1. Networks Update Kirsten McLaren

2. Overview Networking – Whats it all about? Benefits and barriers So what can we do?

3. Networking – Whats it all About? Sharing with colleagues from other settings; –Good practice –New ideas –Challenges (and possible solutions) Development opportunities; Better outcomes for young people.

4. Benefits and Barriers What do you think might be benefits of Classroom Support Staff networking? –you –your school/college –young people What are the barriers / challenges that make networking difficult?

5. Benefits Barriers What do you think might be benefits of Classroom Support Staff networking? What are the barriers / challenges that make networking difficult?

6. So What Can We Do? Network co-ordinators Informal networks? E-networks Single focus networking Persuade Head Teachers / Principals of the value And …?

7. Overcoming Barriers Taking some of the barriers you have identified, what might you be able to do to avoid / minimise / remove them?