25th Anniversary of the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education Annual Seminar, November 8th 2014, Belfast Educate Together • First of all a “Thank You” for your support and what we have learnt from NICIE over the past year • Help with our second-level project and first three schools • Advice and assistance in our thinking on transformations • Advancing our thinking on North-South governmental issues
Educate Together and NICIE Common origins in activist parents and teachers in the 1970s Share common motivations to provide education in which children from different backgrounds learn to live together Evolved different models to meet differing social environments in the two jurisdictions in Ireland Kept in touch and supported each other over the years Now developing a more structured relationship and greater cooperation
Educate Together Independent NGO - Educational Charity Bound by the Educate Together Charter Commits the organisation to make Educate Together model schools available to all Irish parents and defines the model to be: • Equality of access and esteem to children irrespective of their social, cultural or religious background • Co-educational and addressing gender and other stereotyping in schools • Learner-centred in teaching and learning • Participative governance maximising responsibility and participation by pupils, staff, parents and the community.
Irish primary education system 2013 (DES figures) Pupils Schools Average size Catholic 487,246 2,843 90.5% 171.4 Church of Ireland 16,060 179 5.7% 89.7 Presbyterian 694 14 0.4% 49.6 Muslim 517 2 0.1% 258.5 Multi denominational 3,600 21 0.7% 171.4 Inter denominational 3,257 15 0.5% 217.1 Quaker 120 1 0.0% 120.0 16,864 68 Educate Together 2.2% 248.0 Total 528,358 3,143 168.1
A brief timeline All families 450 have access to a school in which Re-assignment all children have Process adopted Allowed to pitch equity of esteem by DES for second-level and secondary schools 300 Tipping point for system State providing change school buildings and ~100 pr schools sites ~10 second-level Faith- Creating self- formation sustaining outside school educational Dalkey hours allowed Learn social School 100 Together enterprise with 80 Project Educate curriculum 60 wide Together international 16 links 3 1 Teacher 2nd level education schools UN CERD 1978 1984 1999 2011 2014 2020 2030 2050 National Patron
74 primary and 3 secondary schools Educate Together Current enrolment 〜｟ 19,000 pupils in 2014 22% in disadvantaged urban areas Letterkenny 14% with specialist autism/SEN units Some of the most diverse schools Newtownwhite Very strong demand for more schools Greater Dublin Area Sligo Ardee Balbriggan Bracken Aston Village >20 areas ready for new Skerries Ballymakenny Le Chéile Navan Educate Together schools Mullingar Rush and Lusk Ashbourne Greater Maynooth Dublin National Centre of 20 Knocknacarra Area Trim Claregalway Bray professional staff supporting Celbridge Galway Tullamore Thornleigh Donabate/ Kilcolgan Blessington Portrane Swords Greystones development, teaching Tyrrelstown Holywell Portlaoise Newbridge Ennis Wicklow North Dublin Malahide/Portmarnock and learning, governance, Carlow Powerstown Glasnevin Belmayne Castaheany communications and Castleknock Kilkenny Dublin 7 Gorey CPD for schools Limerick Basin Lane North Bay Hansfield Lucan Wexford Griffeen Valley Griffith Barracks Limerick City East Shellybanks Ranelagh Not-for-profit social Lucan East Esker Waterford Rathfarnham Adamstown Tralee enterprise 15% annual Monkstown Firhouse Ballinteer Citywest Tramore Dalkey An Ghoirt Álainn expenditure from the State Midleton Stepaside Cork Rochestown Will be financially self-sustaining when Carrigaline Existing Primary School 2020 targets are met 2014 Primary School Urgently raising investment and funds to 2014 Re-assignment Primary School meet this target 2014 Second-level School
Educate Together Development 2015-17 26 primary schools 7 secondary Greater Dublin Area Ballina Quality framework Balbriggan Dundalk Castlebar Longford Review of Learn Together Westport Kells Consolidating network Tuam Greater Rush Dublin International Area Athlone Loughrea Galway trading company North Wicklow Carpentersown Arklow Shannon North City Dublin Leixlip Nenagh Whitehall Parlmerstown Confirmed area for a new Primary School Marino South City Dublin New Ross Sanctioned New Second-level School Clonmel Dublin 6 Target area for new Primary School Fermoy Dungarvan Balinteer Killarney Target area for new New Second-level School Cobh Passage West Carrigaline
L ESSONS WE HAVE LEARNT ET Theory of Change 4: Generate Demand for more ET Schools Resources International Strategic planning and analysis Law Bodies Funders Demand for ET and Donors Schools Theory of Change Building positive engagement Political Political Positive Attitude Cross-party Parties Parties VEC/IVEA VEC/IVEA Surfing the political cycle Neutrality Government Government Opinion Robust financial and Positive Attitude Formers Department of Department of operational planning Religious Religious Education and Education and Neutrality or Patrons Patrons Support Science Science Project Management Media Teacher education Groudswell of Support and Research and Data Activism Other Patrons Public Divestment and re-assignments Opinion Positive Attitude Positive Attitude Teacher Manageme Teacher Creating models that facilitate Parent Unions nt Bodies Unions Organisatio change ns Educate Principals Organisatio Together ns 8
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