This presentation was realized as an intermediate product as a result of the activities realized in the frame of the project Grundtvig partnership for learning SCHOOL MEDIATION in TEchnical College Gheorghe cartianu in Piatra Neamt - Romania .

1. SOLVING SCHOOL CONFLICTS
THROUGH MEDIATION
EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
by
TECHNICAL COLLEGE “GHEORGHE CARTIANU”
PIATRA NEAMŢ
Academic years: 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012
Project coordinator:
Principal, Prof. Mariana Paleu
Trainers: Psychologist Elena Andonescu
Psychologist Mariana Sîrbu

2. ARGUMENT
 Violence is an omnipresent phenomenon in modern society.
School as an element of the social field suffers the effects of
violence.
 The preoccupations for a better understanding of this phenomenon
and for promoting effective measures of intervention have
motivated us to conduct a study on violence during the academic
year 2008-2009. The results of the study revealed that violence,
mostly the verbal one, is the most frequent method employed by
pupils in solving conflicts among their group.
 Starting from the premise that the models offered by peers have
greater influence than the models of adults, we considered that, by
training a group of pupils as mediators, the conflicts will be
regarded and solved other than a “fight” in which there are
“winners” and “losers”.

3. The purpose of the project:
Raising the resolution of school conflicts through
mediation.

4. Objectives
 Training a group of 16 pupils into using
mediation strategies in order to solve
conflicts.
 Increasing the level of responsibility
among pupils regarding the decision
making process.
 Lowering the risk of violence use in the
conflicts among pupils.

5. Target group
 Trainers of the pupils of Technical College “Gheorghe Cartianu”
Piatra Neamţ

6. Beneficiaries
 Direct beneficiaries – pupils of Technical
College “Gheorghe Cartianu” Piatra
Neamţ
 Indirect beneficiaries – the parents of the
pupils of Technical College “Gheorghe
Cartianu” Piatra Neamţ

7. Resources:
Material
 Space to deploy the activities – the Office of
Psycho-Pedagogical Assistance
 Classrooms
 Video-projector
 Flip-charts, markers, flyers
Human
 Pupils
 Head teachers
 Psychologists
 Technical assistance
 Project coordinator

8. Steps of the project :
I. Selection of pupils participating at the training
II. Training of pupils in mediation techniques.
III. Promoting the mediators’ activity in school.
IV.Solving school conflicts by means of mediators’
intervention.
V. Evaluation.

9. Stage I: Selection of pupils participating at
trainings
 Evaluation of 10th graders.
 Interview with head teachers.
 Interview with the pupils suitable for being
included in the training program.
 Receiving consent from the parents of the
pupils included in the training program.

10. Stage II: Theoretical and practical
training of selected pupils
 Presentation of theoretical notions regarding
self-knowledge, communication, emotion
management, conflict , and mediation.
 Practical exercise of mediation and negociation
techniques.

11. Stage III: Promoting the mediators’
activity in school
 Promoting the mediators’ activity through
informative campaigns among pupils.
 Conducting demonstrative activities
regarding mediation in classes.

12. Stage IV: Solving school conflicts by
means of mediators’ intervention.
 Actions of mediation accomplished by
mediator pupils.
 Meetings with the mediator pupils in order to
analyze and evaluate their activity.

13. Stage V: Evaluation of the
project
 Analyzing the results of the project together
with head teachers and parents of the pupils
involved.
 Analyzing the results of the project together
with the pupils.

14. Expected results:
 Stage I : Naming the 16 pupils that will be included
in the training program.
 Stage II: Training the 16 pupils in conflict mediation
techniques.
 Stage III: Informing a number of pupils as large as
possible regarding the project.
 Stage IV: Involving mediator pupils in solving school
conflicts.
 StageV: Receiving a positive feed-back from the
beneficiaries. Raising the resolution of school
conflicts through mediation.

27. Together we can succeed!