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Staff development
Select from a range of activities and materials developed by the Post-16 Citizenship Development Programme that can be used to introduce staff to the basic principles of post-16 citizenship as well as more specific areas such as how to engage young people in post-16 citizenship activities.
Teaching controversial issues
Controversial issues inevitably arise when teaching citizenship. The resources below are useful for boosting the skills and confidence of staff tackling controversial issues in their citizenship delivery.
Staff Development for Post-16 Active Citizenship
An introductory staff development package containing guidance and materials
for project managers, coordinators and staff developers on facilitating
active citizenship.
What is Citizenship?
A draft staff development package, covering key issues and questions, training
materials and background reading for understanding citizenship
Engaging Young People
A draft staff development package on the theme of engaging young people in active
citizenship with training materials, reading lists and sample programmes for
staff training
What is Active Citizenship?
A sample PowerPoint slide presentation produced by previous Post-16 Citizenship Development Programme project manager, Julia Fiehn.
Please feel free to download and adapt for use in staff development.
Post-16 Citizenship - Developing Structures and Frameworks for Delivery
A sample PowerPoint slide presentation on setting up post-16 citizenship delivery. Please feel free to download and adapt for use in staff development.
A citizenship snowball
An sample icebreaking/opening activity on assessement. Please feel free to download and adapt for use in staff development.
Staff workshop on assessment and recognising achievement
A sample activity to enable participants to answer key questions on the selected citizenship
development activity.
Please feel free to download and adapt for use in staff development.
Staff development workshop
A sample workshop designed to increase the knowledge of staff development methods and for planning
staff development in the future.
Please feel free to download and adapt for use in staff development.
The difference between citizenship and PSHE
This chart produced by Ted Huddlestone of the Citizenship Foundation, the chart can be used
by either staff or students to understand the nature of citizenship by showing
how citizenship offers a different perspective on many of the issues dealt with
in PSHE. Students or staff could use the examples on the chart as a stimulus to
explore other issues from the two perspectives of the personal and the public
agenda.
Please feel free to download and adapt for use in staff development.
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