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Schools in general are places for growht of the civil society. The school actors experience it‘s procedures, hierarchy and ways of solving problems. According to recent researches, this experience determine their atitude towards other institutions of civil society and democracy in general.
Czech school system is one of the most decentralized in the world. The government provides schools with basic guidline and covers salaries of school staff, municipalities take care over facilities. Development of school curriculum and school culture are responsibility of schools. Overal responsibility is on the school director, that shall collaborate and report to School council. In this body, delegates of pupils and their parents, teachers and the municipality/school founder are presented.
The School counciles are a key tool for the participation of school actors. This institute has a strong legal position, but it is not well known and does not have needed prestige. School counciles are not efficient enough in their activities, there is no quality information platform to support them.
The project strengthens so-called performance triangle of the School counciles (to know, to want, to have the power), using a set of developed and verified tools, creating an organizational platform for ongoing communication and support. The online encyclopedia of relevant concepts will be developed as well as tools and manuals for democratic elections and efficient procedures. Good practise of restorative approach will be shared among schools, using also examples provided of parents and educators in Norwegian schools.
All the project outputs will be ready for ongoing development and service under management of Restorative school, z.s. , partner organisations and institutions.