2.4. Õpetajate heaolu

Inimõigusi austav kool on UNICEF-UK lähenemine, mis viib ÜRO lapse õiguste konventsiooni kooli terviklikku laste õiguste alasesse haridusse. Selle lähenemise üldine eesmärk on luua osalemist võimaldav, kaasav ja ohutu koolikultuur, kus on tagatud kõigi koolikogukonna liikmete vastastikune austamine. UNICEFi laste õiguste alase hariduse töövahend annab näpunäiteid, kuidas saada inimõigusi austavaks kooliks. Iga kool kohandab töövahendi enda olukorra järgi. Selline lähenemine muudab koolis kõigi suhteid ja seda saab kasutada igasuguses koolis. Inimõigusi austava kooli raames loodud töövahendi eesmärk on pakkuda aluspõhimõtet koolielu ja -töö korraldamiseks ning see laieneb ka peredele ja kogukonnale, kes kooliga kokku puutuvad. On kolm arenguetappi. Teine ja kolmas etapp (1. ja 2. tase) on sarnased. Eesmärk on ellu viia tegevuskava, mis koostati tunnustamise etapis, et vastata inimõigusi austava kooli neljale standardile: 1. Kooli juhitakse inimõigusi austaval viisil. 2. Kogu koolikollektiiv õpib tundma lapse õiguste konventsiooni. 3. Koolis austatakse inimõigusi. 4. Lapsi õpetatakse olema aktiivne kodanik ja õppija.

The aim of the report Nordic Projects to Combat School Dropout is to improve and inspire new initiatives for young people, and to create enriching contacts between actors and organisations in the Nordic region.
The Nordic Web Resource on Dropout from Upper Secondary Education was a project commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers and run by the Nordic Welfare Centre between 2012 and 2015. The aim of the project was to compile good examples of initiatives aimed at increasing the proportion of young people in the Nordic region who complete upper secondary education.

PDST loodi septembris 2010 üldise, integreeritud ja sektoriteülese tugiteenusena koolidele ning seda toetab Iirimaa haridus- ja kutseharidusministeerium. Tegemist on nüüdseks riigi suurima tugiteenusega, mis pakub kutsealase koolituse võimalusi õpetajatele ja koolijuhtidele erinevates pedagoogika, õppekavade ja haridusega seotud valdkondades. Prioriteetide hulgas on toetada koolijuhtimist, kooli enesehindamist, hindamist, õpetamiseks ja õppimiseks mõeldud IKTd, kaasamist, tervist ja heaolu ning pärast põhikooli algavaid aineid ja programme. PDST pakub jätkuvat kutsealast arengut ja tuge õpetajate abil, kes suunatakse oma koolist seda tööd tegema. Nende hulgas on nii põhi- kui ka keskkooliõpetajaid. PDST veebisaidil on rubriike õpetaja tervise ja heaolu teemal, allikaid ja linke õpetajate füüsilise ja vaimse tervise hoidmise kohta töökohal ning teavet silmast silma toimuvate õpetajakoolituste ja -seminaride kohta.

The ‘Complex Instruction Programme’ (CIP) provides equal chances for children from different social backgrounds. The method seeks to change children roles and responsibilities in active learning. CIP is based on four principles: (1) education involves a varied level of non-routine, open-end tasks to mobilise students of different abilities; (2) responsibility is shared, learners are responsible for their personal work while the group is responsible for individual achievements; (3) work is evaluated against set norms and roles; (4) hierarchy within the group - the status of the students is mobile. In addition, the school uses other innovative practices, such as a reading programme for the elementary grades where students regularly read aloud to each other in pairs, and then exchange their thoughts, and the ‘learning between generations’ programme where children draw their family trees and label each member with a special skill they have.

In 2011/2012, the Dutch School Inspectorate concluded that student results in the Tjotter school were too low. The school used to have a negative pedagogical climate, and suffered from a loss of trust between school and parents. Eventually, the school staff lost confidence in the former school leader and requested the school board to appoint a new leader. With an arrival of the current school leader four years ago, innovative processes started. A common view of education and teacher mutual learning was established, in addition to the culture of continuous improvement.

Key interventions:

• improvement of teachers’ pedagogical and didactical skills: team schooling with subsequent follow up and monitoring within the learning community of teachers, individual coaching and change of personnel
• creating student portfolios to make students the owners of their learning process while students were also encouraged to participate in its formation
• other approaches being used at school: positive behaviour support; encouraging student participation and (direct) feedback on student’s results; ‘Teach like a Champion’; and HGW (Action Oriented Approach) for student differentiation.

“On the Shoulders of Giants: Successful educational projects for socially inclusive education” is a voluntary teacher continuing professional development programme.
It is attended by a majority of early childhood, primary and secondary education teachers from the province of Valencia. This programme is also open to other educational community stakeholders, including parents, administrators and staff, university students, psychologists, and others. It is described as a “dialogical training space” where participants read and reflect on important social and educational matters that promote inclusive schools, with reference to international theoretical and scientific consensus and contributions.