North West Global Education Network

Needs identified in the regional consultation

The mains needs identified through the consultation phase are summarised below:

• Improve and simplify channels of communication between schools and service providers supporting the global dimension in education.
• Increase the status of the global dimension in the curriculum.
• Recognise the role of citizenship in the curriculum as a major (although not the only) vehicle for delivering the global dimension.
• Provide more effective support to teachers working in isolation.
• Increase the access schools have to Southern people and to people and situations that can bring new perspectives and life experiences to children in schools.
• Provide better training for teachers in the process and content of the global dimension, both during initial teacher education (ITE) and as continuing professional development (CPD).
• Provide opportunities for teachers to control their own professional development through participation in curriculum projects and other teacher-lead initiatives.
• Facilitate whole-school change strategies.
• Provide opportunities for more pupils to become involved in influencing the curriculum they are offered.
• Provide teachers with high quality, up-to-date teaching resources and advice on resources.
• Ensure that all schools in all parts of the region have access to the resource support.
  

These needs resulted in a strategy being drawn up with 5 strategic objectives and proposed activities resulting from these.