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Tag Archives: Teachers

Saturday Summerhill Take Away # 2 : Why a Meeting?

Saturday Summerhill Take AwayBy Jason PreaterAugust 22, 2020

Summerhill protects your right to be how you want to be. You choose; the Meeting does not. The purpose of the Meeting is to sort out the inevitable boundary disputes in a community of nearly one hundred people who are all trying to live vibrantly individual lives.

17:1 Design a School: Hiring Teachers Wk.3

Design A School, TeachersBy Jason PreaterJune 17, 2019Leave a comment

We create a first Teachers Wanted page, and a Personal letter. We list questions we will discuss on the Wednesday blog.

15:3 Design a School : Hiring Teachers Wk.1

Design A School, TeachersBy Leonard TurtonMay 17, 2019Leave a comment

We make notes summarising the Wednesday Hiring a Teacher podcast and add a bit more.

Qualities of Teachers Personality

Basics, LeonardBy Leonard TurtonMarch 2, 2018Leave a comment

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…

Qualities of Teachers: Beyond the Classroom

Basics, JasonBy Jason PreaterJanuary 13, 2018Leave a comment

What should democratic schools expect from their teachers beyond the classroom. This short post considers the qualities of democratic school teachers outside the main area of their activity: teaching.

Qualities of Teachers: Equality in the Community

Basics, JasonBy Jason PreaterJanuary 11, 2018Leave a comment

Equality in a community can be hard for teachers and other adults to accept and understand. What does it mean? You might need some training.

Qualities of Teachers- Understanding

Basics, JasonBy Jason PreaterJanuary 5, 2018Leave a comment

Qualities of Teachers-  Understanding Qualities of teachers are important: understanding is one of these qualities.  This is as true in the local comprehensive as it is at Summerhill.  However, when a school has a unique philosophy the teacher must make an extra effort to understand.  This is the first of a series on qualities of…

Reducing the Curriculum

LeonardBy Jason PreaterOctober 31, 2017Leave a comment

Introduction to the reduced curriculum in Summerhill-style schools.

Sunday Basics: Free Choice

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 27, 2016

Giving Choices: the Invisible Teacher It doesn’t matter how nice you are, how exciting you are, or how well-meaning you are, if your basic instinct is to reduce choices you shouldn’t be working in a democratic school. This is a tricky issue. You might be a real believer, for example, convinced that you have the…

Sunday Basics: Equality

Basics, Jason, Talking DemocraticsBy Jason PreaterApril 13, 2016

Do you know what is good for children? You are wrong! I have heard people say things like, “children love structure” or “routine is good for children” or, on the other side, “children need to be left alone” and “freedom is the best tonic for children.” I don’t believe any of this because I don’t…

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