Learning Conversations

Providing places, spaces and ways to engage people in learning conversations that make a difference to the world in which we live.

Intentions

1. To ‘be’ together respectfully.

2.    To maintain and build positive relationships with individuals, groups, organisations, schools and the community.

3.    To work to make learning the central focus of education.

4.    To support educators and schools to focus on children and their learning as they embrace the National Curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework.

5.    To grow and use our knowledge, understanding and experience of governance and how it works.

6.    To grow and use our knowledge, understanding and experience of facilitation and co-facilitation and how they work.

7.    To strengthen the business.

Keys to Success

1.    Recognising, using and building upon the experience and expertise of all our past, present and future contacts.

2.    Respecting the cultural context of the work, so that each situation is treated on its own merits.

3.    Negotiating and renegotiating our work, contracts and partnerships.

4.    Recognising that we are part of the learning process and not all of it, so that we can work with people on a variety of short and long-term projects.

5.    Documenting our work as it progresses.

6.    Constantly reflecting on our work and endeavouring to learn from our mistakes.

7.    Ensuring, to the best of our ability, that our work is informed by current research and practice wisdom.

8.    Working to maintain our visibility and good reputation for delivering quality outcomes and products.