Gene has been helping to organise two international visits as part of the Student Commission on Learning. In the next few weeks Student Commissioners and staff from across the Harris Federation will be undertaking learning visits to ischool in New York and High Tech High in San Diego. Can't wait to hear all about it on their return.
We've just completed a review of the idea development process used with Age Unlimited projects in England and Wales. In March we're off to Scotland to work with Age Unlimited Scotland as they search for older social entrepreneurs who have the ideas, skills and the determination to create new types of social enterprises aimed at making life better for people older than them, as well as for themselves.
In January Gene had the pleasure of designing and facilitating the 2020 Public Services Commission awayday with Ruth Kennedy and the 2020 Public Services Trust team. A great bunch of people doing some really valuable thinking in order to set out a practical and compelling vision for public services in 2020. Check them out at www.2020publicservicestrust.org.
We're working on a 'toolkit' that will enable schools, groups of schools and local authorities set up and run their own Student Commissions on Learning. The work is being supported by NESTA and the Harris Federation. The first part is due to be published in Feb/March. Any ideas on format or content, let us know.