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Programme Overview

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Day by Day

Click on the tabs below to see what’s happening each day during Shared Education Week

  • Monday 8th October
  • Tuesday 9th October
  • Wednesday 10th October
  • 'Community Day' Thursday 11th October
  • Friday 12th October

Monday 8th October

Launch Event – Girdwood Community Hub, Girdwood Avenue Belfast – 10am

Shared Education week will open with our launch event.  Attendees, representing schools, organisations involved in delivering and promoting Shared Education, and key stakeholders, will hear about the value, benefits and impact of Shared Education and will have a chance to see some of the work of local schools involved.

Barbara Ward (Convenor of the Shared Education Learning Forum) will speak about SELF’s work and introduce our keynote speakers, including senior officials from the Department of Education and the Education Authority, school leaders, pupils, parents and business representatives.

If you would like to attend this event, please email info@selfni.org

Tuesday 9th October

Shared Education Conferences

The Department of Education, in partnership with the Education Authority, The Atlantic Philanthropies and The Executive Office, is organising two one day conferences showcasing best practice in the delivery of the Shared Education Signature Project.  Attendees will participate in workshops led by those involved in shared education, on topics such as Shared Education in practice, effective leadership, high quality teaching and learning and community connections.  The key note speaker at the event will be Professor Paul Connolly, Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor, QUB who chaired the Ministerial Advisory Group on Advancing Shared Education.

Enquiries: SECR.Team@education-ni.gov.uk

Wednesday 10th October

Shared Education Conferences

The Department of Education, in partnership with the Education Authority, The Atlantic Philanthropies and The Executive Office, is organising two one day conferences showcasing best practice in the delivery of the Shared Education Signature Project.  Attendees will participate in workshops led by those involved in shared education, on topics such as Shared Education in practice, effective leadership, high quality teaching and learning and community connections.  The key note speaker at the event will be Professor Paul Connolly, Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor, QUB who chaired the Ministerial Advisory Group on Advancing Shared Education.

Enquiries: SECR.Team@education-ni.gov.uk

'Community Day' Thursday 11th October

Shared Education ‘Community Day’ – Various locations across Northern Ireland

Our ‘Community Day’ is about celebrating at a local level the ongoing work of those involved in delivering and supporting Shared Education.

Moving Forward Together, based in Antrim and Newtownabbey will be showcasing their work, as will the Fermanagh Trust.

Community Relations Practice and Young People

The Community Relations Council (CRC) is organising an event at the Jethro Centre in Lurgan.  It will bring together community relations practitioners, representatives and teachers to explore youth engagement and community relations issues.

The event will offer an opportunity to find out about the work of the Community Relations Council and the work of CRC’s Core funded groups.  Inputs will focus on community relations interventions and programmes that support the curriculum, which bring benefits to schools and pupils, and which make a positive contribution to peace building and reconciliation.

You will hear from practitioners who have worked directly with schools on issues influencing community relations.  During these contributions, you will find out about some of the methods and programmes used to have these, sometimes, difficult conversations regarding identity and culture, and which help build confidence and support for diversity.

As part of the event, there will be an interactive session.  Teachers and practitioners will undertake small group work and explore practical ways of delivering a good relations intervention in the classroom.  This engagement will support capacity building, and will offer a platform for brainstorming future engagement.  .

The event aims to increase your understanding of the work of the Community Relations Council and its funded groups, a greater awareness of community relations interventions supporting the curriculum, and practical support and ideas for taking this work forward with your own school.

Speakers include Cathy Bollaert, Youthlink; and Fintan Brady, Partisan Productions.

If you would like to attend the CRC event, please email gattwood@nicrc.org.uk

Friday 12th October

Shared Education – ‘Where to Next’ – Lisneal College, Derry/Londonderry – 10am

The final day of Shared Education Week will examine ‘Where to Next’ for Shared Education. The event will feature a practitioner perspective, and a presentation from Prof. Tony Gallagher (QUB) examining the international dimension. There will also be a panel discussion facilitated by Tara Mills with representatives from statutory organisations, QUB, the community, business representatives and school leaders.

If you would like to attend this event, please email info@selfni.org

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