Information Seminar

Tuesday 11th October 2011

16.30 hours

Holyrood Secondary School

Programme

• Welcome & the Holyrood ExperienceTom McDonald – Head Teacher, Holyrood Secondary School

• Malawi: A Young Person’s ExperienceSophie Harker – S6 Student, Holyrood Secondary School

• My Journey, My Experience, My VisionMaureen McKenna – Executive Director of Education

• The MLOL Programme: A Few FactsLes McLean – Quality Improvement Officer (Glasgow 2014)

Malawi - ‘the warm heart of Africa’

Where is it?

Some facts

• Population 15.6 million• Major languages: English, Chichewa • Life expectancy: 56 years (men), 57 years

(women) • Main exports: Tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton • GNI per capita: US $280 compared to

South Africa’s GNI per capita: US $5,770 and UK’s GNI per capita: US $41,520 (World Bank, 2009)

Education

• Highly valued – Government priority• Children start at age 6• Primary for 8 years• Secondary for 4 years• In order to progress to the next year you have to

pass exams. If you don’t pass then you repeat the year

• Very little early years provision – not within remit of Ministry of Education

Challenges for Education

• Not enough schools• Not enough classrooms – children taught outside, sent

home during rainy season• Not enough toilets/pit latrines• Not enough teachers• Almost no resources – textbooks, jotters, paper, pencils• Huge drop off rate from standard 1 to standard 8 as

children have to work at home looking after siblings, working in fields or early pregnancy in girls

Holyrood Project

• 4 years of senior pupils going to Malawi• Improving infrastructure• Building classrooms and painting rooms,

including learning resources on the walls

Holyrood and other schools across the city• Sending out backpacks• Raising money for Mary’s Meals

Lord Provost’s Malawi Fund

• Improving ICT resources

• Health projects – building clinics

• Support from Access and City Building

• Mary’s Meals

Mary’s Meals

• Working in a range of countries • Feeding programs in primary schools• Run by Mother Groups• Delivering backpacks to primary school pupils• Supporting volunteers to run early childhood development

centres for under 6s – feeding them twice a day

• Increasing the number of children coming to school

Malawi Leaders of Learning

• In partnership with Link Community Development • Ages 6 to 18 – primary and secondary• Literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing• School improvement planning• Building the capacity of staff in Malawi to

improve learning and teaching• Working with Mother Groups, School

Management Committees – the local community

Malawi Leaders of Early Learning

• In partnership with Mary’s Meals

• Extend the number of centres for under 6s which feed children and help get them ready to learn

• Continue to help them extend the feeding programs in primary schools

Building capacity by investing in Malawi

• Employ a project manager • Background in education who would be line managed by Sr

Eunice• Mentored by Link Community Development Malawi• Work with schools, teachers, primary education advisers to

improve school improvement planning• Make arrangements for Malawi Leaders of Learning• Identify schools and areas of improvement, including

access to electricity through Solar Connect

Solar Connect

What next

• Steering group here and in Malawi• Communications plan• Fund raising plan• Applications being sought for first team – spring

2012

• Cordia continue to support Mary’s Meals• Access continue to support ICT through LP

Eligibility

• Focus Year 1: Secondary & Primary teachers + Active Schools Co-ordinators

• Other sectors & roles considered for Year 2 onwards

• Focus on staff on permanent contract• Issues for temporary staff & probationers

Training & Support

• Leadership• Team building• Fundraising• Preparing for the journey• Strategies for working in schools• Being resilient• Promoting global citizenship• Vision for the future• Legacy• Working with other cohorts

Timescales

• Applications 31st October• Consideration of Applications 11th November• Pre-selection Training 19th November• Selection Day 22nd November• 2012 Cohort of MLOLs Announced 1st December

• Training Programme February – May 2012

combination of twilight & Saturday

• MLOLs to Malawi June – July 2012

5 weeks

Applications

• Application Form available today• Electronic copy will be e-mailed to you• Sections C, D & E – crucial• Section G – commitment (time & money)• Sections H & I – personal information• Section J – line manager’s support

• To Susan Aitchison by 31st October

Follow Our Journey

www.glasgoweducationmlol.org.uk

Contact Us

GCCMLOL@glasgow.gov.uk

Questions