Transcript Southwark – Our Project

Southwark – Our Project
Evelyn Holdsworth
Southwark – Our Project
Southwark – Our Borough’s:
• CONTEXT
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• DIVERSITY
• Why our pupils/ teachers/ schools need to look
outward and value other people and cultures...
Comenius Regio Partnership – Ref. n.º 2011 – 1 – GB1 – COM13 – 10859
MCMC
Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom
Southwark (UK) and the Algarve (PT) 2011 - 2013
• Our borough’s first 2 year collaborative EU project
• New opportunity despite the economic downturn
What its meant for our region:
• More opportunities (for travel, inservice, growth, perspective)
• More engagement—with others
locally & abroad (schools, pupils,
teachers, Goldsmiths, etc)
• More inspiration....
MCMC
The Southwark Journey
—what we’ve done...
Early 2011 – 2 preparatory planning trips to
Lagos
—what we’ve done
Hosted the first MCMC meeting & school
visits Oct 2011
MCMC
MCMC
—what we’ve done
Contributed to the Algarve meeting &
project activities May 2012
MCMC
—what we’ve done
Teacher job shadowing in Lagos schools
May 2012
• 16 Southwark
teachers from 8
Southwark
schools took part
—what we’ve done
Contributed to the Algarve meeting &
project activities Oct 2012
—what we’ve done
Hosted Algarve job shadow teachers
in Southwark schools, Oct 2012
—what we’ve done
Southwark teachers participated in the
Goldsmiths MCMC CPD course,
developed as part of the project
• 6 project-funded twilight sessions
focused on identity, language, cultural
awareness and the multicultural
classroom
—what we’ve done
Developed the MCMC project website
www.mcmc-regio.com and the
MCMC short film which premiers today...
—what we’ve done
Contributed to today’s
MCMC conference and last visit by our
Algarve partners
As well as immediate impact:
The success of MCMC activities has helped
strengthen our sense of international engagement
We’ve:
• initiated other European in-service. E.g. 2 Heads
group visits (--to Finland and to Sweden)
• successfully applied for our 2nd Regio (with the
Canary Islands)
• applied for 2 further Regio projects for 2013 –2015
(--on School Radio with the Algarve & on Leadership
with Jarfalla, SE)
Thanks to our Algarve partners, our
journey continues...
Comenius Regio Partnership – Ref. n.º 2011 – 1 – GB1 – COM13 – 10859
MCMC
Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom
Southwark (UK) and the Algarve (PT)