As part of your Fellowship at the Chartered College of Teaching, we are seeking to engage further with you, and provide the opportunity to network and share your experiences with other Fellows. The Fellow Sip and Share series will offer a brief opportunity to speak to other Fellows about pressing topics that you may be facing in your roles, and discuss solutions.
This Fellow Sip and Share will discuss place-based partnerships. Place-based partnerships: in challenging times (AI, SEND, budgets, attendance, well-being, recruitment, etc), collaboration between schools can support school leaders and help students’ character development. When those partnerships are cross-sector, the outcomes can be even richer. Come along to hear examples of successful school partnerships and the impact they bring.
Read Christina’s article in reference to this session on page 27-28.
This session is for Fellows only. Spaces for this Sip and Share are limited, and will be reserved via Zoom on a first come, first served basis.
Host: Christina Astin FCCT
Christina is a proud FCCT and prominent thought-leader on partnerships, especially cross-sector, and author of Partnerships WorkBook. Through Astin Consulting, she offers bespoke consultancy, training and coaching for school leaders, as well as hosting #PartnerChat, a series of free monthly breakfast briefings and webinars. Her programme Middle Leaders: The First 100 Days launches in autumn 2026.
She also advises corporate clients on their educational outreach. In 2025 she was awarded the Institute of Physics Phillips Award for her work in widening participation in physics, the subject she taught for over 20 years.
http://www.astinconsulting.com/ | www.linkedin.com/in/christina-astin