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KA2: Art as a Means to develop Low Skilled Inmates
Kick off Meeting Limerick Prison
Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th
January 2019
Agenda
Day:
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Time:
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9.30-10.30
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Registration
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Who
is responsible for what – discussion over the partnership detailed activity
chart.
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Delegation
of Work
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10.30-
11.30
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Welcome
and Introductions. Individual presentations from each partner (10 minutes
long)
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Outline
plan for Project-outcomes
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Workshop:
Felt
Making
Calligraphy
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11.30-13.00
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Project
overview – objectives, tools, reporting, coordination, timeline, etc.
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Evaluation
and dissemination plan.
How
to use SLACK software for better communication.
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Q&A
session – do we have any questions, doubts regarding the partnership/finances
ets.?
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13.00-14.00
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Lunch
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Lunch
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Lunch
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14.00-15.00
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Brain
Storming session on ideas for project. What activities can each partner do
within the partnership.
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Planning
and assignments for next meeting
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Workshop: or Guest
Felt
Making Speakers
Calligraphy
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15.00-16.00
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Visit
to Limerick Prison
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Dates
for Future meetings (Italy, Poland and Spain).
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Presentation
of Certificates of Attendance
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19.00
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Dinner
in La Cucina
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Dinner
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Dinner
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Kick Off meeting for KA2
“Art as a Means to Develop Low Skilled Inmates”
Limerick Tuesday 15th - Thursday 17 January 2019
Minutes
Project Participants:
Ireland: Paula Rafferty, Deidre Ní Chinnéide, Anna Maria Murphy, Janet Fulop
Poland: Hubert Skrzynski, Cezary Mikolaiewski
Spain: Elena Simon, Elena Ariza
Italy: Raffaela Podda, Maria Laura Barri
EPEA: Paul Talbot, Annett Bakker
Visitors: Eamonn Hehir (Head Teacher
Limerick Prison) Joe Hardyman (Vice Principal Limerick Prison) Tom Shortt (
Arts Development Officer, IPS) Mark Kennedy ( Governor, Limerick Prison),
Therese Beirne (Assistant Governor, Limerick Prison), speaker: Brian O’Rourke
(ex-prisoner)
Day 1 Tuesday 15th
January:
9.00am Participants were met at hotel by Paula and brought to Limerick
Prison, the Boardroom in the Stores area specifically.
9.30-10.30 Registration and refreshments.
10.30-11.30 Welcome to group by Paula and individual presentations
started a little early.
Irish presentation:
Approximately 3,500 in custody, 214 centres and several post
release centres. Education run jointly by Irish Prison Service and Education
and Training Boards.
There are 16 teachers in the Education Unit and classes offered
include: Art, Ceramics, Crafts, Computers, Cooking, English, Maths, Music,
History., Geography, Business Studies, Physical Education, Yoga, Tai Chi,
Woodwork, Open University Courses, Health Education, Drug awareness, Childcare.
Additional Course are run in conjunction with Prison Management.
Approximately 300 inmates, men and women.
Spanish presentation:
Elena Simon, the Head Teacher of the school, Solo Del Real Prison
(30/40km north of Madrid), gave the presentation.
School was built in 1995, contains 17 blocks (I for women) and
1,400 inmates, 550 staff and 68 workers, 12 teaching staff.
Inmates can earn up to €300 a month (commercial) only 10% can work
Long waiting lists in school, lots of foreign prisoners, Block 14
addiction and rehab centre.
Polish presentation:
Hubert, head of school gave the presentation. Focus on woodcraft
and stained glass, glass painting, sculptural fabric sculptures (Powertex)
No sharp objects allowed in main school. Therapeutic centre has
more access and has 7 teachers. Main school only has academic subjects. 624
inmates, with 75 students in school daily. Oldest operating prison in Poland
(built in 1803)
Problem with overcrowding and mentality of officers.
Big Government programme “Work in Prisons” affects school as
prisoners prefer to work.
80% of workers don’t get paid. 60% of inmates work.
150 prison units and only 15 schools
70,000 in prison 2,500 in formal education
Hubert started an organisation called “Busola” (compass) to help
raise funding in 2016 and has applied for 3 Erasmus+ projects one of which
involves taking prisoners to talk to outside schools.
Therapeutic unit sells work.
Italian presentation:
Raffaela gave the presentation, she works in two prisons, 1 maximum
security and 1 open prison and teaches languages and science
Open prison: Students from local high school spend a day in the
prison, open prison 80% foreign inmates, mainly North African and European.
Overcrowding a big problem.
Work made by inmates can be sold but the money goes back into the
school, no Art teachers.
Twice a year inmates are brought out to local schools.
We then watched a short video on Sardinia.
EPEA presentation:
EPEA conference Dublin June 2019, EPEA partner/ evaluator of
project
Annett teaches in prison in Holland.
EPEA international NGO-platform for professional involvement in
prison education
Influencing policies in Europe (Council of Europe) lots of contacts
in Adult Education
Works with prison governing bodies (EUROPRIS)
Prison services looking at education-expect group on foreigners in
prisons
Integration and Radicalisation
Overcrowding, old buildings, foreigners, religious beliefs
influencing violent behaviour are 4 major problems in European prisons.
EPEA invited to Morocco by UNESCO to teach inmates to teach
literacy to other inmates.
Annett spoke about prison in Holland closing and the increase of
electronic detention.
Paul is not a prison teacher, he works on projects as a freelance
trainer and offers support in identifying and evaluation of projects.
11.30-13.00
Project Overview:
December 2016 project was planned with the objective of smuggling
skills into art projects
How to teach basic skills?
Tools: workshops, extend existing workshops, develop new ones.
Poland- IT and literacy skills
Reporting findings? Mobility tool? (online tool for reporting,
contains different tabs. Co-ordinator, partners, lead project national agency,
connect with national agency re advice) Evaluation and goal setting
Overview of objectives
JOPER-journal of prison education and re-entry
Why are we doing this?
Students have very negative experience of traditional schools
Then what are we going to do?
Formalise processes we use-why?
13.00- Lunch
14.00 – 3.45 Tour of Limerick Prison with Chief Officer Breen
3.45-4.15
Meeting concluded with a discussion on the prison visit and a
decision was made to move the brain storming session to the following day.
Day 2 Wednesday the 16th
of January
9.30-12.00
Morning session was led by Paul and involved a group brain storming
exercise on evaluating the project
Evaluating the
project
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Successful ® tasks completed (project)
Meaningful® other objectives (non-project)
impactful® sustainability
What are my
motivations for being in this project
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content ois used
after project is used
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develop own skills
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focus group® confront prejudice
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Work more together
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Record/ put it in
framework)
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More professional
approach
Orange sticky notes:
Poland:
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Exchanging good practices
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Meeting new colleagues
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Comparing/ contrasting
EPEA:
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Hands on involvement in
projects
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Experience and see
evaluation® ongoing process ® learning
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Understand processes and
project implementation
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Insighrt
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Develop tools to help all
members
Spain/Italy
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New strategies
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New practices
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Student growth
Ireland:
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Content is used after
project is finished
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Develop own
skills/knowledge
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To confront prejudices
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To gain knowledge/insight
into what others are doing
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That framework is
transferrable
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Widening professional
network
Yellow Sticky notes:
Based on motivations/ think more concrete results
What you I Want to achieve/ accomplish in the next two years?
Objective:
Physical document
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Create timeline framework that outlines
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weekly meetings clarity, clear, concise,
practical, focused
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plan delegate jobs
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division of labour ® involve students later on
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committed
® honest
Green Sticky notes:
Ted Talks Simon Sinek “start with Why”
link to talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw
Always ask why?
We do why? We do how? We do what?
What can we
physically do to meet actions?
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broaden it to
include all partners
communication
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interactive digital
platform ®local ® international
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meetings and
timetables
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draw up criteria
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keep it simple ® for example write name
Flip chart ® external objectives
KA1 mobility
KA2 physical project
BOSS ® Beginning of Sustainability Status ( box ticking with meaning)
Slack software ® free software for project management
Pint sticky notes:
Brainstorming ideas on basic needs in groups:
Why? :
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To allow others to use material from project
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Using skills students have
already ( good at working with hands, making) to sneak in other skills
Why Art has been chosen as the means? :
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Wide range od needs in
group
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Means of showing relevance
of art as a viable subject in prisons
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Outcomes need to be
returned to National Agencies (as title of project involves Art)
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Proof that activities took
place
Spanish want to use embroidery as a means to teach calligraphy and
therefore literacy ® lesson plans need to be drawn up.
Transnational meetings should involve discussing and evaluating
project to date
Discussion on workshop training, outcome to have modules ready to
use at KA1 training meeting.
Documents then need to be evaluated and finalised to share with
other partners
Comments by Tom Shortt, the Irish Prison Arts Coordinator:
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Identify transferrable
principles
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What are the skills you
need?
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What is Art?
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What are skills needed?
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Use of intentional teaching
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Develop reflective process
and compile ideas.
Looking at project timetable and working through it, assigning jobs
to partners
Proposed timeline for next meetings:
Poland: week of 16 -20th September 2019
Italy: week of 20 – 24th
April 2020
Spain: September 2020
Day finished at 16.00
Day 3 Thursday the 17th
of January
9.30- 11.00:
Practical workshops on Calligraphy and a simple hand sewing
technique called “English paper piecing, (EPP)”
Calligraphy workshop given by Janet Fulop, Textile workshop by
Paula Rafferty.
Materials were supplied by Janet and Paula.
11.00 -12.00:
Presentation by ex-prisoner of Limerick Prison Brian O”Rourke on
the impact Art in Prison had on him, followed by questions and discussion
During the meeting the Assistant Governor Theresa Beirne and
Governor Mark Kennedy arrived and spoke briefly about Limerick Prison
Meeting concluded with lunch and the participants being assisted
with departure.
Actions points:
Actions:
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Poland
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Ireland
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Spain
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Italy
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EPEA
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Set up digital platform to share documents and files:
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Paul
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Work on developing individual modules for Workshop training
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Have regular internal meeting to discuss progress and develop
modules
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Evaluate and monitor progress
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Planning for international meetings
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Yes
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Done
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Yes
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Yes
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VIDEO about Limerick mobility
