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25.01.2022 Here's the video of last week's Measuring Collective Impact - Webinar, a key event of the 2020 Global Learning Festival. The Wyndham Council Learning Community team, in partnership with the Australian Learning Communities Network, hosted the webinar featuring the Collective Impact Assessment Tool (CIAT). Watch to find out how to access the CIAT and see how it's being used in different settings. #learningcommunity #evidencebasedpractice #collectiveimpact #communitypartnerships

24.01.2022 If they cancel the rest of the school year, students would miss approx 6 months of education. Many people are concerned about students falling behind because o...f this. Yes, they may fall behind when it comes to classroom education... BUT WHAT IF .... What if instead of falling behind", this group of kids are ADVANCED because of this? Hear me out. What if they have more empathy, they enjoy family connection, they can be more creative and entertain themselves, they love to read, they love to express themselves in writing. What if they enjoy the simple things, like their own backyard and sitting near a window in the quiet. What if they notice the birds and the dates the different flowers emerge, and the calming renewal of a gentle rain shower? What if this generation are the ones to learn to cook, organize their space, do their laundry, and keep a well run home? What if they learn to stretch a dollar and to live with less? What if they learn to plan shopping trips and meals at home. What if they learn the value of eating together as a family and finding the good to share in the small delights of the everyday? What if they are the ones to place great value on our teachers and educational professionals, librarians, public servants and the previously invisible essential support workers like truck drivers, grocers, cashiers, custodians, logistics, and health care workers and their supporting staff, just to name a few of the millions taking care of us right now while we are sheltered in place? What if among these children, a great leader emerges who had the benefit of a slower pace and a simpler life to truly learn what really matters in this life? What if they are AHEAD? Via Megan Wood

24.01.2022 Children are dealing with a world that is far different than anything they’ve ever known. Add to that, the fact that their rocks parents, teachers, grandpare...nts are all worried, stressed and just different. Everything is upside down for them. You can help by trying to bring some calm into their day. Add a bit more cuddles and relaxed playtime. Do some fun things. Maybe make a big tent in the house, have a sleepover in the family room, game night, make cookies, look at the stars. Take a breath Mom and Dad. Try to build some happy family memories into this very odd time. Via: The Gentle Mamma Source: Elizabeth Pantley

22.01.2022 Fantastic recognition in this article of Wyndham City Council's Learning Community as a global contributor to the practice of using learning as a driver for change. Pascal International Observatory Libraries in Wyndham Wyndham Learning Festival Leone Wheeler UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

17.01.2022 Used a Zoom conference call to draft the partnership assessment using the Collective Impact Assessment Tool - CIAT today for a project being delivered by Bernad...ette O'Connor, Management Governance Australia. Care Plays, is a virtual technology strategy for building vocational skills for young Aboriginal people interested in entering the human services field. Care Plays is being developed by key partners specifically for the Top End, Central Australia and remote communities. #collectiveimpact #strongertogether #partnership #inclusion #pathways #workingfromhome

16.01.2022 VCAL is a senior secondary pathway that delivers some fantastic outcomes for young people! During 2019/20 the LLEN undertook a Research project to Make the Ca...se for VCAL because this pathway is under-utilised. Well I’m pleased to report that the project is now complete and has been accepted by our top class steering committee! Next step is to have input into the current Review of senior secondary pathways in Victoria and then to work with our schools and other providers to strengthen and enhance VCAL in the region. Our researchers were Dr Jude Walker and Dr John Henry. Got questions? Just ask!

15.01.2022 Ripples - Autumn 2020 Newsletter of the Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN) | Pascal International Observatory Leone Wheeler

14.01.2022 Here’s a great job opportunity for an #Awesome person!

12.01.2022 Australian Learning Communities Network - welcome to FB!

09.01.2022 Great profile of our research colleague, Dr Megan Wong, in the current edition of ARDC Connect. Heartening to see young women getting recognition for leadership in STEM.

07.01.2022 There are a few places left in our free Collective Impact Assessment Tool (CIAT) webinar, conducted as part of the Global Learning Festival 2020. Tiesday 1 September, 4pm AEST Register below and join us to explore the CIAT and discuss how you can use it to assess the impact of partnerships on your #learningcommunity project outcomes.

06.01.2022 'For our first year (of the current City of Wyndham Learning Community Strategy), we ranked moderately in our three focus areas for 2019. Our focus on celebrati...ng living and learning in Wyndham was highest due to the large partner contribution in our learning festival. These first Collective Impact Assessment Tool - CIAT results support us to see a clear baseline and help drive our planning... It also gives us potential to improve over time.' Congratulations Diane Tabbagh and Jan Torres-Gomez and the Libraries in Wyndham team on your insightful and courageous assessment of the collective impact of your current Learning Community Strategy using the Collective Impact Assessment Tool - CIAT - and on your local and international #learningcommunity leadership. Watch the 2 minute video (link in the article below) for a snapshot of this inspiring work. #collectiveimpact #globalleadership #partnershipsinaction #evidencebasedpractice

04.01.2022 Smart Cities - Learning Cities. Forum, 26 Feb, RMIT

04.01.2022 Congratulations Jac Torres Gomez of Libraries in Wyndham's Learning Community on being invited to present at a UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) webinar on Learning City responses to COVID-19. See Jac speak at the 30 minute mark and see her discuss the Collective Impact Assessment Tool - CIAT at 1.00.00 Great to see Wyndham's cutting edge #learningcommunity strategies being valued on the international stage. #starfishconsultancy #collectiveimpact #leadinglearningcommunities #strongertogether #localstar

04.01.2022 Meet Derek, as I have just done for the first time in person. Prof Derek Colqhoun is a fellow member of the Victorian Advisory Group for the Indie Schools run by Albury Wodonga Community College. For the past year we have been meeting monthly with other members of the group through Zoom, Derek from the UK and me in Geelong. We all finally met up over the last few days for the opening of a new wing at the Wodonga site. Indie Schools offer an alternative approach to education ...for Years 9-12 and are being established all over the country. There’s a new site being set up in Geelong very soon! https://www.indieschool.edu.au/ #starfishconsultancy #appliedlearning #safetynet #strengthbasedapproach #learnerdriven #powerofcommunity

01.01.2022 Just landed! Our Annual Report for 2019 is now available on our website. Take a look here: https://bit.ly/3c3NWqD

01.01.2022 Diane Tabbagh and Leone Wheeler couldn’t get to the conference where they had hoped to present this paper on the progress of Wyndham as a Learning City, but at least it has been published in the conference proceedings. Congratulations on a story worth telling! #learningcommunities #evidencebasedpractice #learningasadriverforchange

01.01.2022 Congratulations Leone Wheeler on your new role as Honorary EO of the Australian Learning Communities Network. You are off to a flying start with this forum. Great to see Diane Tabbagh showcasing Libraries in Wyndham’s Learning Community Strategy.