The third event in our series of FREE professional development training and peer-to-peer support seminars for school staff and voluntary and community sector (VCS) providers. The training and seminar will support participants to increase the range and quality of extra-curricular activities (ECA) offered to pupils aged 5 to 14 years. ECA are educational activities offered outside normal school hours.

**You need to be a Learning Exchange member to qualify for this free event - visit www.learning-exchange.org.uk to join up. Membership of the Learning Exchange is free.**

We would like to help schools and VCS organisations demonstrate more clearly the impact that these activities have on pupils’ attainment. To that end, we and our partners QiSS, 4Children and University of the First Age (UFA) are working for the DfE to support and enhance your provision.

VCS organisations will have the opportunity to showcase their contributions to a wide range of high-quality extra-curricular activities. A key focus for these seminars will be the opportunity to share practice by meeting with and learning from other colleagues working in the same arena.

What the day involves

9:00: REGISTRATION - with refreshments on arrival ready for a 9.30am start

9:30: TRAINING - the aims of this training session, delivered by our University of the First Age partners, are to explore the relationship between monitoring and evaluating of extra-curricular activities and to share a range of ways to collect data.

• What is monitoring and evaluating? Finding out what you are doing well /not well and doing it better

• Opinion Finder activity – a process for finding out more information
• What is Monitoring?
• What is Evaluation?
• Building your toolkit for monitoring and evaluation
• Thinking about my activity

12:30: LIGHT LUNCH

1.15: PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT SEMINAR

• Sharing good practice activity
• 'Live' case studies from your region (schools and VCS ECA providers)
• What to do with your data – Ask Emma!
• How to get the most out of the Learning Exchange and VCS Hub
• Peer Support activity
• Networking/Event evaluations

3:30: DAY ENDS

Booking

As always, there are limits on numbers so please book early to avoid disappointment!

Please ensure that you are a Learning Exchange member if you wish to attend this free event. Visit www.learning-exchange.org.uk to join up. If you have any problems signing up, please call us on 020 7587 5092.

This event is also being held in Durham on 13 March and London on 29 March.