Family Learning Big Picture of the Big Impact Oslo September 2005 Juliette Collier

1. Family Learning Big Picture of the Big Impact Oslo September 2005 Juliette Collier Head of Family Learning jcollier@cflearning.org.uk

2. Family LearningThe Rocket Fuel Effect • Holistic approach promotes positive cultural shifts • Environmental change to break through institutional improvement ceiling - Children spend only 15% of waking time at school • Non-threatening opportunities for adults to develop confidence, support their children and become inspired to learn themselves

3. Family Learning Family Learning is like water Turn on the tap!

4. Promoting Parental Involvement “High levels of parental expectation, consistent encouragement and actions to enhance learning opportunities in the home were all positively associated with students’ high aspirations and college enrolments – this regardless of students’ SES or ethnic background. Catsambis 2001 ” Detailed information- DfES documents: Ref: PICE/IPRA and Ref: LEA/0339/2003

5. Developing a Passion for LearningReaching Hearts and Minds Why would you revisit an experience that was, at best irrelevant, at worst humiliating?

6. National Family Learning Network • Partnership venture between Campaign for Learning, ContinYou, NIACE • Set up in 2001 • Free support and information for Family Learning Practitioners • Government funding from national LSC since 2003

7. 3 National Conferences • Free membership –5,600 existing members • Central resource for Family Learning launched 1st April 2004 on www.familylearningnetwork.com • Ask Us facility

8. Building Partnerships NIACEMLA BBC ContinYou PESFNLT BSA Fathers Direct Welsh Family Learning Strategic Alliance OLSU LSC .&……

9. Family Learning Week8th -16thOctober 2005 • Campaign for Learning • over 7,800 events last year • Support Services include: • Planning Conferences • Funding Directory • Specialist Guides • Branded Resources

10. Family Learning Week • Raising Awareness • Fantastic opportunity to promote Family Learning • National and Regional PR • New audiences • New funding opportunities • Strength in numbers!

11. Extending the piloted local infrastructures • Developing and testing a range of delivery models • Developing or adapting additional programme and promotion materials • Disseminating effective practice

12. Libraries:The Quiet Revolution New Resources New Opportunities New Focus New Audiences Change Perceptions?

13. ‘Better outcomes for children are virtually impossible without a family approach’ Naomi Eisenstadt Director Sure Start Unit

14. Extended Schools ‘An extended school is one that provides a range of services and activities often beyond the school day to help meet the needs of its pupils, their families and the wider community’ 2003-2006 to create up to 240 full service extended schools and to support the developmentof extended services in other schools.

15. Learning to Learn 3 Year Action Research Project Campaign for Learning and Newcastle University Parental Involvement has had huge measurable impact

16. Offenders July 2004 OLSU Mapping Family Learning Provision January 2005 Pathfinder Project March 2005 Guidance for HOLS

17. ReachingNew Audiences • Breaking intergenerational cycles • Providing strong motivational messages • Offering learner centred, non-threatening, non-judgemental learning opportunities • Developing sustainable partnerships to offer progression