COMMON GROUND, COMMON GOOD
This resource was developed from Meeting Point's work with schools and others in the education and community sectors, where a practical resource was identified as being essential to provide schools with a starting point to examine the important question of student inclusion.
The resource has been designed to be used in a variety of ways - we encourage you to see it as a foundation which you can build on and adapt as your school community explores this fundamental issue more fully.
Section 1 provides a range of important documents from government, Church and other groups that underpin what we have called the Moral Imperative, i.e. the philosophical arguments why social inclusion is an important issue for our society.
Section 2 contains a step-by-step guide that supports schools to examine their own practice, raise awareness and plan for change. This is a very hands-on section that actively involves staff, students, parents and governing boards.
Section 3 provides a set of practical, engaging resources and activities that can be used to heighten awareness of social inclusion and build on the work covered in Section 2. It provides some possible first points of reference from which schools can make connections beyond their own resources.
Section 4 contains additional resources.