At the heart of every good community lies the motivation and commitment behind a group of united people, people who share a common purpose. Several questions will be presented during this article which highlights firstly; what is a community? How do we know if a community is successful? What role do we play as educators in leading community-school initiatives? And finally, how do we overcome non-conformity to create cohesion and vision amongst ‘hard to reach’ participants within the community?
As an experienced teaching practitioner, the challenge that underpins successful collaboration in sharing beliefs and vision with parents, carers, business leaders, high profile public figures and local authority members would be to share values and experiences. The ones that ensure equality of opportunity through education is the binding agent in the foundations of modern and enlightened society.
