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Declan Dunne

Declan Dunne. CEO Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership. Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership. Who we are The Local Development Company for Ballymun Whitehall Core funded by the Department of Environment Community and Local Government through Pobal Our Board is drawn from State Agencies,

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Declan Dunne

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  1. Declan Dunne CEO Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership

  2. Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership Who we are • The Local Development Company for Ballymun Whitehall • Core funded by the Department of Environment Community and Local Government through Pobal • Our Board is drawn from • State Agencies, • Local Councillors, • Local People • IBEC • ICTU • Our Chair is Mary Taylor, Dublin City Council Area Manager

  3. We work to support children and families locallyparticularly the most distanced from education and the labour market In addition our core funding from the DECLG we are contracted by • The Department of Social Protection and deliver the Local Employment Service through the Job Centre • The Department of Social Protection and deliver the Tus Programme and the Back to Work Enterprise allowance • The Department of Children and Youth Affairs and The Atlantic Philanthropies to deliver the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme through youngballymun • The Department of Children and Youth Affairs through the Dublin City Childcare Committee to deliver its service through our Dublin North West Childcare Resource Service • The HSE to deliver the Childminding Advisory Service in Dublin North Central

  4. The Support Role of the PartnershipWe are support workers for our partners • We are a registered Charity • We act as the focus for the work of our partners • They choose to partner each other to deliver local solutions to the challenges local people face • Our Partners make decisions about what needs to happen • We help to make it happen • In this role we attend & support the administration and funding of the Principal’s Network activities

  5. School AttendanceWhy it is important • We know that good attendance has a positive impact on Educational outcomes • Poor attendance can result in poor levels of health, employment and income • It is a feature of social exclusion • It has long term individual and community impacts

  6. Do we care? When we recognise we have a challenge do we give in to.. ....“Nothing can be done!” • What are Parents Expectations? • What are Teachers Expectations? • What are Community Expectations? The power of expectations!

  7. A Whole Town Approach! Our children in our community! Many stakeholders, a whole town working together • Children and families • Excellent Local Schools • Dynamic Principals • NEWB, EWO’s, HSCL, SCPs, • Many Community Organisations • A broad range of State Agencies, Gardai, Doctors, Health professionals, City Council etc.

  8. Small Efforts by Many People make a Big Difference! What we learn from Marketing about Mobilising a Community • The power of attraction rather than direction • Pull rather than push strategies • Crowd sourcing • Empowering Individual Creativity • Acknowledging Everyone's effort

  9. Every child in every school Community initiatives tend to be... • Targeted • A small sample • In one or two places But this attendance initiative is... • Every child • In every class • In every school

  10. Chairs of the Principals NetworkTom Hickey, Paddy Fitzgerald, Marian Hackett and now Kate Hogan “Through the support of the Partnership, the Principals Network has moved from isolation to co-operation and hope in making a difference in the lives of young people in our area” Marian Hackett, Member of the Research Evaluation Advisory Group, former chairperson of the Principals Network and retired Principal Holy Spirit Girls National School

  11. Kate Hogan Chairperson Principals Network Principal Our Lady of Victories Boys National School

  12. Principals NetworkChair: Kate Hogan • Brendan Taaffe, Principal Virgin Mary Boys National School • DeaglanO'hAinle, Principal Scoil an tSeachtarLaoch • Elizabeth Shannon, Principal Our Lady of Victories Girls National School • Fiona Gallagher, Deputy Principal Trinity Comprehensive • GorettiSheane, Principal Holy Spirit Girls National School • Jacqui Caulfield, Principal Ballymun Youthreach • Joan McRory, Principal Our Lady of Victories Infants National School • Kate Hogan, Principal Our Lady of Victories Boys National School • Marie O'Brien, Principal St Josephs Junior National School • Mary Friel, Principal Mgt Aylward Community College • Mary Scanlan, Principal Virgin Mary Girls National School • Maura Doyle, Principal St Josephs Senior National School • Pat O'Dowd, Principal Trinity Comprehensive • Ray O'Diomsaigh, Principal GaelschoilBhaileMunna • Vivienne Bryan, Principal Holy Spirit Boys National School

  13. The Partnership and the Principals’ Network • Support and advice • Secretarial/financial • Induction programme for new teachers • Role of Education Programme Manager and the Attendance Initiative

  14. Attendance Actions • Adopted Best model • Raise awareness in school and in the community • Attendance promoter • Attendance Software • Attendance Care team

  15. The School Attendance Care Team The make up of the care team • School Attendance Software in each school • Reports on who’s doing well and who may need extra support • Regular Meetings • Which children we discuss • We look at patterns of attendance • We look at reasons for attendance and non attendance • We make plans for improvement

  16. The Attendance Promoter A School Attendance Promoter in each school • Ten hours a week in each school • Promoting, and encouraging attendance • Supporting, children • Supporting families • Supporting Teachers

  17. The Role of the Principal in School Attendance Principals Take the Leadership role in promoting school attendance • Therefore the whole school community know how important it is in our schools • There is room for individual classroom teachers creativity • The Principals Network reviews progress of the whole initiative periodically at its monthly meetings

  18. Our School DynamicOur Lady of Victories Boys National School • Children feel welcome • ‘Miss School Miss Out’ • Teachers • Attendance promoter • Rewards • Care team meetings

  19. Achievements • Increased attendance • Reduction in Numbers with 20+ absences • Reduction in numbers with chronic attendance • Awareness of importance of being in school

  20. Declan Dunne CEO Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership

  21. The Learning Shared Leadership and Individual Creativity • Policy alignment makes sense for families • All our children in our community • Attitudinal change and the power of expectations for good and ill • Colma’s Presentation will give fascinating insights into how it works and what's different about this approach

  22. Timely Local Information Data Collection & Fast and Cost Effective Evaluation:A key challenge to social change in Ireland How are we doing in our town? • What are the facts about where the problems are? • If we don’t know how each child, in each class, in each school is doing, how can we help? • Barriers of Boundaries, Data Protection and fear resolved through trust and a safe place to share. A credit to the Principals Network • Susan Bookle’s presentation will give an overview of the very rich data collected and the results of the initiative

  23. The National Picture The first Minister for Children and Youth Affairs! • Department’s approach acknowledged by OECD • NEWB within DCYA. Served on NEWB Board. • The new Child and Family Services Agency • Children's Services Committees • Everything is interlinked in the life of a child • Attendance as an indicator of positive family functioning • Clare’s Presentation will give the latest thinking from the NEWB

  24. Putting the Child at the Centre Children at home, at school, in their community • Supporting children and families • No one agency can do it! • Resources are limited, working together is the only way forward • Child development is a beautiful and complex thing • Everything is interlinked in the life of a child • Paul’s Presentation gives a hugely insightful window on the dynamics of child, family and community

  25. The Local Impact of the Attendance Initiative In just 2 Years.... • Ballymun has almost halved the gap in whole school attendance between Ballymun and the National average • Ballymun has almost halved the number of children with chronic non attendance • Attitudes to school attendance are changing • Children are keen to attend school

  26. Acknowledging The Attendance Initiative’s funders • The Local Community Development Programme funded by the Department of Environment Community and Local Government through Pobal • Rapid Dormant Accounts at the time funded by the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, now DECLG through Pobal • Individual Schools • The Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the NEWB School Completion Programme

  27. The Importance of your continued efforts!!!

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