The second Summer Academy: Democracy at School took place in Warsaw and Sulejowek, Poland, 9-16 July 2011. It was organized by the Ministry of National Education, Poland, Centre for Education Development, Poland, The Council of Europe and The European Wergeland Centre.

The Academy aims at training educators to incorporate the principles of human rights and democracy into their daily work. It puts the Council of Europe’s (CoE) education policy into practice through trainings and workshops based on CoE recommendations and publications, in particular the manuals: Democratic School Governance, How all teachers can support citizenship and human rights education: A framework for the development of competences, Compass, Compasito.

The first day of the seminar, the participants were given their own, private logbook, to reflect upon each day’s session(s), and in particular on their learning experiences during the week. The final day, all participants anonymously completed an evaluation form asking about organizational matters, the training sessions and its relevance to their own practice. Their answers and comments show a very high degree of satisfaction.

An essential part of the Summer Academy is the online follow-up, where the focus is on the learning outcome and implementation. For the coming 8 months, the participants will be supported by and report to an assigned trainer on the development and implementation of their local actions.

The Summer Academy has now been organized twice, and the feedback from this year’s participants is again important when planning and organizing the Summer Academy 2012, in order for future participants to benefit from the valuable advice from the 2011 alumni.

Download the Summer Academy 2011 Report (English)
Download the Summer Academy 2011 Report (Russian)