The project will be implemented in primary and secondary schools in the Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions through trainings of social and communication skills for teachers and students. It will focus on preventing bullying and socio-pathological phenomena, improving climate in schools, reducing conflicts in schools, improving social tolerance, removing barriers stemming from different socio-economic situation of families of students, cultural differences, etc. and non-aggressively averting aggressive behavior, learning to respect diversity of opinion and human rights. The anticipated number people targeted by the project is 180 pupils and 300 pedagogical and professional employees from participating schools.
The first interactive meeting will be for teachers (1 meeting for pedagogues from elementary schools + lecturers; 1 meeting for pedagogues from secondary schools + lecturers). Afterwards 4 interactive meetings with students of elementary / secondary schools will be held. Educators and students will fill out a short questionnaire at the beginning and end of these sessions to monitor the situation in school. Activities of these sessions should students help to instill confidence and respect for other opinions, know how to receive positive and negative information, gain knowledge, what motivational incentives are important for improving climate at school, getting acquainted with peer mediation at school. During meetings, students will gain knowledge of skills that can help them and their peers to solve their own problems.
Afterwards, the second round of meetings with teachers and students is planned, where teachers and students reflect on how they did during a certain period of time, fill out questionnaires and practice activities to help them based on the needs they stated in the first questionnaire. From each meeting with teachers and students a report will be prepared. All questionnaires will be evaluated to assess the impact of activities on school.