making education a priority (meap)
London
Founded in 2013, we are a consortium of African and African Caribbean-led
supplementary schools delivering high quality educational, social and cultural
provision across the Greater Manchester area. Our consortium consists Highway
Hope Supplementary School, Grace Incorporation Faith Trust (GIFT) Academy
Supplementary School, Highway Hope Social Enterprise, Twilight School at MMU and
Nurturing Foundations. Black Man and Woman in Coffee Shop Our Vision and Mission
Our vision is to promote community-led, heritage-inspired education and
community lifelong learning as key drivers for urban regeneration. Our mission
is to build capacity within the community education sector. We aim to: Grow our
consortium of supplementary schools across the Greater Manchester area. Share
teaching, research, capital and human resources across the consortium. Focus on
teaching core curriculum subjects (English, Maths and Sciences). Use digital,
creative education and training as well as heritage studies as media for
teaching core curriculum subjects. Provide high quality, academically relevant
extra-curricular enrichment activities across the consortium. Support volunteer
teachers across the consortium with their Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) and Initial Teacher Training (ITT). Support CPD and ITT with high quality
community-led research Form partnerships with educational, cultural and social
providers to continually strengthening our educational provision within the
communities we serve. Expand our programme of community lifelong learning
initiatives. Mentor young people in employability and enterprise skills. Develop
education and enterprise programmes which include apprenticeship programmes.
Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills success at MEaP With our joint
responsibilities for teacher training plus curriculum and teacher mentoring, we
are very excited about our plans for the Continuing Professional Development of
all of our staff. We believe that our school offers unique professional growth
opportunities for all of our teaching staff, enabling them to develop high
levels of cultural competence and excel in community teaching.
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