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Educational Visits Snap shot Governors’ Clerks
Developed by
THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION ADVISERS’ PANEL
and
Essex County Council
Outdoor Education
Offsite VisitsTrainers : Bruce Clements, Norberto Fusi
Contact Sue Bryce 01245 430942
Spring 2011
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Roles and responsibilities need to be clear
• Partnering
• Big society
• Clustering
• External funding
• Volunteers
• Trust
• Academies
• Which establishment?• Who is the employer?• What is the role of
governors?
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Employer/ Governing Body
Volunteers
1. Both pastoral & technical leader
Staff
Sub - Provider
Sub - Provider+
Head of establishment
EVC
2. Pastoral leader / staff
3. Commissioned pastoral and technical
provider
Technical provider
4. “Sign posted” project
Visit/ activity leader
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Committing
Demanding
Stretching
Stimulating
Illuminating
On-site Local Unfamiliar Overnight Abroad
Challenge
Horizon
The Challenge Horizon
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Offsite / technical risk?• All comes together offsite – safeguarding, insurance, risk
management, staff competency, special needs etc.
• Proven competence
• Safeguard the young people
• Safeguard the staff
• Law
• Roles and responsibilities -– ECC
– Educational Visits Adviser
– Head teacher
– Educational Visits Coordinator
– Visit leaders
– Staff
– Volunteers
– Young people
Governors
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Local Authority guidance
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Trip planning in brief
• Transport• Programme
–Activities–Providers?
• Staffing–Who, when, how–Competency - skills, roles and responsibilities–Special requirements
• Support–Contingency, incidents and emergencies
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Success means competent people having this toolkit
1. What is the need?
2. What is the aim?
3. Who is responsible?
4. Who is competent?
5. What is the reasonable plan?
6. Who do we inform?
7. What is the back up plan?
• Needs?• Objectives & outcomes• Roles / responsibilities & for
which bit?• Proof of competence – for which
bits?• Visit plan & risk management• Parents, heads, EVC?• plan B for activity, Emergency /
contingency plan, Insurance, contacts at base camp….
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Everyday risk Significant risk
Own staff provide pastoral
supervision
Pastoral supervision
by other
Commissioned project
Competence proven
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CRBChild protection policyReferencesInspection. Who inspects?
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Some questions to go away with…
1. Do you have a proven trained EVC?
2. Do you have a robust visits system?
3. Are all roles and responsibilities understood e.g.. governors, staff, parents, pupils?
4. Does your governing body sign off the system / significant visits?
5. Are your visit leaders trained & competent?
6. What if there is a significant incident?
7. Do you have a working emergency plan?
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EVC training covers
• Legal duties
• Roles and responsibilities
– EVC duties
• Risk management
• External providers
– local / significant
– tour operators
• Notification and agreement through
• Dofe
• What if and emergency plans
• Website
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What next?• Roles and responsibilities
– Governor training
– EVC training
– Visit leader training
• Visits system / visits policy?
– Audit trail
• Emergency system in place?
Telephone 01245 430942
www.essex.gov.uk/educationalvisits
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“Memorable activities lead to
memorable learning.”
Robin Hammerton - Ofsted
LoTC 2nd October 2008