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Áætlunin ICAM (Including Children Affected by Migration) er Erasmus+ áætlun sem hönnuð er til að tryggja að innflutt börn hafi aðgang að menntun. Áætlunin hjálpar skólum að skapa öruggt umhverfi fyrir innflutt börn til að gera þeim mögulegt að nýta sér menntun sína til fulls.

LERI is a qualitative action research project under FRA’s multi-annual Roma Programme. It was developed in response to the European Commission’s Communication on an EU Framework for National Roma integration strategies up to 2020. LERI brings together local authorities and residents, in particular Roma, to investigate how they can best be involved in Roma integration actions, and identify which aspects of these actions work, which do not, and why. The aim of the project is to facilitate the engagement of all local stakeholders, including Roma, in joint efforts to enable Roma inclusion. The experience gained and the lessons learned during the process will help improve the design, implementation and monitoring of Roma integration policies and actions at the local level.

Manchester Communication Academy (MCA) works to improve outcomes for children, families and the community. This secondary academy opened in 2010 to serve one of the most disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhoods in England. From the outset, the academy’s sponsor, a large employer in the city, wanted the school to help to contribute to a vibrant and sustainable neighbourhood, and committed to addressing the many inter-related economic, social and physical challenges which characterise the neighbourhood. This mission has directly shaped the academy programme, which places equal importance on ‘teaching and learning’ and ‘social investment’. The school’s social investment department is a highly distinctive feature of its overall strategy for addressing the impacts of disadvantage on young people’s education and wider life chances.

Markmið MiCREATE verkefnisins er að hvetja til inngildingar á fjölbreyttum hópum innfluttra barna með því að taka upp barnamiðaða nálgun á aðlögun innfluttra barna á menntunar- og stefnustigi. Rannsóknarverkefnið á rætur sínar að rekja til þarfarinnar að endurskoða fyrirliggjandi aðlögunarstefnur og er markmið þess að skoða samtíma aðlögunarferla innfluttra barna á ítarlegan hátt í því skyni að efla sjálfræði þeirra, þátttöku og vellíðan.

Rights Respecting Schools (RRS) is a UNICEF-UK driven approach that integrates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as a whole school approach to child rights education. The overall aim of the approach is to create a participative, inclusive, and safe school culture, where respect for every member of the school community is guaranteed. The UNICEF Child Rights Education (CRE) Toolkit provides guidance on how to become a Rights Respecting School. Schools adapt the RRS approach to their context. The approach influences relationships between every actor in the school environment and is applicable in any school context. The framework outlined in the RRS toolkit is intended to provide a central organising principle for the entire school and, by extension, for the families and community in which the school is situated. There are three phases of development. The second and third phases (Levels 1 and 2) are similar. The aim is to execute the action plan that is developed during the Recognition of Commitment phase in order to reach the four standards of the RRSA: 1. Rights-respecting values underpin leadership and management 2. The entire school community learns about the CRC 3. The school has a rights-respecting ethos 4. Children are empowered to become active citizens and learners.

The school’s philosophy in relation to teaching and learning is focused students’ active understanding of and participation in the learning process. The school’s curriculum is based on the principles of progression and coherence.

‘The Bridge’ is one of the key innovative practices implemented at the school. It consists of a curriculum innovation established to provide a conducive and supportive learning environment for students entering secondary education at age 11. Learning is project-based and delivered by teams of teachers from different areas of the curriculum, which enables students to engage with a small number of teachers, and to work on clearly defined and cohesive learning objectives. The five principles underpinning the Bridge are: Achievement; Belonging; Celebration; Discipline; Enrichment. The students are empowered as independent learners – throughout their time at the school – and beyond. A rewards system enables students to earn points towards prizes at the end of the year.

The school’s approach to teaching and learning is based on attaining educational excellence and achievement for all students. The school developed a stimulating curriculum which seeks to provide its students with an understanding of the learning processes in which they are involved (meta-cognition) – and to build their self-belief. The provision of specialist teaching in certain subject areas (science, music, art, physical education) is a key element in this process, as is the development of maths teaching throughout the school (for 6th graders). The teaching of philosophy to all students is also a vital element in developing students’ thinking skills, resilience and self-confidence. Curriculum innovation is undertaken on the initiative of the school, working in co-operation with its Federation partners at Whitmore Park Primary School. All staff, the governing body, students and parents are regularly consulted and made part of the process of curriculum development, and the school is strongly engaged with community partners in developing broader learning activities.

SSaMs verkefnið miðaði að því að bæta námsárangur stráka og ungra karla og koma í veg fyrir brotthvarf úr skóla með kynnæmri handleiðslu og íþróttum. Grundvallarástæða Erasmus+ áætlunarinnar var að margt íþróttafólk hafði þegar frætt stráka um heilsu- og samfélagsmál, en skorti þjálfun til að gera það á áhrifaríkan hátt.

Verkefnið Supporting Inclusive School Leadership (SISL) rannsakaði hvernig hægt sé að efla skólastjórnun án aðgreiningar og bauð upp á stuðningsverkfæri. Verkefnið skoðaði stjórnun á menntun án aðgreiningar sem miðaði að því að ná fullri þátttöku í þroskandi námstækifærum, miklum árangri og velferð fyrir alla nemendur, þar með talið þá sem eru viðkvæmastir fyrir útskúfun.