Beneficiaries
School personnel and mediators for school and out-of-school support of Roma children in education
Countries
Country/ies or organisation that developed the tool
Date of creation of toolkit and periodicity of updates
2009
Purpose of the toolkit
Guidance on best practices (to improve the design of policies and practices)
Description of each of the tools
The guide is intended to provide staff with wide-ranging tools and practical guidelines that can be adapted to different contexts. The guide considers the profiles of school mediators and assistants, as well as their role in facilitating relations between the school and the Roma community(ies), between teachers and other school staff and parents of Roma children. The guide is therefore designed to help improve the work of Roma school mediators and assistants by providing structured day-to-day activities and highlighting aspects of mediation that are often not used in practice.
Type of guidance given to users
The guide provides advice and guidance, and discusses:
- what Roma school mediation is
- the role and responsibilities of a Roma school mediator
- the essential skills of Roma school mediators
- organisational suggestions - various examples of activities to be implemented at different stages of the mediation process (beginning, midterm, etc.) and guidance on how to evaluate the implementation of the action plan
- practical guidelines on how to work/deal with school management
Source of information of the different tools
Council of Europe, Directorate of Education and Languages, Division for the European Dimension of Education. Designed by Mihaela Zatreanu and Calin Rus.
Link/s to the toolkit and further information
Ther toolkit is available in PDF format at the following link: www.schooleducationgateway.eu/files/esl/downloads/07_Guide_for_Roma_School_Mediators.pdf
