To the oppressed, and to those who suffer with them and fight at their side (Paulo Freire, 1970)
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To the oppressed, and to those who suffer with them and fight at their side (Paulo Freire, 1970)
Teachers have continually highlighted the importance of peer support and working collegiately in making change within schools. If we are to make sustainable culture change, then a critical mass of ‘community’ is necessary, whether within a school, across schools in the same cluster, sector, local authority, or eventually, across Scotland. Teachers are already familiar with the utility of a whole-school and community approach used in more familiar frameworks, e.g., Rights- Respecting, Nurture, and Learning for Sustainability.
Therefore, in the light of this need, and in a direct reflection of the importance of ‘community’ continually evidenced in our research, we have sought to support a peer-based community amongst PACT PL participants. We hope that being part of the fledgling PACT Community will empower teachers to develop and share ideas for action in their schools, and to begin to meet aspects of the identified need for such a professional support network around these issues. Participant motivation to be a part of the PACT community is informed and encouraged not only by strongly established existing frameworks, such as GTCS Professional Standards, but also teachers’ own personal commitments to social justice.
Teachers and other participants have told us how much this support is needed – whether dealing with the overwhelming issues in schools within an area of multiple deprivation or working in a school where poverty is thought not to exist, but in reality is there – hidden and invisible.
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