Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership National Conference Glasgow City Council has been working with the City of Marseille through a Comenius Regio Partnership to devise policy and practice for the support of newly arrived young people to both cities during their transition from primary school to secondary school.
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership Amanda Miller EAL Teacher (English as an Additional Language) Shawlands Academy, Glasgow Djamel Saada English Teacher College Jules Ferry, Marseille THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership Multilingual, multiracial, inner city school Recent Arrivals: S1 - 14%S2 - 18%S3 - 26% S4 - 15% S5 -12%S6 - 8% Bilingual pupils Recent arrivals Roll of year olds SHAWLANDS ACADEMY
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT Introduction and background Examples of whole school transition arrangements First steps Marseille visit Transition Activities Next steps Film clip Questions
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership EXAMPLES OF WHOLE SCHOOL TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS S1 visit P7 classes P7 after school clubs P7 2 day visit P7 parent meeting at Shawlands P7 mini-visits P7 parents meetings in primaries
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership 5 EAL teachers at Shawlands 1 EAL teacher links with 1 primary school Cuthbertson Primary
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership FIRST STEPS Shadowing of A Miller by Alanna Melville (EAL Teacher at Cuthbertsons) Increased communication ex Cuthbertson pupil experiences Different experiences of EAL teachers Met ex pupils Continuity
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership MARSEILLE VISIT Learning Commitment of staff Parental involvement
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership TRANSITION ACTIVITIES Meetings (ongoing) Visit to Marseille (November 2011) Marseille colleagues visit to Glasgow (June 2012) contact with Djamel Saada
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership TRANSITION ACTIVITIES Met with A Melville (January and May) P7 Parents night (March) Met P7 teachers (May)
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership TRANSITION ACTIVITIES Shadowing (A Melville, December 2011) Visits to Cuthbertson with 2 S1 pupils and 2 S2 pupils (March and May) Young Leaders
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership TRANSITION ACTIVITIES Young Leaders – Connecting classrooms S2 pupils Visit to Cuthbertson Primary Informal information sharing
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership TRANSITION ACTIVITIES Young Leaders September – end October Friday lunchtimes Mentoring Literacy program
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership NEXT STEPS 2-day visit Settling in period (first few weeks of term) Meetings organised - help with homework - general support Further develops links between EAL teachers and pupils
Education for Diversity: Supporting Newly Arrived Young People in Glasgow and Marseille A Comenius Regio Partnership