Con l’associazione i genitori diventano
“cittadini illuminati e potenti”
La dedizione di molti genitori in favore dei loro figli e della loro scuola suscita, in molti casi, sincera commozione and deep sense of admiration and gratitude. In many projects, "Parents and school parents realize commendable initiatives, devote much of their time for a party knows best, because the school has some economic background in addition, because children can experience moments of selfless dedication the neediest. The strength of "innate parenting to every mom and dad" is capable of the most beautiful things, gives flavor to many school situations, significantly enriched in many educational pathways of our institutions.
All this, however, lasts until the favorable conditions persist, exceptional and quotas, but hardly emerging conflicts and disagreements, the whole becomes more difficult to put out the best availability to collaborate.
is experienced, that is, that everything is possible in the school that persists up to "the benevolence of leaders and teachers, but everything becomes" very difficult and confused "when it asks for something in" the name of the law. " You experience first hand that you are not able to manage the conflict, but it is avoided and there is adjusting, because you do not have the appropriate information, nor is there "a subject of guarantee", to perform a role of mediation between disputing parties, to overcome contrasts in a competent and effective. The phenomenon is most evident in the case of a class without problems and with a good profit by all students, families, though satisfied with the results at the individual level, report being treated by "incompetent people", not to be surveyed in the decisions, not to be allowed, in case of conflict, to solve it according to rules in a transparent comparison of equal citizens.
It may be noted that among the causes of this costume school there is not the - distinction between two types of relationship: that between individual parents and teachers, as educators the specific and the boy with his parents, meaning education component that compares with other general concern, about the rules and rights - mutual duties. You can not apply to families what already exists in the relationship teachers and managers, where there is a clear difference between "relations on a personal level, which are mostly marked by respect and cooperation and institutional relations "between management and trade unions of teachers where, instead, are defined and meticulously without discount any of their rights - duties, procedures in the mutual obligations and guarantees in case of conflict.
We need to restructure two distinct levels relationships with parents, making the one hand, the cooperation of the individuals in the education of his son, but at the same time building an "adult relationship with parents' associations", which is essential to define with the general problems of the school, the procedures for managing conflicts, forms of cooperation. This change is also suggested by recent legislation (Presidential Decree 567/96 and Presidential Decree 301/2005) which empower the central role of associations in dialogue with the institutions and representing the interests of parents.
Making associations in their efforts to coordinate the demands of different individuals, mediate disputes, make proposals for mobilizing partnerships, it means a great advantage for the leaders themselves, often struggling with questions, with protests and disputes difficult to manage, as improvised, diverse and often contradictory. The attempt by the school to continue to manage the paternalistic and bureaucratic educational differences and even the individualistic demands of parents, without the mediation of the associations, becomes increasingly an illusion, and increasingly likely to weaken the moral authority and consideration office of the school.
The association is an expression of participatory democracy (see Treaty of Lisbon) and is indispensable and necessary for both functions and quality of representative democracy in the elected bodies. In association parents can support on an ongoing and critical representatives elected school boards, through proposals and mobilization of other parents. In association
parents relate and cooperate with the institutions represented from time to time by the executive, the mayor or by the Minister. Do not play politics by siding with one party or part of its deployment, but performing the essential social function and continuing to maintain a daily "the right of families in the management of administrative and political power" regardless of their party color.
A close relationship between proper and associazionsmo school and can regain consensus and solidarity of citizens with regard to the education service and increase the effectiveness of education. It then confirms what Tocqueville wrote that "the association is a powerful and enlightened citizen that can not be subject to Company and pleasure that, in defending its rights against the needs of special powers, save the freedom common. "
In relation to power is, then, natural to the possibility of conflict between ruler and ruled, between those who shape the choices and those who suffered, including those providing a service and who receives it.
This phenomenon belongs to life and you can not avoid it. This is confirmed by the books of pedagogy, psychology or politics, where argues that conflict is innate to every human relationship, and we repeat that it is a resource. Many come to say that the absence of conflict is a sign of suspicion, which often hides situations of passive approval of silent tension, lack of sincerity in communication.
The challenge is, then, in place the conditions for cooperation, as recommended by the standards and enhanced in any good manual of pedagogy, can be realized not only for the mutual good will or a happy convergence opportunities or the availability of an impromptu group of generous, but because there are rules and institutions that foster a genuine meeting between the parties both individually and in groups. The first step is to recognize, by all, that the conflict is not in things and in spite of people. Suffice it to mention the laws and their interpretation, that inevitably plural, as the teacher, the manager, the parent can not implement it from her own experience and their needs. If the rules were not unequivocal, nor would lawyers nor judges, nor the many conflicting rulings on the same paragraph of the law.
The observation points are the same thing, then, necessarily diverse. We can not observe an object from all points simultaneously, not to mention the difference between the sensitivities of stakeholders including their educational beliefs, worship, social, religious, ideological. The diversity of views, the conflict of interest is part of our experience umana, è quindi connaturale anche all’esperienza scolastica.
Occorre allora farsene carico nella trasparenza e con l’intento di trasformarla in occasione di crescita per tutti. Un’associazione genitori in ogni scuola è l’organismo più appropriato a questo fine, aiuta a gestire i conflitti e innesta una reale e paritaria cooperazione. In una scuola dove le parti possono esprimersi liberamente e dove le divergenze diventano opportunità, il confronto si fa autenticamente democratico ed la cooperazione diventa più convinta e soddisfacente.
Associazione e cittadini powerful
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