Aims of the Citizen Schools Pathway

Core Aim

To build the capacity of school communities to effect change, build community alliances, facilitate community cohesion and make learning more relevant and compelling.

Rationale

Strong leadership from a broad base of powerful constituents is essential to successfully take community cohesion forward; A citizenship-rich school is an inclusive one, where a broad range of constituents

  take responsibility for learning and tackling barriers to learning.

A coalition of support needs to be built to effect this change, representing each of the curriculum, culture and community pathways Citizenship education – bridging a school’s curriculum, culture and community – has the potential to transform education, making learning real, engaging an applied to young people's livesReal community cohesion involves bringing diverse people together to effect political change – not simply celebrating difference, diversity or commonality Community Organising affords leaders a methodology to embed community

  cohesion and active citizenship throughout schools and their communities

Effective training is built around applied programmes (as opposed to generic models), which are of direct relevance and application to schools and communities Public sector bodies have a duty to include and promote community cohesion, but are lacking strategic, sustainable and community-led means to achieve these.

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