current situation?What are the connections between them?What are the strengths in the current situation?Who says – and how do we know?
Specifying outcomes
How could things be different in 5-10 years?Who would benefit – and who says?
Long termoutcomes
Actions
Formulating action
What actions will produce the outcomes we want in the current situation?
How do we know?How will they be sustained?Who else needs to be involved?
Building a theory of changeFor each thing we do, how will things change
at firstnext
next….
How will we know these changes are happening?
Stepsof change
Useful information
http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/resources/2010/Logic-Model-Development-Guide.aspx
Cummings, C., Dyson, A., & Todd, L. (2011) Beyond the School Gates: Can full service and extended schools overcome disadvantage? (London, Routledge)
Centre for Equity in Education:http://www.education.manchester.ac.uk/research/centres/cee/
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