Objectives:
At the end of the session the participants will be able to demonstrate:
* Understanding of the child-friendly move
* Increased awareness of the child's rights and responsibilities.
* Appreciation of the linkage of health promotion to child-friendly schools
Contents:
* The Child-Friendly Movement
* The Child-Friendly School System
* Rights-Based Child-Friendly Schools
* Health Promoting Schools (elements, advantages)
Materials:
activity sheets, Manila paper, pentel pens, transparencies on ISHNP
Training Methodology:
A. Introduction/Mood Setting
1. In the previous session, you surfaced your expectations of the training. We are all aware that the CFM and CFSS are new concepts to most if not all of us, so in this session, we will altogether discover what these are all about.
B. Activity
1. Divide the participants into four groups, give each group activity sheet with readings about the following topic:(assign topics by lottery)
* Activity Sheet 1 1. Child-Friendly Movement
* Activity Sheet 2 2. Child-Friendly School
* Activity Sheet 3 3. Rights-Based Child-Friendly School
* Activity Sheet 4 4. Elements of Health Promoting School
2. Give the following instructions: (may be given orally or written on Manila paper)
* Read the topic assigned to your group.
* Individually, write your insights about it.
* Share your insights among the members of the group.
* Have a discussion of the insights shared and come up with common insights.
* Write group output on a Manila paper.
* Report group outputs.
* Ask for other participants insights. Request them to write their insights on a piece of Manila paper and post on the report presented.
C. Learning Points:
Deliver a lecturette on the following: (use transparencies)
* Child-Friendly Movement
* Child-Friendly School System
* Rights-Based Child-Friendly Schools
* Health Promoting Schools
D. Application:
Based on your learning in this session, list down at least 10 characteristics of your school that correspond to those discussed.
The Child-Friendly Movement
* Goal oriented
* Strong linkages among rights: health, education, protection, participation
* Broad partnerships at all levels, multi-sector
* Highly monitored
Why do we need Child-Friendly Schools?
* To help children learn what they need to learn
* To enhance health and well-being of children
* To encourage school enrollment and completion
* To raise teacher's morale and motivation as Child-Friendly = Teacher-Friendly
* To guarantee safe, protective spaces for children
* To mobilize community support for education
Desired Outcomes for Children
* To be healthy, well nourished, and free from exploitation and violence-and from labor which iterferes with learning
* To be aware of their rights and have opportunities to realize them
* To be able to protect themselves and develop their full potential
* To be able to participate in decisions which affect their lives in accordance with their evolving capacities
* To respect diversity, practice equality, and resolve differences without violence
* To be able to learn in environment that is effective, healthy and safe in clusive and gender sensitive, and protective of their rights
What is a Child-Friendly School?
* Effective with children
* Healthy for children
* Protective and inclusive children
* Gender-sensitive
* Involve with families and communities
When is a School Effective with Children?
* Promotes structured, child-centered content and teaching-learning processes appropriate to the child's developmental level abilities, and learning style.
* Promotes quality learning outcomes.
* Provides education based on the realities of a child's life.
* Enhances teacher capacity, morale, commitment, status and income.
When is a School Protective and Inclusive of Children?
* Helps to defend and protect all children from abuse and harm, both inside and outside of school.
* Guarantees the safety ad security of children.
* Acts to ensure inclusion,respect for diversity, and equality of opportunity for all children" (e.g. girls, working children, differently able children, victims of exploitation and abuse).
* Does not stereotype, exclude or discriminate on the basis of differences.
When is a School Gender-Sensitive?
* Promotes equality in the enrollment and achievement of boys and girls.
* Eliminates gender stereotypes.
* Guarantees girl-friendly facilities, curricula, textbooks ad teaching-learning.
* Socialize girls and boys in an environment which is non-violent and encourages respect for rights, dignity ad equality.
When is a School involved with Families and Communities?
1. Child-centered
* Understands and is concerned with the whole child's health and nutritional status, and general well-being and also considers what happens to them before they enter and after they leave the school.
2. Family-focused
* Works to strengthen families and helps children, parents and teachers establish harmonious, collaborative relationships.
3. Community-based
* Encourages local partnerships in school-based management, acts in the community for the sake of children, and works with other actors to ensure well-being.
When is a School Healthy for Children?
* When it is health-promoting.
* A health where all members of the school and community work together to provide students with integrated and positive experiences and structures which promote and protect their health. This includes the formal and informal curricula i health; the creation of a safe and healthy school environment; provision of appropriate health services; and involvement of families and communities in efforts to promote health.
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