Each school should be the place where students have access to quality education, training and lifelong learning. This should occur in safe places, where students learn how to become full citizens. Unfortunately, for some children, schools are also a place where they feel stigmatized and experience social exclusion (e.g. bullying). It is a fact that teachers have difficulties dealing with disruptive students and finding solutions to restore the damage.
To support teachers and help students succeed in school and reduce exclusionary discipline incidents that can ultimately lead to drop out school, restorative practices can be part of the solution.
To support teachers and help students succeed in school and reduce exclusionary discipline incidents that can ultimately lead to drop out school, restorative practices can be part of the solution.
Schools & Solutions proposes to develop an innovative and interactive way to include the school community (students, teachers, principals, parents, community NGO etc.) in creating solutions for problems, upscaling existing restorative approaches by training teachers to deal with complex school realities, using restorative practices, creating mechanisms for improving student behavior and reducing the need for suspensions.
To achieve this, three different groups will be involved in the activities of the project: learners, along with the pedagogical and technical teams, direct and indirect stakeholders, namely parents and other organizations that contribute to the schools' day to day operations, and finally the communities which the schools belong to, along with public and private organizations and policy makers.
