Role description: Learning Community Chair

							          ROLE DESCRIPTION: LEARNING COMMUNITY CHAIR                             Formatted: Font: Bold, All caps
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              STRATEGIC AND SYSTEM-WIDE LEADERSHIP                               Left: (Double solid lines, Auto, 0.5 pt Line
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Communication
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      Ensure that Learning Community steering group and other stakeholder       Formatted: Centered, Border: Bottom:
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       groups are kept updated on local and wider issues
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      Provide information for, and feedback to, the Local Authority through     Formatted: Font: Bold, All caps
       attendance at the LLC chairs’ forum
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Direction and Engagement
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      Provide the strategic steer for the learning community through chairing   Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
       and ensuring the effective facilitation of Local Community meetings
      Ensure Learning Community participation and links with the Local
       Children’s Trust and partnerships beyond the Learning Community
      Encourage and drive collaborative practice
      Challenge and support the Learning Community steering group
      Retain an overview of the actions and progress towards goals within
       the Learning Community action plan and ensure that this is
       systemically implemented and monitored
      Encourage the pooling of budgets and resources and expertise to
       maximise benefits and for joint procurement and commissioning
      Encourage the full involvement of all schools and shared
       accountabilities through and a clear strategic focus on the achievement
       and well being of all Children and Young People across the Local
       Community


Accountabilities
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     Promote a culture of shared responsibility for the outcomes for Children   Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt,
      and Young People across the Learning Community                             Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.25" + Tab
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   Provide the strategic steer for the learning community through chairing      Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
      and ensuring the effective facilitation of LC meetings
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   Ensure that learning community steering group and other stakeholder
      groups are updated on local and wider issues
   Provide information for, and feedback to, the Local Authority through
      attendance at the LLC chairs’ forum
   Encourage the full involvement of all schools and shared accountabilities
      through and a clear strategic focus on the achievement and well being
      of all C and YP across the LC
    Ensure all protocols and agreements are adhered to
     Retain an overview of finances and ensure that deployment of Learning
      Community funds is transparently monitored and reported
    Retain an overview of any staff employed/deployed to the LC
   Ensure LC participation and links with Local Children’s Trust and
      partnerships beyond the LC
   Encourage and drive collaborative practice
   Challenge and support the LC steering group
   Retain an overview of the actions and progress towards goals within the
      LC action plan and ensure that this is systemically implemented and
      monitored
   Promote a culture of shared responsibility for the outcomes for C and YP
      across the LC
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    Ensure that the infrastructures are in place to build future partnership
      capacity
      Ensure that the infrastructures are in place to build future partnership   Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt

      capacity                                                                   Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
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    Encourage the pooling of budgets and resources and expertise to
      maximise benefits and for joint procurement and commissioning




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                   OPERATIONAL ROLE OF THE CHAIR                                 Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline, All caps
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Organisation and facilitation                                                    Formatted: Space Before: 3 pt

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      Lead meetings and promote maximum participation and equality of           Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
       access for all
      Ensure agendas and meeting structures are well prepared and
       manageable
      Make sure that no single school or individual view dominates the
       business of the Local Community
      Ensure the effective management of the budget
      Make sure that formal processes such as needs analysis and action
       planning are well constructed and monitored
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Accountabilities
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      Make sure tasks are delegated and followed up and accountabilities        Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt,
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      Ensure that all issues are appropriately debated and that decisions are   Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
       clearly understood and recorded
      Ensure that priorities are managed well by the strategic leadership
       groups and staff
      Ensure that leadership and responsibility is shared and distributed
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Communication                                                                     Formatted: Space Before: 3 pt
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      Lead meetings and promote maximum participation and equality of            Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt
       access for all
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      Ensure agendas and meeting structures are well prepared and
       manageable
      Make sure tasks are delegated and followed up and accountabilities
       met
      Make sure that there are effective communication systems between
       schools and other partners beyond the Learning Community
      Ensure that information is widely and appropriately distributed
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       Ensure that all issues are appropriately debated and that decisions are    Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt
       clearly understood and recorded                                            Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
       Make sure that no single school or individual view dominates the
       business of the Lc
       Ensure the effective management of the budget
       Ensure that priorities are managed well by the strategic leadership
       groups and staff
       Make sure that formal processes such as needs analysis and action
       planning are well constructed and monitored
       Ensure atht leadership and responsibility is shared and distributed
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The Chair is NOT…..:                                                              Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline
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      tTotally in charge or expected to do everything alone                      Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline
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      aAn information oracle
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      the sSole decision maker                                                   Space Before: 3 pt
      tTo pPush their own agenda or the interests of their own school            Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt

      aA goal keeper!                                                            Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
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      sSomeone who chases/begs others to share
       responsibility/accountabilities                                            Formatted: Bullets and Numbering

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      a mMinute taker, dogsbody, administrator or chief exec, finance officer,
       marriage guidance counsellor or social secretary                           Formatted: Bullets and Numbering

      pPersonally responsibleility for the effectiveness of the Learning
       Community
      sSomeone who buys presents for others
       someone who sSorts out internal disputes                                   Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt,
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 All Learning Community members should agree to:                                    after: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.5"
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    i.    pParticipate fully in the work of the Learning Community and engage       Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline
          other stakeholders                                                        Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt
    ii.   sShare the strategic leadership of the Llearning Ccommunity               Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline

   iii.   dDecide common goals and agreed shared outcomes for children              Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline
          within the Learning Community                                             Formatted: Font: Bold, Underline

  iv.     sShare responsibility for the key leadership tasks- agree and adhere to   Formatted: Font: Bold
          shared accountabilities                                                   Formatted: Font: 8 pt

  v.      pProvide mutual challenge and support for others                          Formatted: Justified, Space Before: 3 pt,
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  vi.     bBe outward facing and aware of how the Local Communityc works            iii, … + Start at: 1 + Alignment: Right +
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 vii.     cCreate and promote a culture of collaboration
viii.    cContribute resources, expertise and funding for joint commissioning at
          local level
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