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Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” LOCAL ACTION PLAN 2014-2016 “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” Gijón- September 30, 2014 PREVENT-URBACT 1 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” INDEX A) CITY CONTEXT AND DEFINITION OF POLITICAL CHALLENGE/INITIAL PROBLEM 3 B) DEFINITION OF FOCUS AND GOALS 7 C) ACTIVITIES AND CALENDAR 8 D) FUNDING 9 E) FRAMEWORK FOR RESULTS 10 Stakeholders Interest Analysis Table Gijón LAG Table Methodology URBACT. “The Problem Tree” Problem and Solution Table Table of Actions F) RISK ANALYSIS 23 G) GENERAL SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS 24 APPENDIX Appendix I. Good Practices –Gijón 27 28 2 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” LOCAL ACTION PLAN A) CITY CONTEXT AND DEFINITION OF POLITICAL CHALLENGE/ INITIAL PROBLEM Gijón Municipality Gijón is located in the centre of the Asturian coast with a total surface of 181.7 km. The city of Gijón is divided in six DISTRICTS: Centre, East, El Llano, West, South and Rural. Loss of population and the slowing down of population growth have been the tendency in the last ten years. GIJÓN DATA AT JANUARY 1st 2014 SEX NUMBER % WOMEN 147.358 52,66 MEN 132.468 47,33 TOTAL 279.826 100 Source: U.I.C. Gijón City Council POPULATION BY CATEGORIES (YEARS 2012, 2013 Y 2014. DATA AT JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR) YEAR % YEAR % YEAR % 2012 2013 2014 CHILDREN POPULATION 31.359 11,10 31.430 11,15 31.273 11,17 ACTIVE POPULATION 178.681 63,30 186.356 66,13 182.946 65,37 ELDERLY POPULATION 72.221 25,58 63.988 22,72 65.607 23,44 TOTAL POPULATION 282.261 281.774 279.826 Source: FMSS Social Promotion Division. Own data from UIC data. 3 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” CHILDREN AND YOUNG POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS IN GIJóN. DATA AT 1/1 / 2014 AGE GROUPS NUMBER 0 a 4 years 9.810 5 a 9 years 11.293 10 a 14 years 10.169 15 a 19 years 9.466 TOTAL 40.738 Source FMSS Social Promotion Division. Own data from UIC data. The number of foreigners in Gijón at January 1st 2014 is 15.446 people out of which 3.128 are under 19. Basic data of the evolution in schooling in Gijón School data in Gijón are shown divided by the total number of school centres and total number of registered students. This applies to the course 2003/2004 in which the project of “Social-educational work in school absenteeism“ started and, also, to the last three academic years (ending in 2013/2014) EDUCATIONAL CENTRES COURSE 2003/2004 COURSE 2011/2012 Total Centres Registered Students Total Centres Registered Students Infant education/Nursery School 50 5.037 52 6.478 Primary education 49 10.419 50 12.223 Total Infant and Primary education 15.456 18.701 Secondary education 28 8.448 27 7.785 A-levels 23 4.143 20 3.992 Vocational training 23 4.193 16 4.431 Special Education 3 178 3 197 COURSE 2012/2013 COURSE 2013/2014 4 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” EDUCATIONAL CENTRES Total Centres Registered Students Total Centres Registered Students Infant education/Nursery School 51 6.344 53 6.453 Primary education 49 12.036 49 12.774 Total Infant and Primary education 100 18.380 102 19.227 Secondary education 27 7.960 27 8.045 A-levels 20 4.028 29 4.080 Vocational training 15 4.766 13 5.553 Special education 3 201 2 48 Source. C.A Education, Culture and Sports department Regarding local policy strategies in Gijón and related to school absenteeism we must highlight the importance of being part of the Educational Cities State Network (R.E.C.E) and Gijón City Educational Project. Educational Cities State Network: Gijón has been part of this network R.E.C.E since 1996. This is an important platform for the exchange and learning among Spanish cities committed to the concept of education as well as a channel to show concerns and proposals to the Central Government and to the International Association of Educational Cities. A Themed Network in the period 2009-2011 was that called School dropout in Compulsory Education Educational Project of Gijón City . Also known as PEC is a tool to start a process of social transformation leading to the change and progress of the city regarding education as the main asset. In the context of the city, Gijón has got forums for debate and study of school absenteeism. Gijón has been the host of three different talks about the subject, the last one being “School absenteeism, a citizen question”, in 2014. At Social Services we have “Gijón´s Strategic Social Plan” (P.E.S.) 2012-2016 made by The Municipal Foundation for Social Services (FMSS) and presented in February 2012. It is a tool that contributes to a better social welfare in Gijón making the city a place with a higher level of life quality, stressing and emphasizing the social side of it. At the heart of the P.E.S. we have the so called GIJÓN YOUTH PROGRAM. A part of this program is an EDUCATIONAL FAMILY ORIENTED WORK COMMISSION dealing with school absenteeism. Summary of European Projects participated by Gijón 5 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” At present Gijón is finishing those European Projects within the budget line 2007-2013 and working in the new period 2014-2020. The city of Gijón is also preparing several candidacies for the European Union Research and Innovation Program, called “Horizon 2020” based on three pillars: facing the main social challenges, promoting the industrial leadership in Europe and strengthening the scientificbased excellence. Among projects linked to the Regional Development European Found “FEDER” and Social European Found (FSE), the following plans are being developed by the City Council of Gijón. 1) Gijón Women Entrepreneurs Innovators Project: The goal of this project is to support women entrepreneurs in their businesses by increasing their sales and consolidation on the market, improving their competitiveness through customized advice. This project is co-founded by Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER); Secretaría de Estado de Servicios Sociales e Igualdad y el Centro Municipal de Empresas de Gijón (Gijón, Impulsa Empresas). 2) First Professional Experience Program A project co-founded by the Fondo Social Europeo, Programa Operativo del Fondo Social Europeo del Principado de Asturias 2007-2013 (2007.ES.051.PO006), as well as Servicio Público de Empleo del Principado de Asturias. This program is aimed at young and unemployed people aged between 18 and 25 with a previous professional qualification and not longer than three months work experience in the same activity. 3) Pilot Project of Technology Mobile Payment NFC: This project with technology mobile payment NFC (Near Field Communication) is part of the ticketing initiative of the European Commission SITE (Smart Travelling in Atlantic Cities), in collaboration with Movistar. This project is developed within INTERREG IV B Program Espacio Atlántico. It works as a smart payment card SIM in your mobile. Gijón Municipal Public Transport Company is the leader of this pilot project, pioneer in Europe with the participation of San Sebastian Public Transport Company with the cities of Nantes, Dublin, Liverpool and Aveiro. 4) Know-Cities Proyect: The project "Ciudades del conocimiento en el Arco Atlántico. Know-cities”, is a result of a reflection process about agreed strategies and cooperation processes in the world new scenario of the economy of knowledge. In this Project KNOW CITIES (INTERREG IV B Espacio Atlántico ) Gijón is a partner city. The main goal is to carry out an innovative methodology and to promote and facilitate the access and the transition to the economy of knowledge. Initial problem or political challenge/ how it all started The Municipal Foundation of Social Services has been dealing with school absenteeism since 2002 when the ”Socio-educational project in School absenteeism “ began with the participation of all the parts involved in the reduction of school absenteeism in compulsory education. We have become progressively aware of the importance of prevention where families are absolutely essential, and how they have to be taken into account into the local political 6 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” action. Absenteeism may result in school failure, a risk factor for social cohesion. Hence, the importance of the involvement of the social services in the issue and, particularly, in the delivery of preventive actions. Since 2004 the FMSS teams of Family Support Intervention have been working in family oriented programmes from a preventive point of view following the guidelines of the European Commission about support in the development of a positive parenthood. Since 2008 it has been working with the Guide-program for the development of emotional, educational, parental skills published by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy and whose author is Dr. Raquel Amaya Martínez González. Due to this line of work the Council of Gijón has been selected in the school year 2011-2012 to participate in the Urbact project called Prevent or “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” focusing on one of the key issues of school absenteeism: families and the relationships between the school and the social environment. B) DEFINITION OF FOCUS AND GOALS School absenteeism is a complex and heterogeneous phenomena with an important social dimension that has an influence on the construction of young peoples’ social identity and constitutes a reflection on existing social inequalities. School absenteeism is not only considered as an education problem but a multidimensional factor closely linked with vulnerability and social exclusion situations in adulthood. In 2002 the “Project of Socio Educational Work in School absenteeism” started. It was coordinated by the FMSS within the framework of Spanish Law Local Act currently replaced by 27/2013 about Reformation of Local Administration (LRSAL). Carried out by the Municipal Social Services and the State educational centres located in Gijón, the main goal of this project is “to provide regular class attendance to all the students within compulsory education and in particular of those at risk of absenteeism”. Throughout all these years project assessments have been carried out. In addition, in 2008/2009 the Project Support Operative Commission was set up by the technical commission in charge of coordination of all organizations involved in the area. Some of its duties are to make up reports, to pass and agree on interventions, to carry out improvement proposals, etc. The ultimate purpose of this project is to offer tools for prevention, detection and reduction of school absenteeism in educational centres of the Municipality of Gijón working with two pillars in mind: family and the interrelationship between school and the social environment. The general goal is to reduce the phenomenon of school absenteeism in Gijón school centres, both state and private, within compulsory education through prevention work with families. Specific goals: Identifying absenteeism cases Obtaining the profile of a dropout student Providing reflection, suggestion and proposals on the part of every stakeholder Assuming the efficiency of local policies in terms of social-educational issues 7 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” Considering the protocols in action Getting to know the scope of the problem locally Analyzing absenteeism processes for every student Deepening in the causes of the problem Detecting risk factors in school absenteeism 8 Plan de Acción Local: “Como implicar las familias en la prevención del absentismo escolar” C) ACTIVITIES AND CALENDAR 9 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” D) FUNDING Human resources: A multiprofessional team made up of different professionals, (educators, psychologists, sociologists, etc.) is provided. Material resources: material, spaces, technology provided by FMSS of Gijón City Council. Funding sources: It is included in the general budget of the FMSS. 10 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” E) FRAMEWORK FOR RESULTS 11 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” STAKEHOLDERS INTEREST ANALYSIS Interest and how affected Capacity and motivation they are by the issue to bring about change STAKEHOLDERS Possible actions to address stakeholder interest PRIMARY STAKERHOLDERS Local authority key departments: Social Services FMSS Other areas of Local Authority -Education - Citizen Security Regional Administration Educational sector Family scope Students - High interest in leading the Project. Affected directly. Medium interest Affected directly. Medium interest Affected directly High interest Affected directly High interest Affected directly High interest Affected directly High capacity and high motivation Medium capacity Medium motivation . High capacity Medium motivation High capacity Medium motivation High capacity High motivation High capacity Assumption and start up of good practices Transversal intervention Follow-up of PAL actions Assumption of initiatives approved by LAP Take into account family interest to specify actors Specific employment programmes for early school leavers SECONDARY STAKEHOLDERS Local community / Third sector - High interest Affected directly High capacity High motivation Possibility of carrying out these actions provided by PAL Employment sector - High interest Affected directly Medium capacity High motivation Specific employment programmes for early school leavers 12 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” GIJÓN LAG TABLE AREA AGENCY SURNAME AND NAME Amo Morán, Pilar López-Cortijo, Carmen Gala Quesada, Beatriz Prado Vigil, Francisco Javier Martínez González, Marcelino Becedóniz Vázquez, Carlos POSITION Director of Municipal Social Services Foundation Local support group coordinator(LAG) Responsible for Administration of M.S.S.Foundation Educator of Municipal Social Services Foundation Coordinator of the Project Sociologist of Municipal Social Services Foundation Sociologist of Municipal Social Services Foundation Local Police Subinspector Director of Programmes Director of the Agency for Childhood Inspection Service and Student Service and Participation (Counseling of Education, Culture and Sports) Alonso García, Mª Paloma Technical Service Specialist students and participation Counseling of Education, Culture and Sports Corujo Fernández, Jose Ángel Inspection Service López López, Mª Josefa Rato, Felipe Alfredo Montila González, Catherine González Santos, María Vilasó Gómez, Jaime Group of educational psychologists Director of Studies Partner Technical Professor of Community Services Educator School of Second Chance Menéndez Pidal State School Serrano Barro, Rosana Díaz García, Carolina Sánchez Villa, Arancha Educator Director President of Parents & Students Association Severo Ochoa State School “Education Mornings” (Institution “Hogar de San José”) Federation of parents & students association in state schools in Gijón/Xixon. Foundation Secretariado Gitano Foundation Siloé López-Urrutia, Lucía Canto Villanueva, Ángeles Hevia, Pilar Educator Programme Manager: “Education Mornings” President Andrés Cano, Antonia González, Susana Manager Director Councillor for Social Services and Housing Covián Regales, Mª Loreto García Viejo, Mª Anita Local Administration Councilor for Public Safety (Local Police) Councilor for Education, Culture, Youth and Festivities Agency for Childhood (Counseling of Social Services and Housing) Regional Administration Fernández Vallín Secondary School Education Area Local Area Matajove Secondary School Roces Secondary School 13 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” 14 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” PROBLEM AND SOLUTION TABLE Issue Reducing school absenteeism and family involvement Central Problem: Unsuitable relationship family-school PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS RESOURCES Lack of family involvement in school Regular one to one interviews, family-students-- Agreement will between the centre tutor. (quarterly) families/students/tutors To inform what the school expects of the family and vice versa Maladjustment to school Avoiding stigmatization Tutor register of students life record Information transfer among tutors Mistrust relationship family ↕centre School misfits actors Creating spaces for family participation in school Generating group belonging through leisure activities. Voluntary outings outside school hours Family-school day FAMILIATLHON: Grouping the families around sports and showing its positive values. Facilitating solidarity between different ages, profile environments, circumstances and capacities, and putting families in contact with sports; it is a health promotion tool. accompanying Training in mediation between peers Generating programmes of students and “dynamic playgrounds” Inflexibility of Educational system Didactic, methodological and legal alternatives school: dropout and fewer opportunities Fewer opportunities for the students Promotion of emotional education in the to develop their life cycle educational community developing skills for the reengagement to the school system. Teaches guide: More customized education and focus on diversity Workshops on emotional education as an essential part of the students´ development highlighting the importance of emotions and group synergies. 15 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” Students’ lack of interest School dropout Meetings to get to know themselves better (family-students-teacher) Different pathways Education flexibility encouraging family work Meeting planning Less academic and more flexible school syllabus 16 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” METHODOLOGY: Urbact methodology “problem tree” as an Urbact tool that has allowed Local Support Group members to agree on problem definition, causes and effects. Several work meetings have taken place where Local Action Plan bases have been set up. Division of LAG members in small groups (5/6 members per group) with a mixed professional profile prior to work LAG meetings (22 members) Role and impact of transnational meetings and what we have learned from them. “Inclusion schools”. Good practice of the city of Sofia. In these schools teachers are trained to work in multicultural environments and receive support from qualified mediators in Roma Language. They all do a specialized course in: Parent involvement Conflict intervention Multicultural intervention Communication and relation models Communication with institutions Information on the existing resources “Breaking the violence cycle”. Good practice of the city of Sofia. It is a municipal plan model to let teachers know about aggressions, causes, effects and school bullying and how to identify violence-abused children. Involving the community in educational programmes and campaigns, parents, NGOS, local governments, media, etc. Encouraging victims and parents to look for help when they have been witnesses or victims. Creating a tool to promote an institutional dialogue on risk behaviour prevention. “The flee club”. Good practice of the city of Nantes. To avoid school failure by promoting the pleasure of reading among children who are beginners in reading. “Antenas”, good practice in the city of Avilés. 17 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” TABLE OF ACTIONS ACTION 1.1. TITLE: “COMMUNICATION CHANNELS” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Tools set up to make communication and information fluent between school and families, making long-term actions possible. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY ■CALENDAR PARTNERS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES AND FMSS PARENTS ASSOCIATION AND STUDENTS QUARTERLY/ ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To make information between school and family fluent and in both directions To find out what school expects of the families and vice versa To make work with families possible ■RESOURCES Interviews ACTION 1.2. TITLE: “ONGOING MONITORING” ■ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Tutor-to-tutor information transfer by means of each students life record, standardizing info compilation from teachers for students follow-up ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR EDUCATIONAL CENTRES FAMILIES START AN ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To avoid the students stigmatization To consolidate a customized plan with follow-up protocols ■ RESOURCES 18 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” ACTION 1.3. TITLE: “FAMILY SPACES FOR PARTICIPATION AND INTEGRATION” ■ BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Space build-up of continuous family participation through socio-educational leisure activities to promote family binding to school ■LEAD ACTION OR ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR AGENCY EDUCATORS FAMILIES SCHOOL CENTRES ASSOCIATION FAMILIES YEAR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To generate a sense of group belonging To promote bounds between the parts To facilitate solidarity between different profiles, ages, circumstances, environment and capabilities To achieve more involvement in parents associations ■RESOURCES - Familiatlhon: Joining families together around sports To group people around sports and highlight sports’ positive values. To join families together around a shared activity in order to maximize closer links To facilitate connections and solidarity between ages, profiles To enjoy being together under the same conditions with no exclusion ACTION 1.4. TITLE: “PLAYGROUND BOOST FOR INTEGRATION AND STOP-VIOLENCE” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Playground boost to make a better school, transferring the good practice ”breaking the violence” of Sofia ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR STUDENTS FAMILIES MONITORS TRAINING MEDIATION ACADEMIC YEAR START ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To improve the living together atmosphere within school spaces. To increase the students’ interest in school and improving their adaptation ■RESOURCES - Students as mediators in conflict-solving. ANTENAS AVILÉS 19 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” ACTION 1.5. TITLE: “DIVERSITY AS KEY” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Alternative methodologies to achieve a more customized education focused on diversity ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR EDUCATIONAL CENTRES FMSS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PAG CONTINUOUS. (EDUCATIONAL CENTRE, GENERAL ANNUAL PROGRAM) 1 ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To increase mutual respect To contribute to the students’ personal development ■RESOURCES - Teacher´s guide. - FMSS Programme “get close to my reality”: video and didactic units to integrate disabled people ACTION 1.6. TITLE: “IN SOCIO-EMOTIONAL TERMS” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Promotion of socio-emotional educational work between the students. ■LEAD ACTION OR ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR AGENCY EDUCATIONAL SOCIOEMOTIONAL SKILLS PGA CENTRES TRAINERS CONTINUOUS FMSS ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To promote skills for the students reengagement to the school system To reduce sporadic levels of school absenteeism To make them aware of the importance of emotions and of group synergies ■RESOURCES - Programmes - Workshops 1 It is part of the Annual General Programme in the school centre. 20 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” ACTION 1.7. TITLE: “ADDING SKILLS” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Development of different pathways to allow for less academic and more flexible curricula and implementing the Guide-Program to develop emotional, educational and parental competences ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR IES MONTEVIL FMSS ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To promote more flexibility in education to avoid dropout . ■RESOURCES - Socio-emotional skills program in the diversity group of Montevil Secondary School. ACTION 1.8. TITLE: “BETWEEN THE NETS” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION Set up a network of retired teachers with the support of educational trainee students. Set up a trainee network for teachers in collaboration with the University to support students in need ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY EDUCATIONAL CENTRES FMSS FAMILIES ASSOCIATION ■ KEY PARTNERS THIRD SECTOR ■CALENDAR START ACADEMIC YEAR AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To plan students’ homework To organize a school task support system outside school hours To adjust the homework according to length and type of activity To increase family participation in school and citizen cooperation. To train families in personal skills so that they can help children and also help themselves. ■RESOURCES - Retired teacher association and agreements with University. 21 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” ACTION 1.9. TITLE: “I ENJOY MYSELF AND KEEP LEARNING” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Teachers’ coordination of homework organization and also design more challenging homework in order to increase school binding. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY EDUCATIONAL CENTRES ■KEY PARTNERS FMSS FAMILIES ■CALENDAR ACADEMIC YEAR. ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To work in a more organized and amusing homework system. To prevent academic failure in vulnerable groups and consolidate a homework system that favors personal and emotional development. To improve communication between family and school centre. To promote the pleasure of learning and attending to school To help and support family education. ■RESOURCES - Agreed calendar program promoting activities different to those in the classroom promoting creativity reflection, information search and family involvement. ACTION 1.10. TITLE: “TRAINING TO PREVENT” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Training teachers in the prevention of school absenteeism. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY CPR FMSS ■ KEY PARTNERS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES PAL ■CALENDAR ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS Promotion of specific training to teachers to provide them with specific training tools. To develop skills among teachers in order to detect school dropout ■RESOURCES - Experts teaching courses focused on prevention and reduction of school absenteeism. BBVA 22 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” ACTION 1.11. TITLE: “EMPOWERING TO TRAIN” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION The city council will carry out prevention measures to provide information to families in order to achieve a batter sense of living together and train families in the educational process of their children. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR FMSS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES PAL ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To do a preventive and informative campaign to families. To carry out yearly campaigns to inform society and give informative talks ■RESOURCES - FMSS teams will provide families with information and resources to let them know about the consequences and the relation between education and social inclusion. The importance of prevention should be highlighted as well as the relation between school and social integration. This way families are helped to find out their role in prevention. - Transferring Nantes good practice. “Le club de pouces”. The idea is to prevent school failure by promoting reading among children. Reading clubs will be organized at the beginning of the school year. The main challenge is to help children after school through reading to provide them with a good education. ACTION 1.12. TITLE: “DISSEMINATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMMES” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Dissemination of childhood, social integration and health activities. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS FMSS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES ■CALENDAR YEARLY ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To guarantee the dissemination of social services actions in the school and in other areas of society. To search common spaces in the field of health ■RESOURCES - FMSS teams will provide the educational community with actions and competences for children 23 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” ACTION 1.13. TITLE: “PREVENTION OF SCHOOL BULLYING AS A WAY AGAINST CHILDHOOD VIOLENCE” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Detection of possible school bullying and other types of bullying such a cyber bullying that could result in school absenteeism ■LEAD ACTION OR ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR AGENCY FMSS FAMILIES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC EDUCATIONAL CENTRES THIRD SECTOR YEAR CIVIL SECURITY DEPARMENT ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To deliver preventive programmes and informative actions promoting participative and democratic values so that both society and specific collectives become aware of the problem of bullying as a type of violence against childhood. To prevent, orientate and act against living together difficulties favoring a good living together atmosphere in the classroom. To join efforts in order to consolidate democratic experiences at school. ■RESOURCES - FMSS campaign “come closer to my reality”. Video and didactic units to work with different types of violence in primary and secondary school. ACTION 1.14. TITLE: “PROPOSALS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Compilation of proposals made by child members of Gijón Childhood Council assessing those assumable by the FMSS to hammer out an agreement for action. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR FMSS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES FAMILIES STUDENTS YEARLY ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To generate spaces so that the voices of children may be heard, contributing to their empowering To promote the participation of children in areas of their interest To facilitate democratic participation mechanisms to have children and teenagers as protagonists of the city of Gijón ■RESOURCES - Start-up and consolidation of Gijón council for childhood. 24 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” - Childhood Plan of Gijón - Informative actions for children, drawing competitions, to create of a symbol for small children and give it a name ACTION 1.15. TITLE: “THE IMPORTANCE OF REENGAGEMENT” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Development of reengagement measures for the Educational System, applying the Trait d´Union method, and aimed at the prevention of school dropout in vocational training. Also aimed at families and schools. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR FMSS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES PAL FAMILIES ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS To provide specific teacher training To train teachers in dealing with students at risk To reduce early school leaving in young people 1. To favor the insertion of teenagers in school ■RESOURCES - Start up of Trait dÚnion programme ACTION 1.16. TITLE: “PREVENTING ABSENTEEISM” ■BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTION Piloting of program “learning together, growing as a family” Contents follow principles of positive parenthood aimed at fathers, mothers and children form first to fifth course in Primary Education with an absenteeism record. ■LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY ■KEY PARTNERS ■CALENDAR FMSS EDUCATIONAL CENTRES FAMILIES STUDENTS ACADEMIC YEAR ■EXPECTED PRODUCTS Provide families with abilities and competences to help them manage their emotions and prevent school absenteeism promoting the living together as a family factor through group work with both parents and children ■RESOURCES - Program “living together growing as a family” 25 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” F) RISK ANALYSIS 1. Political change with lack of interest in implementing the Pal (high risk) 2. Change of staff (medium risk) 3. Progressive lack of interest to implement good practices (medium risk) 4. Lack of funding to implement measures (high risk) 5. Lack of commitment of primary stakeholders (high risk) 26 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” G) GENERAL SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ACTIONS TABLE EXPECTED RESULTS ACTION TITLE AND SHORT DESCRIPTION 1.1) “COMMUNICATION CHANNELS” Fluency as an objective in communication. 1.2) “ONGOING MONITORING” Follow-up of each student’s record 1.3) LEAD ACTION OR AGENCY Educational centres and FMSS Educational centres Educational “FAMILY SPACES FOR PARTICIPATION AND centres and INTEGRATION” FMSS Leisure time from a social-educational viewpoint. 1.4) “PLAYGROUND BOOST FOR INTEGRATION AND STOP-VIOLENCE” The school as a place of integration 1.5) “DIVERSITY AS KEY” Education focuses on diversity attention 1.6) “IN SOCIO-EMOTIONAL TERMS” Promoting socio-emotional education KEY PARTNERS Parents Associations Families Familias AMPAS y F. Concejalía Educación Students FMSS Monitors mediation training Educational centres FMSS Education department Educational centres and FMSS Socio-emotional skills trainers IMPORTED OUTPUTS Family-school, school-family expectations Customized Student plan Fostering group belonging Improving the living-together atmosphere within school spaces. Contributing to the students’ personal development. Reducing the absenteeism levels at school TIMETABLE Quarterly Academic year Start/ end academic year RESOURCES Interviews Life Record Academic year Familiatlhon Academic year start Students mediators Antenas Avilés. School year program Teacher’s guide. “Acércate a mi realidad”(FMSS) School year general programms Workshops programmes 27 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” 1.7) “ADDING SKILLS ” Steering a diversity group 1.8) “BETWEEN THE NETS” Set up a network of retired teachers with the support of educational trainee students 1.9) IES Montevil Educational centres FMSS Parents association FMSS Providing the group with skills and competences to prevent drop out. Academic year Socio-emotional skills program Third sector Support the students to plan and organize their school tasks Start academic year and all throughout the year Retired teachers association and agreements with University Academic year Agreed calendar program “I ENJOY MYSELF AND KEEP LEARNING” Coordination with the school board in homework organization 1.10) “TRAINING TO PREVENT” Training teachers in the prevention school absenteeism FMSS families CPR FMSS Educational centres (PAL) FMSS Educational centres (PAL) Family awareness and orientation Academic year Educational centres (PAL) To guarantee the knowledge of local social services initiatives yearly 1.11) “EMPOWERING TO TRAIN” Empowering and building capacities 1.12) “DISSEMINATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMMES” Dissemination of childhood, social integration and health activities To work with a more enjoyable homework system Provide training and skills to teachers Educational centres FMSS Academic year Teacher training program BBVA FMSS own programmes and “el club de las pulgas” FMSS Teams 28 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” 1.13) “PREVENTION OF SCHOOL BULLYING AS A WAY AGAINST CHILDHOOD VIOLENCE” Possible relationship between school bullying and school absenteeism 1.14) “PROPOSALS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE” FMSS Educational centres FMSS Attention to children and young people’s proposals 1.15) “THE IMPORTANCE OF REENGAGEMENT” Development of reengagement measures for the educational system 1.16) “PREVENTING ABSENTEEISM” Pilot Project to work positive parenthood with families of primary school children FMSS FMSS Families association Third sector Education and civil security department Educational centres Parents association students Educational centres (PAL) Parents association and families Educational Centres Prevent and develop initiatives to improve the living together Academic year To make children´s voice visible Yearly Reducing dropout Academic year Trait D´Union program Academic year Pilot project “Learning together, growing up in family” Learning in family, techniques to reduce punctual absenteeism “Acércate a mi realidad”(FMSS) program Childrens committee 29 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” APPENDIX 30 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” APPENDIX I GOOD PRACTICES -GIJON GOOD PRACTICE: Prevention of truancy at a state-owned primary school with an important Romanian population. Description It´s a comprehensive program for the coexistence and meeting of cultures It is in a primary school with 25% of immigrant children; 43% of them Romanian children The Romanian population is characterized by an irregular attendance to school and lack of competence in Spanish, factors associated with school failure and drop out. The fundamental idea is that joint responsibility between families and school improve academic performance of children and prevent early school leaving. It´s about attracting less involved families (belonging to a specific collective) to school through sharing both leisure and cultural activities Another goal is to maintain the Romanian identity and to encourage the inclusion of all students. It’s a communitarian intervention in the territory (school participation, parents’ associations, social entities that work with minorities, the Romanian Embassy, the local and regional authorities). Programme features: o o o o More flexible attendance Language immersion and compensatory education project Specific project on Romanian culture and civilization open to all students and their families with special Romanian festivals and leisure activities Family Education Guidance Project carried out by Social Services to support parents in bringing up their children. Aimed at: all students 3/12 years of age and their families Starting date: September 2012 Number of participants: 30 students and families Assessment: at the end of the course (June) It´s a good practice for: Improving academic performance and preventing truancy in a specific population through cooperation between families and school. Encouraging inclusion of all students and families 31 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” SWOT Analysis Strengths Parent involvement through their culture and language Community intervention Inclusion of all students Opportunities Integration of immigrant families To generate links among nationalities Weaknesses Nomadic population Lack of experience of the program Threats Budget instability Negative Assessment 32 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” Good practice: Transition Plan between Primary School and Secondary School Instituto de Educación Secundaria Mata Jove Introduction to the School System in Spain Compulsory Education until 16 years old. Primary school (6-12) Secondary School (13-16) There are several primary school centres linked to one I.E.S (Secondary Education School) Target group This plan is to support children and parents through the change from primary to secondary school. Need and context It’s a transition procedure for a warm welcome between the potential source and target centres. This school has a living together plan that includes a group of students who receive training in conflicts resolution, negotiation. They also build a bridge with the new students. This group is called mediation group. Dedication and coordination by all involved are needed. General aims of the plan: To make sure school continuity To work in school failure To make the information exchange easier throughout the whole process To identify and value the needs of the students To orientate and guide families To strengthen Tutorial Action measures To promote resources, materials and experience exchanges between professionals of the area To prevent early school leaving To design common criteria to work with specific needs and children at risk. How it works The plan starts to be developed in the final term of the last course before the transition and it lasts until the first term of the new course. This plan is coordinated by the Community Service Teacher 33 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” Aims To give information to the families and students about secondary compulsory education. To give a warm welcome and promote the integration of the students Activities Time Person(s) in charge Last school term Principals and in Primary school guidance team of before choice of secondary school in centre coordination with staff of primary school Informative session for parents and students in the last year of primary centres. Visits to the secondary centre Open days Visits to the Last school term Tutors and group different before of mediation departments of the registration period new centre, classes, gym, labs, etc. Several activities are organized for all the students of last year of primary school And talks given by the group of mediation about the daily life at school Specific and Last school term Tutors, Guidance personal information After registration department of the registered period students. Meetings between teachers of primary and secondary school for information exchange. Exchange of students files To hold regular meetings between old/new school The first day of At the beginning These activities school there are only of the new course are organized for the leisure activities and mediation group the second day there is a day excursion for all students To make sure the Special meetings At the end of last Guidance continuity of all and with guidance term teachers and tutors 34 Local Action Plan: Prevent “How to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving” particularly students teachers, send with special needs reports with specific information of those students at risk, Personal welcome to families at risk Fill a personal report for each student To prevent early Specific meetings school leaving between guidance tutors and teachers, Specific information about the pupils at risk and effective measures to deal with Coordination with social services to know more about the children To create a good Meeting with school climate entities and social and school resources in the area Day care centres, support centres, centres for families, roma secretariat, parents associations At the beginning primary/secondary of new course school. Specific teams for students with special needs At the end of last Guidance term teachers, tutors, At the beginning social workers, teams of the new course for specific needs At the beginning of the new course It’s a good practice because it’s a way to facilitate the transition between different school stages and make sure the children are supported along the stages. In particular, those children with difficulties. It’s a work of all the community in the area. Challenges are related to the different circumstances of the children and the need to have coordination with many agents. Evaluations have not been done yet. 35