As we move into the second year of our work at the Foundation for Education Development (FED) and following the launch of the FED National Education Consultation Report, we hosted a roundtable discussion focussed on ‘Partnership working : Art or science? How to develop and manage long term, effective partnerships for education’.
We asked Christina Astin, an education consultant working with schools and businesses to build impactful partnerships, to share her insights following her input into this roundtable discussion. Christina talks about the features of ‘good partnerships’, how school partnerships fizzle out and shares a case study where partnership working has been successful. Christina reminds us that you need a ‘people-orientated approach coupled with the objectivity of the scientific method for success’.
How can we sustain school partnerships?
When schools work together they can achieve more than they could on their own. But are there features of school partnerships which make them more likely to be effective and thrive in the long-term?
