Let’s get closer - Museums, libraries and archives and family learning practitioners

[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Agenda] [Event Information] [Application Conditions] [Application Form]

Background

Museums, libraries and archives are involved in many of the activities outlined in the recent Learning Revolution policy which creatively encourage families to learn together and develop confidence in adults to continuing their own learning.

The aim of this event is to strengthen and develop effective working partnerships between both sectors, focusing on how we can work together to embed and sustain family learning using museums, libraries and archives to deliver family learning courses and adult literacy, language and numeracy skills of adults.

There will be an opportunity to explore the Family Engagement Typology and to take away a copy of ‘Developing and Supporting Family Learning in Museums & Galleries’, a practical guide developed by NIACE in collaboration with Renaissance NW Early Years & Family Learning programme.

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Aims

• provide an update of recent policy and links to other agendas
• develop closer and long term partnerships between museums, libraries and archives and family learning teams
• create more family learning opportunities for more families
• demonstrate and share effective collaborative practice
• network and share ideas and ways of working in partnership

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Audience

From the museums, libraries and archives sector and family learning within local authorities:

• Strategic managers
• Operational managers
• Lead practitioners

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Agenda

09:30 Registration and refreshments

10:00 Welcome and aims of the day

10:10 Policy Background

10:40 The Learning Revolution – engaging MLAs

10:50 Improving practice within Skills for Life

11:10 Activity - Engaging Families in the Cultural Sector (Family Engagement Typology)

11:30 Tea/coffee break

11:45 Workshops: 1) strategic 2) operational

13:00 Networking Lunch

14:00 Activity - Family learning in action on the Gallery

14:30 Workshops: 3) strategic 4) operational

15:30 Tea/coffee break
         Plenary – what next, resources, training, Evaluation

16:00 Close

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Event Information

Arrival and registration is at 9:30am for a 10:00am start. The event will end at 3:30pm

Attendance is free to delegates (includes networking lunch, tea/coffee)

Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed application forms

Completed and signed application forms must be faxed or posted to NIACE by the closing date. Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted

Application forms are individually acknowledged by e-mail. Joining instructions, including map and directions, will be emailed out one week before the event

Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there will not be handouts for all sessions

If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact:

Gurjit Kaur
Tel: 0116 204 2833
Fax: 0116 254 8368
Minicom: 0116 255 6049
E-mail: gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

Event: Monday 22 March 2010
Closing Date: Thursday 4 March 2010

Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event

A 10 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille

NIACE reserves the right to reject applicants who are not from the target audience list and not from the North West Region

Places will be limited to 2 representatives from each organisation

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Application Form

(For people not using the online reservation system above)