Transcript Educate Together

EDUCATE TOGETHER: MEASURING VALUES
MOLLY O’ DUFFY, Ethos Development
Officer
Educate Together
Educate Together: Patron Body
58 primary schools
Ethos:
1.
Multidenominational
2.
Co-educational
3.
Child-centred
4.
Democratically run
Multi-denominational
Children of all social, cultural and
religious backgrounds have
equal access to and rights
within the school
Respect and acceptance
Not tolerance or accommodation
Values
- Identity
- Human rights
- Diversity
- Justice
- Equality
- Dignity
“No child an outsider”
Faith Formation
Ffish
Faith Formation
inside school
hours
Ffosh
Formation
outside school
hours
Ethical Curriculum: Learn Together Programme
Strands:
1. Spiritual and Moral Development
2. Equality and Justice
3. Belief Systems
4. Ethics and the Environment
“Learn Together to Live Together”
Co-educational and child-centred
All aspects of school are child-centred
Every child to fulfill potential
Democratic Control
 Parent led
 Partnership
 Students’ Council/Union
 Modelling the ethos
Ethos Self-evaluation
Self-evaluation by
schools
Evaluates extent
to which ET
ethos lived
out in school
 Clear and
transparent
 Considers the
perspectives
of all
members of
the school
community
 Helps schools
improve
Ethos Self-evaluation Tool
Band Descriptors in relation to:
 Governance, Leadership and
Accountability
 Teaching, Learning and the
Curriculum
 Culture, Relationships and the
Environment
thos Self-Evaluation Process: Pilot in Three Schools
Questionnaire to pupils, staff, parents
and Board of Management
Facilitated workshops with above
focus groups
Pilot Phase 2010
Surfaced issues re values:
Inclusion of all children
Respect for all partners
Equality of belief systems
Future Plans
Roll-out to 10
schools in
2011
Eventual roll-out
to all schools