Parents and Traveller Education Project
Pavee Point received Funding in 2004 from the Education Equality Initiative to fund a new and innovative project entitled Parents and Traveller Education.
This two and half year project has two distinct strategies:
Strategy 1: was essentially about increasing inclusion and proposes to work with Traveller parents and focus on their inclusion. It will address the deficit of information and understanding amongst Traveller parents of the education system and its structures. This project will also aim to increase Traveller parent involvement in school and parent organisations
Strategy 2: was essentially about reducing exclusion and proposes to work with settled parents and school structures, acknowledging the impact they can have on Traveller access and participation in school and their potential for excluding Travellers
The objectives of this project are:
- Production of Video/ DVD as a resource for training with Traveller parents on the education system and their role within it; followed by launch, dissemination and training workshops
- Disseminate the video amongst Traveller groups, visiting teachers and other relevant people to generate discussion
- Establish and organise a Traveller Parent Representatives Forum and National Traveller Parents Education Day
- Design a Training module on Traveller issues for the National Parents Council, Parents Associations, Boards of Management and other educational structures
- Organise a programme of training seminars to deliver the module to settled parents and their organisations
- Research, produce and disseminate a Good Practice Booklet aimed at Educators, staff members in Schools, parents associations etc giving pointers in relation to Traveller inclusion in their structure and work
Practice and policy aspect
The project will develop a good practice booklet on Traveller inclusion which will be aimed at boards of management and parents bodies. This will also be applicable to other ethnic minorities who are vulnerable to prejudice, hostility or exclusion
Policy development will be considered a key area of importance by the project. The Traveller Parents Representative Forums and National Traveller Parents Education Days will explicitly stimulate policy related discussions amongst Traveller parents.
This project will contribute hugely to policy development by linking in with the Advisory Committee on Traveller Education and also monitoring the outcomes of the Traveller Education Strategy to ensure they complement the outcomes of this project.
- Report and Recommendations for a Traveller Education Strategy - PDF format
Government Publications - ISBN: 0755717104 - The Traveller Education Strategy: A New Vision for Traveller Education
This project is funded by the Department of Education and Sciences Education Equality Initiative
Jane Rooney is the Parents and Traveller Education project coordinator.
Published November 2005: Leaflet on Travellers and Education
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