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Transparant schools as community enterprises Bringing out what’s in and bringing in what’s out. 2nd Social Entrepreneurship Conference Cyprus February 13th 2013 Stichting Kleurrijke Scholen, Lonneke Sondorp , The Netherlands. Voor mij wel…. Combatting schoolsegregation.
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Transparant schools as communityenterprisesBringing out what’s in and bringing in what’s out 2nd SocialEntrepreneurship Conference Cyprus February 13th 2013 Stichting Kleurrijke Scholen, Lonneke Sondorp, The Netherlands
Combattingschoolsegregation Holland : 700 primary schools 50-100% migrant) Parents building mixed schools in Holland Peer-to-peer parental groups Improveeducationalquality 60-80 volunteer parental groups 2006-2012: 40 schools sustainablydesegregated! Empowermentparents-schools-community
Creating excellent well-connected schools? Bring in transparancy: throughparents, involvement of entreprises, and stakeholders
SROI • Increase of house value, quality of life, talent development, efficiency (!) • Decrease of unemployment, criminality, costs
Empowerment and imagebuilding throughneigbourhoodconnections • Playground-gardeningprojects • Theatre-projects • Pedagogicalprojects • Elderlypeople: neighbourhoodgrannies • Learn/workprojectsparents
Government:Localeducationalcoöperativepolicy and funding • Sharingschoolbuildings-and -facilities • Commoneducationalpolicyfocussedonregionallaboursituation
Government:Parents and pupils well-represented and trained in schoolcouncils
Sharingneighbourhood-resources • Workspace parental entrepreneurs in school • Sharing employees: schooljanitor+flatporter =‘neighbourhoodranger’ • Schoolyard=communitypark maintenance byinhabitants
Entrepreneurship in schoolteams • Peer consultation • Coöperativeteachingmaterial- development • Mentoringyoungteachers • Company-internshipsfor schoolleaders • Parents and companies as guestteachers
Schools miss the boat to civil society movement!Needed: • Leadership • Vision • Courage • Thinking out-of-the box • Outsideorientation, welcoming.. • Cyprus?
Thankyou!www.kleurrijkescholen.nllsondorp@kleurrijkescholen.nlThankyou!www.kleurrijkescholen.nllsondorp@kleurrijkescholen.nl