Everybody Outstanding

Everybody Outstanding

The Association of Principal Teachers in Integrated Schools (APTIS) has recently secured funding from the Integrated Education Fund (IEF) to explore integration and school improvement that lead to improved learning outcomes for our pupils.

The aims of the project are:

1. To highlight that all integrated schools are regarded as providing outstanding education in their communities
2. To ensure that all integrated schools will be able to participate in Everybody Outstanding events
3. That Everybody Outstanding will be evidenced in terms of enrolment and publicity in all integrated schools

The good practice bursaries’ aim is to identify the very good practice that is happening across the integrated schools and to disseminate it throughout the movement. At the Spring Conference principals identified areas that their school would be willing to share (a list of these is attached for reference). However this is not an exhaustive list and your school may be doing something that you think would benefit other schools.

The project is designed to bring 3 or 4 schools together who display good practice in an area of work. Together they will examine what this practice is and how it leads to better learning outcomes.

There are five bursaries of £3,000 available for each cluster to allow schools to identify their good practice and to share it with the wider integrated movement.

These bursaries can financially assist partner schools/clusters to undertake action research, develop Trusted Colleague Networks, grow understanding and confidence, and raise awareness of outstanding educational provision within and across the integrated school system.

CRITERIA

In order tobe considered for a bursaryit isessentialthat those applying can demonstrate how the project is linked to at least one of the following:

•Leadership and Management

•School Improvement

•Integration

Project clusters will commit to dissemination of their planned project, using both quantitative and/ or qualitative examples to demonstrate their improvement journey and impact on schools. This will be at the APTIS One Day Conference in November 2017 and progress report at the annual APTIS Conference in March 2018.

You may apply as an already formed cluster of schools or as single school and we will form a cluster in the area of work you have outlined.

It isalso desirable that these partner/cluster schools have regular contact with APTIS & NICIE regarding the monitoring and evaluation of the agreed area for development and dissemination.

Projects will be chosen by a panel of 3 including IEF, NICIE and a Principal (who is not applying).

APPLICANT DETAILS

Please complete the following monitoring information:

School name:

School address:

Contact name:

Email Address forSchool Contact:

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Focus

Using the space below in 300 words pleaseprovide a brief outline of your area of focus and how your project will develop one or more of the threecriteria:

•Leadership and Management

•School Improvement

•Integration

Project Manager/Contact

NICIE and APTIS will monitor your project and offer support where appropriate/if required. Please give details about the individualor individualswho will be responsible for managing the project and with whom APTIS may correspond with regard monitoring.

For further information

Please send completed form to Cliodhna Scott-Wills at NICIE by Friday 27th October 2017:

NICIE

25 College Gardens

Belfast

BT6 0BB

Or

FAO Cliodhna Scott-Wills

If you require any further information about these bursaries please do not hesitate to contact Cliodhna Scott-Wills in NICIE at or 028 9097 2910