Teacher Guide
- Participation
in Public Achievement is voluntary.
- Public Achievement involves
children, youth and adults, all of whom are treated as
equal citizens.
- Citizens participating in Public Achievement work
in small groups known as teams.
Teams are usually composed of younger citizens and an
older more experienced citizen known as a coach (who
might
also be a teacher). The mission of the coach is to guide,
facilitate
and educate the other team members towards becoming
effective citizens. Strictly speaking the coach is not
a team leader
but a fellow citizen and team member.
- PA teams adopt
their own rules and consequences. However, the teacher/coach,
as the most experienced and knowledgeable
member, maintains ultimate responsibility for keeping
the team on task by maintaining order, direction
and momentum.
Citizens in PA join teams to work on issues or
problems in which they have an interest.
- PA team meetings are public and strive to be democratic.
Equal participation
and respect of all team members
is the ideal.
Teachers must be oriented and prepared in the
philosophy, concepts and techniques of PA.
- PA teams engage only
in actions that are legal, peaceful, nonviolent,
respectful of, and civil toward other
people.
- Teams practice regular self-evaluation as
a way of learning, planning and improving. They use democratic
core concepts
and language and rotate roles in meetings.
- Teachers
and/or coaches should meet together after PA team meetings
to evaluate and debrief
group progress.
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