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Sort your cards into 3 listsAre they traditionally taught by family, schools/teachers or a combination of schools/teachers and the family?

Family

Schools/teachers

and

Family

Schools/teachers

Now think about the present.

Move any cards where you think there has been a change.

Now decide whether the topics are controversial or uncontroversial – i.e. would people disagree about what should be taught on the basis of strongly held values

Filling the Youth Development Vacuum- Could we, should we, how?

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www.lkmconsulting.co.uk Filling the Youth Development

Vacuum- Could we, should we, how?

Objectives• To draw out ambiguities in the role of teachers and schools in

youth development.• To examine examples of programs in the youth sector that provide

different elements of youth development. • To share potential policies for addressing youth development

through teaching and schools.

Outcomes• A clarified but personal view on the scope of teachers’

responsibilities for the development of young people.• Increased knowledge of the broader youth sector and how it

affects young people’s development.• Potential policies on the role of teaching and schools within youth

development.





• Which moved?• Were there any disagreements in your

pair/group?• Which areas do you think would be

particularly controversial?

Looking at your cards from the starter exercise





Using cutlery

Making Conversation at dinner

Counting Reading stories Sex and

relationships

Attitudes towards drinking

The Periodic

Table

Religion / Ethics / Morality

Careers Household shopping

Cooking family meals

Voting and Politics

Bringing up children

Looking after

children when they are sick

Not dropping litter


www.lkmconsulting.co.uk What problems/challenges might an extended scope present?• Having to navigate around more controversial issues and

take decisions on them.• A change in the type of people becoming teachers and

their motivations for doing so.• A need to balance the academic curriculum/exam

outcomes with “youth-development” outcomes.• A change in student teacher relationships• An increase in the need for communication with parents.• A greater need for extended services.• A need for more inter agency work- social services,

youth clubs etc.





• Should teachers be involved in providing any of these types of services?

• Should teachers be linking with these service providers and how - what benefits might collaboration bring?

Case Studies





Kids Company

• Aim to provide all round support to counter the emotional shutting off that follows trauma and neglect

• Registering with a GP and/or optician, nurses and psychotherapists

• Providing alternative health therapies

• Holidays and evening trips• Employment advice

“Our unique multidisciplinary approach combines health, housing, emotional wellbeing, mental

health, arts, sports, youth justice, education and employment. These interventions are designed to strengthen, supplement or substitute the child’s

parenting experience.”


www.lkmconsulting.co.uk Policy groups…

In groups pick a challenge or area of potential development and prepare a 4

point policy resolution that explains the context and makes recommendationse.g.

- Teacher training

- Teacher recruitment

- Decision making on controversial/morally charged areas

- Development of social skills

- Balancing curriculum/exam outcomes and developmental priorities

- Communication with and amongst parents

- Building relationships with other service providers

e.g.

1. Noting the increasing number of agencies involved in providing services for young people

2. Aware of the gains to be made through collaboration

Recommends:

- The creation of local youth taskforces with representatives from different services to identify gaps in provision and opportunities for collaboration

- Coverage of “the wider youth sector” in all ITT (initial teacher training) programs


www.lkmconsulting.co.uk Present your recommendations…• Please also mention:• What you think is the biggest

challenge that has come out of today’s discussion.

• Any way it has affected how you see your role as a teacher.

• Any changes that you’d like to see in Education and youth provision



What have we covered…• We have identified the social changes that

have impacted on youth development and considered what new responsibilities teachers have

• We have analysed case studies to see how two organisations have moved into the youth development vacuum

• We have developed a range of ideas about how these changes can be reflected in policy Thank you for your ideas and participation.

Loic Menzies - [email protected]

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