⭐️⭐️⭐️We would like to invite you to apply for Year 4 #APConnect CONSTELLATION B 💫 or CONSTELLATION C 💫 (jointly these make up the Community of Practice strand of APConnect).⭐️⭐️⭐️
CONSTELLATION B💫 is for new and new-to-APConnect APs and for people who are on their journey to becoming an AP. It is structured, with online modules to complete and lots of support from the Constellation facilitators. No-one’s potential is limited and you have access to Constellation C opportunities.
CONSTELLATION C💫 is for relatively experienced APs, including those who have been on the programme before. Constellation C is a festival of co-learning, with the intention of amplifying and sharing AP practice, to influence lasting culture change across all contexts and settings of FE. Last year APs organised events, blogged, podcasted, became writers for TES and even started a radio station! We’ll help you find your voice and we’ll bring you together with other APs who will inspire and support you.
OUR RESEARCH BASE
Last year, we learned so much together through our #APConnect Co-Evaluation and #APDigital Research Projects about how APs survive and what conditions enable them to thrive. APs as change agents were a powerful force in the drive to move online - and back - during Covid times, leading the way in values-led practices of joy, care and equality.
YEAR 4
We are delighted to have received funding for a fourth year from the Education and Training Foundation - and the programme has expanded! Numbers this year are higher, so we are staggering the start of the #APConnect elements.
We know there are powerhouses amongst CONSTELLATION C, so this is our first invitation to apply to that strand of the programme. CONSTELLATION C comprises relatively experienced Advanced Practitioners (APs by any name - #APDigital unearthed 44 different job titles for those involved in advanced practice). Your role will be to continue innovation and culture change in quality improvement, amplifying your own work and that of others.
⚡️⚡️⚡️We are initially offering 75 places on CONSTELLATION C and we anticipate being over subscribed.
We are also beginning recruitment to CONSTELLATION B, with a warm welcome, support and some asynchronous opportunities, building up to a September inception day.
We hope in practice to be working with small teams of C/Bs across the breadth and diversity of FE, so do let us know below if you have any colleagues who might be interested. For more information and to see our transparent decision-making process:
http://bit.ly/ConstlaunchPlease note that your organisation has to be in receipt of ESFA funding for you to be eligible.
#APConnect is organised by touchconsulting Ltd on behalf of The Education and Training Foundation (ETF). This year, ETF have asked us to support 585 unique engagements, by which they mean 585 discrete individuals who have directly benefited from #APConnect. ⭐️It doesn't matter if you have been on #APConnect before, you can still apply to CONSTELLATION C & B⭐️ We still hope to make every strand of the programme available to anyone who wants to apply, even if we have already counted your engagement in our monitoring, but, mindful of how far we can also stretch our energies and resources, we can't guarantee this.
Please note that CONSTELLATION C💫 applicants will be expected to attend the Inception Day on Wednesday 7 July 2021.
CONSTELLATION B💫 applicants have their own Inception on Wednesday 29 September 2021, so please keep this day free. B's meet twice, so get Wednesday 12th January 2022 in the diary too.
WE'VE GOT 125 PEOPLE ON BOARD ALREADY 😌 AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO RECRUIT TO THE PROGRAMME, BRINGING PEOPLE ON BOARD GRADUALLY TO MID-SEPTEMBER.