The case study will focus on the partnership between St Andrews Primary School and the Special Educational Needs Co - coordinators from the national health services. I undertook my placement at St Andrews Primary School and worked closely within the special educational need team, which provide support in relation to children with additional needs. As being on placement and having the opportunity to work alongside the early year’s team, I experienced that a few children were much slower in terms of their learning and development.
The case study will analyse the partnership between both organisation in detail, looking at the level of the partnership, why the partnership exists, who benefits from the partnership, what benefits or hinder the partnership and what could be improved.
The case study will discuss whether the partnership is effective and will discuss the practice of professionals working in partnership as well as on an organisational level; what is the level of partnership professionals have and what are the benefits and
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Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators is the term which defines SENCO. SENCO co-ordinators are teachers who are in charge aimed at schools for special educational needs and work in connection with the managers, teachers, parents, governing body and other agencies. (Cowne. E, 2013, pg1-2). Under The Education Regulations 2008 it is essential a SENCO must be a qualified teacher, head teacher, chosen acting head teacher or aiming to become a qualified teacher. Therefore SENCO play an important role in adjusting and expanding policy and provision in schools for the development of children with Special Educational Needs, the SENCO has a responsibility for the way staff and the school itself operate in terms of working with children with SEN. (Cowne. E, 2013,
The largest identified area of special need in the school falls under SLCN ( Speech, Language and Communication Need ) as set out in the SEN Code of Practice 2001 where 61% of SEND children have a medical diagnosis of receptive and/or expressive language difficulty, followed by 21% of SEND children with a medical diagnosis of and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Other types of need are Down’s Syndrome ( 2%), Apert’s Syndrome (2%), Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties SEBD (6%), Dyslexia (2%) and more generally literacy difficulties which are under investigation for potential specific causes (6%). These needs are justifiable as they have been recognised and identified as such by relevantly qualified and external agencies or are in the process of being more specifically identified
The Business and Partnership Unit is client liaison team for of all existing and new partnerships with an ambition to deliver efficiencies and improve services. To evidence transparency of the Councils partnerships by implementing an approved monitoring regime. To provide
Corporations nowadays partner with each other because separately those firms have internals needs they cannot fulfill by themselves (Mohr & Sengupta, 2002). When businesses join in cohesive collaboration, each party begins to absorb each other’s knowledge and skills internally to acquire strengthen in marketplace (Mohr & Sengupta, 2002). All in all, inter-firm learning brings success in business partnerships if organizations select a project that offer innovative benefits that peak each partner’s interests, selecting a partner which suits the company’s style of the business, and managing joint projects which lead to developing a competence in working with others (Dickson, Coles, & Lawton Smith, 1997).
It is important for teams to know where their puzzle piece fits into the larger picture of AP. Sammi developed a great mini-crash course presentation on the Lifecycle of a Partner and how all the departments at AP work together. She also speaks to the importance of the information the ES team provides to the Marketing team and how that information impacts our decisions.” – Brittany
In recent provision changes, the ‘Carter review of Initial teacher training (ITT)’ (Carter, 2015) highlights how ITT can be improved in order to enhance support for students. Issues concerning ITT raised by ‘HOC: Third Report’ in 2006 that criticised the ‘lack of training on SEN’ due to the ‘non-compulsory modules in initial teacher training’ (HOC, 2006, p.69). For example, evidence reported by Hartley (2010, p.2) suggested that students were underperforming, as ‘pupils aged 11 in 2008, 84.5% with no SEN achieved the expected level in English and maths [whereas] 33.7% of pupils with SEN achieved this’ which he claimed to be due to the lack of teacher expertise. In response, Carter (2015, p.24) proclaims that ‘it is critical that all new teachers are given training in how to support children with SEN- this should not be treated as an optional extra, but as a priority’. Additionally, Carter’s proposals relates to Fredrickson and Cline’s belief that provision would benefit all children as Carter (2015, p.34) states ‘understanding how to teach children with SEND is critical to improving progress and achievement for all children’. Examples of this move towards inclusion is displayed by the publishing of training resources for SEN co-ordinators, such as ‘Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia (Griffiths, Groom and Smith, 2012, p.65), which projects the ‘idea that dyslexia is not an insurmountable barrier but a condition that requires different approaches’, therefore showing a change of
Each partnership/agency/organisation may have a different service delivery model, a joint management structure must emerge to clarify the roles of authority, responsibility and mutual accountability. Joint working is less likely to work without all parties perceiving a mutual benefit in a shared vision and common service goals. Staff in multi-agency teams face issues concerning the balance between specialist and generalist skills and status, with specialist agencies being required to redefine their roles. Therefore having a clear justification that a partnership is needed for service users helps to realise the values upon which they create a shared vision and a rationale for action. The key issues around which realistic, reliable and valid
The partnerships are being forged both across thousands of miles and with local suppliers, creating virtual organizations that extend beyond the physical boundaries of a company. They share ideas and data to be competitive. Jordan Lewis, author of Partnerships for Profits, has developed a comprehensive framework for evaluating and collaborating with potential partners for strategic alliances by choosing partners which:
Models of partnership are an useful aspect for identifying how agencies come together and play the role of multi-agency working as well as examining how well professionals work in relation to proposing effective and successful services. Atkinson et al (2002) examines the way partnership is organised e.g. every model of partnership illustrates the stages of how they perform in relation to coordinating and delivering services. (Coles. B, Britton. L, Hicks.
By investing in local partnered organisations to enable them to deliver their project work, they provide financial support, training and technical advice as well as help with planning, budgeting and institutional development.
In the case of the service user - provider partnership relationship, there are several factors to consider in order achieving positive outcomes,
• Identify the role of each partner, which is understood by others in the partnership
The school where this report was carried out whilst on placement is located in the metropolitan area, it is a state special school catering for students who have physical or multiple disabilities or complex health needs. There are 130 students in total, 36 teachers, 48 Education support staff, 5 specialist teachers, 3 on site nurses, and a therapy team of 4 this includes Occupational, Speech, and Physio.
In our prior conversation, you raised an issue on selecting the best partnership formation in current situation. After extensive researches, I would like to use this opportunity to clarify the answer for you. I constructed the memo into introduction of partnership, different types of partnerships, advantages and disadvantages of different partnerships, federal case studies, and recommendation.
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Case- Study Analysis – Analysing a selected case sometimes gives an insight into the problem which is being researched. Case histories of companies which have undergone a similar situation may be available. These case are well suited to carry out exploratory research.