Find a Preschool. Find a Primary School. Find a Secondary School. Advice for Parents. Chat Now. School Resources. School Calendar. Fun Stuff. Kids Camps Christmas Kids Camps. There is a clear distinction made between the concept of accommodation or tolerance of difference and the concept of respect.
Toleration and accommodation inherently imply that a majority view must make allowances for minority views and minorities must make requests to achieve this accommodation; respect implies care and equal treatment as of right. In practice, the objective of an Educate Together school is to create a school culture and practice in which the identity of every child is guaranteed active support. Neither the child nor parents or guardians should have to ask for that respect to be given.
The school works hard to create a positive, comfortable atmosphere. The underlying concept is that human diversity enhances life, enriches cultures and provides huge educational resources for current and future generations.
It is subject to review and development by the Education Committee and decisions at Annual General Meetings of the organisation.
A copy of the curriculum is available from the school or from Educate Together. The programme allows the school to explore the similarities and differences with the older celebrations that underlie many of these festivals.
Examples would be the Celtic festivals and practices that underpin Easter or the solistice festivals that occur around Christmas. It is normal that the treatment of these events becomes integrated into the whole school programme, involving drama, art, music, history and geography and also in many cases, parental and community participation.
This may mean exploring wider cultural themes such as cuisine and family celebrations. The range of such activities within an individual school will be determined by local conditions. The educational aim of this work is to model positive information about world faiths in a respectful atmosphere which highlights rights and responsibilities. Doctrinal Instruction In addition to offering the ethical education programme, Boards of Management of Educate Together schools enable any group of parents who wish to use the facilities of the school outside school hours to organise specific doctrinal instruction classes.
In most Educate Together schools, for instance, Roman Catholic sacramental preparation is available in these out-of-hours programmes; these are organised by Roman Catholic parents often with the direct participation of the local parish.
These classes mix naturally with other extra-curricular activities of the school. Parents of other faiths are similarly facilitated. It is important to note however, that the Board is not responsible for the establishment of such classes and is only involved in so far as to ensure that they are responsibly organised, covered by insurance and that the necessary steps have been taken to ensure the safety of the children attending.
There is never any obligation placed on a child, parent or staff member to become involved in doctrinal instruction. The approach minimises the situations in which parents or children feel the need to absent themselves from aspects of school life. Responsibility for religious formation of children is assumed to be that of the family and religious organisations, while the responsibility of the school is to provide a safe, caring and respectful environment for all children.
This encourages children to have a strong and secure contact with their own identity and comfort in interaction with people of different faiths and persuasions. The human rights of teachers and other workers in the school are addressed, as staff are never placed in a position in which they may be required to put forward as religious truth a viewpoint that they may not themselves hold. Whilst Educate Together holds that this way of treating religious difference in an Irish school context offers many advantages, we appreciate that there are families for whom this model may not be suitable.
For instance, an Educate Together school depends on parents who are happy to allow their children to explore and be exposed to different religious views and who do not regard it as their religious duty to seek to persuade others of their beliefs. If such options are not available in the locality, however, Educate Together schools will attempt to handle these questions as sensitively as possible.
From an educational perspective, the inclusive nature of the Educate Together ethical programme permeates and influences all teaching in the school. The focus is on an explorative approach to learning that is managed and facilitated by the teacher. Children are encouraged to gain personal understandings in a creative and supportive learning environment.
They are encouraged to evaluate information, form judgements and articulate these judgements in a supportive, respectful and safe environment. Educate Together schools promote an approach to education which is based on the core values of mutual respect, self-esteem, dignity and critical awareness.
The child is formally recognised as a participant in the education process and a valued part of the learning organisation that is Educate Together. Participation in school affairs and listening to the voices of the children is part of the democracy that underpins the school.
This core value of partnership aims to nurture a deep appreciation of the concepts of participation and rights in society, organisations and the world. With this in mind, our school Boards facilitate the organisation of voluntary faith formation classes outside school hours, if requested.
These classes are organised with the assistance of the relevant church authorities. No, all Educate Together schools are state-funded, national and second-level schools, open to all. Educate Together schools get the same level of funding and follow the same guidelines as any other state-funded school. Our network includes a range of school types from small rural schools to large urban schools.
All children are welcome in Educate Together schools. As each of our schools are responsible for their own enrolment, it is advised that you contact the school directly. In recent years, the Educate Together network has grown substantially and parental support, in the form of campaign groups, has been critical to the successful establishment of new schools.
There are currently a number of ways in which more Educate Together primary and second-level schools can open:. All new Educate Together schools are opened under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills. It is the Department that decides what areas need new schools on the basis of demographic need and where they will be located. Where there is parental demand for Educate Together schools, Educate Together will apply to the Department for school patronage.
Employment opportunities for both the national office and for principal positions in our schools are advertised on the careers section of our website. We advertise all teaching vacancies within our schools on www. Voluntary bodies, like Educate Together, who open and manage schools on behalf of the Department, are given state grants for doing so.
However, less than half of our operating costs are covered by state aid and we must raise the balance through trading, service delivery and fundraising. Educate Together is a registered charity and we rely on the financial support of individuals, companies and charitable trusts to deliver choice to parents and services to our schools. While we achieve a lot with what we have, fundraising support is badly needed and greatly appreciated.
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