Partnership Workbook

Name: Partnerships Workbook
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Building a Cross-Sector Partnerships Strategy:
a DIY course for independent schools

£99.00

About

The Partnerships WorkBook is a self-study course in leading independent-state school partnerships, in the form of a downloadable WorkBook. Now available in print form too (limited availability): click here.

It’s designed for independent schools (prep, senior or all-through) who would like to work more closely with state schools, especially those in their local neighbourhood.

How can we plan partnerships which bring mutual benefit for the community and how do we know if we are meeting a need?
How do we turn a scattergun portfolio of partnership projects we’ve inherited into a strategy?
How do we lead sustainable partnerships which make a measurable difference?

Over 100 pages of support from sector leader Christina Astin to help you develop effective partnerships for mutual benefit.

The WorkBook is a professional tool for those with responsibility for partnerships and it includes sections to read, links to follow and tasks to do, which a team or individual can work through in a couple of days or across a year.

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Testimonials

There is an enormous amount of goodwill in independent schools around developing partnership programmes with state schools. But good intentions are not enough to ensure successful, meaningful projects. Getting partnerships right requires local understanding, strategy, careful thought and preparation.

In this WorkBook, Christina Astin shares her experience and expertise so that any partnership lead can have a head start in getting partnerships right. Christina outlines practical steps that help independent schools develop sustainable and effective partnerships. A must-read for all those seeking closer relationships with state schools.

Julie Robinson

CEO, Independent Schools Council

Heads of independent schools are often looking for ways to develop strong partnerships with their colleagues in state schools because a good partnership benefits pupils in both sectors. It’s great to see something that supports Heads keen to make the biggest impact with their partnerships.

Christina’s commitment to the ideals of partnership and her determination to share best practice is an inspiration, and this resource should encourage everyone to start, develop, and advance meaningful partnerships for the benefit of all the schools and young people involved.

Rudolf Eliott Lockhart

Chief Executive Officer, Indepndent Schools Association

I welcome a toolkit that fuels the pace of independent schools’ enduring commitments to creating a more equitable education for every pupil. Our schools have always been at the forefront of enrichment opportunities for students within their communities and this instantly useable and practical Partnerships WorkBook gives every school the chance to accelerate their vital powerful cross-sector partnerships work, at all stages of their journey. Concise and well-thought-out, the programme takes participants from audit to strategic plan – the timing of this couldn’t be better!

Donna Stevens

Chief Executive, Girls' School Association

I am delighted to see the launch of this Partnerships WorkBook, which marks an important moment in the practical development of such activity in our schools. Together with the SMT, governors are responsible for setting a school’s future strategy, and partnership work is an increasingly important strand within that. Governors should also be interested in evaluating over time the outcomes of partnership work in the school and the wider community, so that they can easily answer the question ‘how do we know?’. In the charitable sector, it is ever more important to be able to demonstrate impact when it comes to the delivery of public benefit. With that in mind, I commend this key resource and Christina’s excellent work to all our member schools.

Richard Harman

Chief Executive, AGBIS

Partnership work is mutually valuable and rewarding. The Partnerships Workbook is an essential guide on how to make partnerships successful and sustainable. Christina’s enthusiasm, understanding and commitment to this work shines through and is inspiring others to take up the challenge.

Clive Rickart

CEO, the Society of Heads

This brilliant workbook is the perfect tool to help schools deliver partnerships with real depth of purpose. Packed full of wisdom and practical advice, it’s a comprehensive guide to doing the best by young people through cross-sector partnerships, as well as how to go about harnessing goodwill and expertise to help your partnership thrive. We’re delighted to be asked to contribute to the communications section – it’s so important to agree on and articulate aims clearly, as well as to communicate the impact your partnership is having.

Tory Gillingham

CEO, AMCIS

I worked through Christina’s Partnerships Workbook and just wished that I had had access to it when I started my role coordinating partnerships. It would have saved me hours of thinking, planning and creating (and agonising!) and given me the confidence to develop my own strategy to create truly impactful and sustainable partnerships much more effectively.

Christina’s WorkBook takes you on a journey, helps clarify your thinking, provides practical resources to apply flexibly to your context and signposts you to hugely helpful resources and research whatever stage of the partnership journey you are on. For me education should be about authentic collaboration based on mutual respect and for mutual benefit to provide the very best outcomes for all young people; this workbook really helps you do just that.

Caroline Dunn

Deputy Head Co-Curricular and Community, Cheadle Hulme School

Partnerships Workbook

£99.00