<APPLICATIONS CLOSED>: LEADING INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS IN EXTENDED EDUCATION

We at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship are committed to connecting committed individuals and organisations within the educational ecosystem in order to advance the positive impact on a learner’s holistic development. A critical mechanism to enable positive change is the building of strong networks of support through innovation and collaboration around the holistic education of the learner across the extended school day.

In light of this we have partnered with Dr. Allistair Witten, founding director of the Centre for the Community School at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the Western Cape Government’s After School Game Changer Initiative, to run the third iteration of the Leading Innovative Partnerships in Extended Education course. The course is aimed at developing high-quality innovative and collaborative relationships between key stakeholders within the educational ecosystem to build a coherent system of holistic learning and teaching support across the extended day.

Learn about how different education stakeholders are moving beyond individual action towards collective action, with the aim of creating coherent systems of support around the school across the extended school day. Schools alone cannot solve the issues within our education system and if change is to be realized, a collaborative effort is required from all stakeholders across the learning journey.

Course Information

This interactive five day course offers a rich learning experience that blends theory and practice with a focus on the latter. The course will take place on three consecutive Saturdays from 08:30 - 15:30 and two additional meeting days in 2019. Venues include The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business and UCT GSB MTN Solution Space Philippi Village. The course will cost R2750 pp (includes resources, lunch and teas), apply by 23 February 2019. Bursaries available on application.
 

COURSE  DATES & THEMES

• Day 1, Saturday 2 March: Leadership and the role of partnerships in Extended Education
• Day 2, Saturday 9 March: Partnerships, the community and defining quality
• Day 3, Saturday 16 March: Building and managing partnerships
• Day 4 & 5 (TBC): Strategy, visioning and the role of leadership in sustaining Partnerships

Key Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will have formed a deep and relevant understanding of:

• The broader contexts of education in South Africa and the functioning of schools in relation to these contexts;
• The importance of after school activities and extended education as a support to the educational core of teaching and learning;
• The role of the non-profit sector in supporting the work of schools through extra and co-curricular activities in creating opportunities to ignite learning and develop learners full potential;
• Best practice models which may act as a potential blueprint for future programmes;
• Collaborative and adaptive leadership;
• Education-focused partnerships based on reciprocity and mutual accountability within schools and communities.

Why attend?

This Executive Education course will equip leaders from schools, government departments, and social enterprises working with and around schools, with the tools and frameworks needed to develop innovative partnerships that improve the holistic development of learners in the after-school space.

We are putting out the call to a range of actors across the public, private and civil society sectors joined in common purpose to enhance the quality and equity of schooling in South Africa.