1. Monday 24th April 2017 – Session 1
Education Network
Monday 24th April 2017 – Session 1

2. Aims for facilitating the network
To share best practice in educational engagement
To provide a tool for communication and support
Deliver meaningful workshops to develop innovative thinking on how different levels of educational engagement can help serve community rail further
Continuously sharing successes and challenges to support partners and trial new programmes

3. CRL’s Vision for the EN
Community Rail Lancashire (CRL) hopes to enhance the opportunity for partnerships to support each other and use this support to implement a higher level of successful engagement.
The Education Network will:
Establish and maintain a communication strategy;
Provide a programme of workshops;
Provide relevant support to the members of the network; and
Celebrate successes along with addressing the challenges and issues of educational engagement at varying levels.

4. EN Structure example
Quarterly sessions approx. every 3 months – location variable dependent upon participants locations. Tailored workshops relevant to members on the EN – your input will design the programme.
Education and the impacts on Community Rail – why do it?
Engaging with primary schools – guest speaker
Tailoring the Curriculum – guest speaker
Transforming your facilities
Further Education engagement
Higher Education engagement – guest speaker

5. Educational Engagement
What does it mean to you?
Why bother?
What do we want to achieve from it?
Do we all engage for the same reasons?

6. Experience & skills of the EN
What is your experience of educational engagement so far? For example; projects, facilities, programmes, age ranges worked with, types of educational groups etc.
Do you have any qualifications?

7. Successes and challenges
Write down two successes and two challenges OR two wishes.

8. EN going forward… Please take 5 minutes to fill in the feedback form:
Do you want to be part of the EN?
How do you see the EN benefiting you?
What areas you would like the EN to focus on?
Next session and content TBC based on today’s feedback