MOBILIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION

OF FINANCIAL RESOURCESModule 4

School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University

University of Primorska

edEUcation

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

European School Heads Association

Suvi Kahelin, Tammirinne Day Care Centre, Jyväskylä

Petri Palve, Kuokkala Comprehensive School, Jyväskylä

Seppo Pulkkinen, Kuokkala Comprehensive School,

Jyväskylä

Aki Puustinen, Muurame Upper Secondary School,

Muurame

Tarja Tuomainen, City of Jyväskylä

Kari Pirinen, Regional Council of Central Finland

Project partners and workshop

presenters

The

Tammirinne Day Care Centre Kuokkala Comprehensive School

Muurame Upper Secondary School City of Jyväskylä Regional

Council of

What is your story! Central Finland

Finnish Project Partners

(Finnish Ministry of Education, 2009)

Entrepreneurship in Finnish Education

System

Entrepreneurship education is a much larger concept than entrepreneurship in the exercise of the profession of entrepreneurship and comprises the following

active and self-imposed individual

entrepreneurial learning environment

collaboration in a network that supports education and entrepreneurship

social policy that advances active and entrepreneurial activity

entrepreneurship education establishes entrepreneurship in everybody and everywhere

education in entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship education is part of life-long learning

capability of life management, interaction and leading oneself

capability to innovate and face change

Purpose of education is to advance entrepreneurship becoming a mode of operation

In primary education positive attitudes, basic knowledge and competencies in entrepreneurship as well as entrepreneurial modes of operation are emphasised

In secondary and higher education knowledge and comptences are deepend and advancing practical skills in entreprenurship are included in the education

Entrepreneurial operation culture realises itself in collaboration with the surrounding environment

The aim is that the learner considers it easy to operate in the future employment market either as an entrepreneur or working for somebody else

SESSION 1: RECAP

Entrepreneurial competences for Financial

Resources Mobilization & Optimization in

EC4SLT

know how to attract capital and staff

able to think beyond resource constraints

able to use resources, including staffing,

creatively

capable of understanding and analysing the

cost/benefit to the school

be aware of external funding opportunities

have a basic knowledge about financial

regulations

Enquiry method for Module 4

Developing one’s community through conducting research on it

The basic enquiry cycle comprises the following phases

Examination of the starting level

Analysis of the examination

Development suggestions created on the basis of the analysis

Examination of the development suggestions

Analysis of the examination

Development plan created on the basis of the analysis

Creating a need to know

Asking questions

Using evidence

& experience

Making sense

of evidence & experience

Reflecting on learning

To what extent

have we initiated

an enquiry?

Heart in participatory leadership

For example Art of Hosting (and Harvesting)

Learning core practices like

Conducting dialogue

Work methods as world café, open space, gallery walk etc.

ICT-tools like padlet, trello, blogging, skype, facebook, twitter

(Art of Hosting workbook 2013, Hamburg, Germany)

Enquiry on

Resources Mobilization and

OptimizationThe following questions were asked and answered using an electronic

questionnaire

Are the costs and outcomes analysed and outlined together by the whole

community in order to develop your unit?

Yes, how?

No, why not?

Are people in your unit aware of various funding opportunities?

Yes, what kind of opportunities?

No, why not?

What kind of practices are there for the mobilization and optimization of

resources in your unit?

In your opinion, how should the mobilization and optimization of

resources in your unit be developed?

The answers were analysed and delivered for reflection before the next

session.

Analysis of Enquiry: Finland

What did we learn from the enquiry?Are the costs and outcomes analysed and outlined together by the whole community in order to develop your unit?

Yes 80%, a lot of variation but mainly following the budget

No 20% , a lot of variation but mainly little knowledge

Are people in your unit aware of various funding opportunities?

Yes 36%, a lot of variation from just the budget to many projects

No 64%, poor knowledge of opportunities

What kind of practices are there for the mobilization and optimization of resources in your unit?

A lot variation but mainly

resources come from local central administration

budget is presented and discussed and agreements made in meetings

in some unit(s) proactive efforts for external funding

Suggestions for further development

Strengthening community involvement, focus on merging two schools, further developing acquisition of external resources

Analysis of Enquiry: Slovenia

Primary School Vodice

Hearing and Speech Correction Centre Portorož

What about you? -> Workshop 4.1.

Make groups of 4-5 people.

Answer the following questions sharing your views.

Write down key issues on the flip chart paper and be prepared to give a brief summary of your discussion.

Timeline for discussion ca. 15 minutes

The questions

Are the costs and outcomes analysed and outlined together by the whole community in order to develop your unit?

Yes, how?

No, why not?

Are people in your unit aware of various funding opportunities?Yes, what kind of opportunities?

No, why not?

What kind of practices are there for the mobilization and optimization of resources in your unit?

What about you? -> Workshop 4.2.

Make groups of 4-5 people.

Answer the following questions sharing your views.

Write down key issues on the flip chart paper and be prepared to

give a brief summary of your discussion.

Timeline for discussion ca. 15 minutes

The questions

What did you learn from the enquiry?

What concrete actions could and should be taken take to

develop the financial management of your unit?

What concrete decisions should be taken to start and

arrange the follow-up ?