The Laboratory is a project run by the Kalejdoskop Kultur Foundation that aims to provide psychological support and professional development for intercultural assistants. The project comprises five training sessions on a range of topics, delivered by experienced psychologists.
Schedule:
16.05.2023 (Tuesday) 9:00-16:00 — The practical side of an intercultural assistant’s work in school. Intercultural assistance in schools. Legal aspects of the assistant’s work. The basics of residence in Poland in a nutshell.
23.05.2023 (Tuesday) 9:00-16:00 — Culture and stereotypes. Anti-discrimination training for intercultural assistants.
30.05.2023 (Tuesday) 9:00-16:00 — The assistant in an intercultural environment. Principles of working with children and safeguarding them.
12.06.2023 (Monday) 8:00-15:00 — Effective communication and conflict management.
11.08.2023 (Friday) 9:00-16:00 — Psychological aspects of the adaptation of children with a migration background in education (cancelled)
Aims of the Laboratory:
-To strengthen the competences of Intercultural Assistants working in Wrocław schools;
-To increase assistants’ knowledge of school practice in the context of pupils’ cultural and linguistic diversity;
-To prepare assistants to work with children in anti-discrimination education and in tackling stereotypes and prejudice;
-To make intercultural communication between assistants, pupils and school staff more effective;
-To prepare assistants to manage conflicts among pupils and school staff effectively in the context of cultural and linguistic differences;
-To give assistants knowledge of the principles of working with children and protecting their rights in an intercultural school environment.
Venue: Passage of Dialogue (Przejście Dialogu), Świdnicka 19
The lectures will be delivered in Polish.
Registration: <here>