ERIC Number: EJ753578
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Nov
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-2434
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Setting up School Partnerships: Some Insights from Birmingham's Collegiate Academies
Rutherford, Desmond; Jackson, Lindsay
School Leadership & Management, v26 n5 p437-451 Nov 2006
This article explores the key issues or dilemmas secondary schools face when considering collaborating to form a school partnership, in particular a Collegiate Academy. The methodology is an evaluation based on interviews with 15 headteachers and other key staff from three Collegiate Academies in Birmingham during the autumn of 2005. Seven key issues are identified--size, coordination, focus, needs, success, funding and dissemination--that schools need to work through and resolve if their partnership is to be successful. An analysis of the interconnections among the seven issues shows three underlying themes: the first relates to the organisation of the Collegiate Academies; the second concerns the work of the collegiate-based Advanced Skills Teachers; and the third encompasses sustainability and securing the long-term future of the Collegiate Academies. School partnerships are increasingly seen by government as the key to school improvement and so the findings from this preliminary study have potential benefits, particularly in the initial phase of setting up such partnerships. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Secondary Schools, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Educational Improvement, Teacher Attitudes, Consortia, Success, Educational Needs, Educational Finance
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Birmingham)
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