Design a School 2-3: Observations on the Mission
Reflections on Mission Statements. In this blog we think over what we discussed in our last podcast and offer some suggestions about the way forward
Canadian, British, Leonard now lives in the Spanish countryside. He worked at Summerhill School for twelve years as a teacher, Curriculum Advisor and Education Manager. Leonard was co-principal of his own democratic school, owner/director of a small Home School Centre, developed Club House Democracy for state school classrooms, was a founding member of Eudec and with Jason, created Summerhill Democratics in 2014.
Design A School 2-2: The Vision/Mission Statement podcast
This week’s Design A School Podcast is about The Vision/ Mission Statement. What does that mean ? What makes a good Mission Statement/Vision.
Design A School 1-3: Why? Different Motivations
We have different motivations for designing a model school Leonard: Pointing To Thinking over the podcast it’s very obvious to me that I’m designing this school as a Demonstration Transitional Model. I want to invite people to follow along as we discuss all the critical aspects of the engine that is a…
Design A School 1-2 Podcast: Why ?
This is the first of a series of Podcasts. We talk about our motivations: why are we interested in setting up democratic schools? Our motivations are different and yours will be too! Share your ideas with us
The Essentials: Big, Little or In Between
Big Little or In Between Here There and Everywhere We’ve been talking about democracy and scale … size of the school and the building and the finances and the student population and the number of staff and so on. Can a democratic free school environment work regardless of scale; how does scale change delivery?…
Qualities of Teachers Personality
Qualities of Teachers : Personality of Teachers and Schools Clara was an experienced but frustrated state school Science teacher and very much wanted to find a better situation for herself. One Friday evening, over drinks, a friend told her about Summerhill. The philosophy interested her and she bought the book, Summerhill, and then visited…
Democratic Free School Ships
Democratic Free School Ships A Picture Book History I have been following a crew of women sailors from the Indian Navy on Facebook who are sailing around the world. They are at present in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; after some wonderful sailing conditions the crew is experiencing the Furious Fifties … a…
Necking
Leonard’s bittersweet experience of child romance. How he learnt to hate the system.
Journey
Leonard’s experiences starting school in Canadia in the fifties
Tuesday News: Collaborations, Projects, Networking
So here is the news! We woke up this week to the fact that our followers do not really know what we are up to. This regular Tuesday spot will keep you up-to-date on Summerhill Democratics projects. They do not always work out. That’s OK. We just keep on doing. University of Cordoba: last…
