Budget Commentary
Home Up Budget Commentary Co-operative learning Staff Learning Leadership Learning School Wide learning School to School learning When looking at the budget and the guidance given we have decided to look at the project in two distinct but complementary ways. There is the core learning focus, the development of Co-operative Learning as well as further developments in Accelerated Learning and ‘Success for All and the facilitation of the Networked Learning Community.

We have tried to include all aspects of the training, implementation, materials and administration of the core programme as the network contribution to matched funding. The facilitation of the NLC, steering group, leadership learning, school to school learning and training for research will be paid for by the funding provided by the NCSL and DfES.

In the first year a great deal of the administration, dissemination, reprographics, online support, infrastructure, training and research will be carried out by EAZ staff. The costs for this will be borne by the EAZ and do not feature on the budget template.

The costs given are an indication of the actions to be undertaken by the NLC, but may vary during the lifetime of the programme. This will depend on the evaluation and research undertaken, the developing links with other NLCs and decisions made by the steering committee as to the level of support that will be given for Action Research, evaluation etc.

Subsequent to the lifetime of the EAZ costs for consultants to co-ordinate, evaluate and deliver training will have to be met from matched funding received. It is also envisaged that some of the costs of training and facilitation within schools will be met from matched funding. It is envisaged that the support to schools for facilitation would diminish over the course of the programme so as to build in sustainability when matched funding is no longer available.

Conferences and the publication and dissemination of the work of the NLC should also be met from matched funding.