Training opportunities

Renaissance East Midlands training programme

The new workforce development and training programme for 2008/09 is now available, containing information on courses available to all East Midlands museum and heritage staff from voluntary-run museums to larger organisations. 

The brochure and booking form are available to download below:

Workforce development brochure 2008/09 (4647 kb)
Renaissance East Midlands course booking form 2008 -09 (65 kb)

Please note contact details on course booking forms are incorrect
Any queries please contact
Julie Savage, Senior Support Office
Tel: 01522 526905 Fax: 01522 522913

Please send completed booking forms to; Workforce Development Team, Renaissance East Midlands, Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AB workforcedevelopment@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Museum development officers also organise county-based training events and courses. For more information on these courses contact the MDOs using the Contact us page.

Important amendments to the training programme

1. Page 50 - Creating resources for Interactive Whiteboards, Wednesday 3 June 2009. This course will now be taking place at Boultham Library, Boultham Park Road, Lincoln LN6 7ST and NOT Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre.

This free one day course will review people’s current expertise and experience regarding whiteboards and assess websites finding out who they’re for, what they’re for and how they get information across.

Who should attend: learning and educational staff participating in educational sessions at schools.


2. Page 42 - ABC Workshops. Please note the correct venues for this training on the following dates are:

Wednesday 11 March 2009: The Collection, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP

Wednesday 25 March 2009: The Council Chamber, Newark Town Hall, Market Place, Newark NG24 1DU


3. Page 36 lists courses on the following dates as ‘General Introduction to the National Curriculum Key Stages 1, 2 & 3’.

Thursday 2 April 2009
Thursday 23 April 2009
Thursday 25 June 2009
Tuesday 7 July 2009

This is incorrect. Training will take place on these dates at the venues previously advertised, but under the course title of ‘Stronger together: effective partnership working with schools.’ Further details of these courses can be found below. Please note, National Curriculum training on 24 February, 10 March, 19 May and 11 June is running as advertised.

Stronger together: effective partnership working with schools

The course is intended for museum staff whose work involves liaison with schools or the development of educational programmes.

The course will focus upon:

• The shared agendas and aspirations of schools and museums
• The role of the National Curriculum and the framework for Inspection
• The role of Inspiring Learning for All
• Museum best practice and case studies
• How a partnership with schools can work
• Models for partnership
• Action planning

Participants will:

• Have an understanding of the benefits of and imperatives for partnership  working with schools
• Be equipped with tried and tested methods for setting up and maintaining  partnerships with schools
• Be equipped with tried and tested partnership ideas and activities
• Explore strategies to overcome barriers to partnership development
• Be equipped to start to develop a school / public library partnership
• Share existing good practice
• Plan for action

Forthcoming courses

The museumaker workforce development programme includes a range of training events, retail support and expert-led research visits. Find out more at the museumaker workforce development programme

Working with Volunteers

A one day course to be held at Horncastle College on Tuesday 24 March 2009 between 10am-4pm.

Booking
Please check with your line manager first. Places are limited and booking is done on a 'first come, first served'  basis.  Please fax a completed booking form (available above) to Workforce Development on 01522 522913.

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