Thirteen children's centre leaders, who have been nominated by theirlocal authorities, will take part in the scheme being conducted by theNational College for School Leadership (NCSL). All of them leadchildren's centres that are based on school sites, located in a nationalchallenge area and involved with the Government's 0-7 Partnership schemepilots (News, 17 July 2008).
The ten local authorities taking part are Leicester City, Bradford,Luton, Haringey, Cornwall, Barnsley, Richmond, Hertfordshire, Dudley andTower Hamlets.
Participants will attend a four-day development course exploring how tobuild relationships with the community and local partners. The sessionswill also cover topics such as leading and managing in an environmentwhere there may be conflicting interests, how to contribute to policydevelopment and implementation and how to motivate differentstakeholders to work effectively together.
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