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Information Seminar

Information Seminar. Tuesday 11 th October 2011 16.30 hours Holyrood Secondary School. Programme. Welcome & the Holyrood Experience Tom McDonald – Head Teacher, Holyrood Secondary School Malawi: A Young Person’s Experience Sophie Harker – S6 Student, Holyrood Secondary School

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Information Seminar

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  1. Information Seminar Tuesday 11th October 2011 16.30 hours Holyrood Secondary School

  2. Programme • Welcome & the Holyrood Experience Tom McDonald – Head Teacher, Holyrood Secondary School • Malawi: A Young Person’s Experience Sophie Harker – S6 Student, Holyrood Secondary School • My Journey, My Experience, My Vision Maureen McKenna – Executive Director of Education • The MLOL Programme: A Few Facts Les McLean – Quality Improvement Officer (Glasgow 2014)

  3. Malawi - ‘the warm heart of Africa’

  4. Where is it?

  5. Some facts • Population 15.6 million • Major languages: English, Chichewa • Life expectancy: 56 years (men), 57 years (women) • Main exports: Tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton • GNI per capita: US $280 compared to South Africa’s GNI per capita: US $5,770 and UK’s GNI per capita: US $41,520 (World Bank, 2009)

  6. Education • Highly valued – Government priority • Children start at age 6 • Primary for 8 years • Secondary for 4 years • In order to progress to the next year you have to pass exams. If you don’t pass then you repeat the year • Very little early years provision – not within remit of Ministry of Education

  7. Challenges for Education • Not enough schools • Not enough classrooms – children taught outside, sent home during rainy season • Not enough toilets/pit latrines • Not enough teachers • Almost no resources – textbooks, jotters, paper, pencils • Huge drop off rate from standard 1 to standard 8 as children have to work at home looking after siblings, working in fields or early pregnancy in girls

  8. Holyrood Project • 4 years of senior pupils going to Malawi • Improving infrastructure • Building classrooms and painting rooms, including learning resources on the walls Holyrood and other schools across the city • Sending out backpacks • Raising money for Mary’s Meals

  9. Lord Provost’s Malawi Fund • Improving ICT resources • Health projects – building clinics • Support from Access and City Building • Mary’s Meals

  10. Mary’s Meals • Working in a range of countries • Feeding programs in primary schools • Run by Mother Groups • Delivering backpacks to primary school pupils • Supporting volunteers to run early childhood development centres for under 6s – feeding them twice a day • Increasing the number of children coming to school

  11. Malawi Leaders of Learning • In partnership with Link Community Development • Ages 6 to 18 – primary and secondary • Literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing • School improvement planning • Building the capacity of staff in Malawi to improve learning and teaching • Working with Mother Groups, School Management Committees – the local community

  12. Malawi Leaders of Early Learning • In partnership with Mary’s Meals • Extend the number of centres for under 6s which feed children and help get them ready to learn • Continue to help them extend the feeding programs in primary schools

  13. Building capacity by investing in Malawi • Employ a project manager • Background in education who would be line managed by Sr Eunice • Mentored by Link Community Development Malawi • Work with schools, teachers, primary education advisers to improve school improvement planning • Make arrangements for Malawi Leaders of Learning • Identify schools and areas of improvement, including access to electricity through Solar Connect

  14. Solar Connect

  15. What next • Steering group here and in Malawi • Communications plan • Fund raising plan • Applications being sought for first team – spring 2012 • Cordia continue to support Mary’s Meals • Access continue to support ICT through LP

  16. Eligibility • Focus Year 1: Secondary & Primary teachers + Active Schools Co-ordinators • Other sectors & roles considered for Year 2 onwards • Focus on staff on permanent contract • Issues for temporary staff & probationers

  17. Training & Support • Leadership • Team building • Fundraising • Preparing for the journey • Strategies for working in schools • Being resilient • Promoting global citizenship • Vision for the future • Legacy • Working with other cohorts

  18. Timescales • Applications 31st October • Consideration of Applications 11th November • Pre-selection Training 19th November • Selection Day 22nd November • 2012 Cohort of MLOLs Announced 1st December • Training Programme February – May 2012 combination of twilight & Saturday • MLOLs to Malawi June – July 2012 5 weeks

  19. Applications • Application Form available today • Electronic copy will be e-mailed to you • Sections C, D & E – crucial • Section G – commitment (time & money) • Sections H & I – personal information • Section J – line manager’s support • To Susan Aitchison by 31st October

  20. Follow Our Journey www.glasgoweducationmlol.org.uk Contact Us GCCMLOL@glasgow.gov.uk

  21. Questions

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