Module 5: Multi-agency Collaboration

This module provides opportunities for the learner to examine how effective multi-agency collaboration can prove effective in transforming education and promote inclusive educational practice. The module will emphasise the multidimensional nature of educational marginalisation and how one school/stakeholder approach may not be effective on their own or indeed, how ‘one size fits all’ approach can be ineffective in the face of complex social and educational needs. Effective multi-agency strategies can successfully tackle poverty, inequality, exclusion, and marginalisation in a holistic manner. It will explore how policies that develop close relationships with key stakeholders in the areas of education and employment can provide learners with increasingly relevant education, training, and employment opportunities. The module will highlight how multi-agency collaboration can offer the best approaches to preventing or mitigating the impact of multiple and cumulative disadvantage in a sustained way. It will also explore the importance of key advocates/stakeholders in promoting and sustaining collaborative multi-agency working and explore the process of mindset change that occurs through the process of engaging in multi-agency partnership and collaboration.

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