Gesellschaft Macht Schule

Gesellschaft macht Schule (GMS) is a recognized provider of independent youth services, dedicated to the development and implementation of educational concepts in Munich's primary and secondary schools. The focus is on children and adolescents from precarious social backgrounds, to provide them with the best opportunities to realize their potential.

• Educational Concepts: GMS develops and implements comprehensive educational concepts tailored to the specific needs of children and adolescents. These concepts include courses in play, sports, culture, language and reading promotion, media competence, resilience training, and career orientation[1][3].
• Training and Further Education: GMS offers training and further education for educational professionals to strengthen their skills and support them in their work[1].
• School Collaborations: GMS works closely with five partner schools to provide a comprehensive range of courses and activities. This also includes special programs for secondary schools aimed at psychological-social stabilization and personal development[1][5].

The mission of GMS is to promote equal opportunities through education and to ensure that all children and adolescents, regardless of their social and cultural background, can realize their full potential.

• Trust: Reliable action, high commitment, and absolute transparency are the guiding principles. Building long-term, trusting relationships is the foundation of educational work[2].
• Appreciative Attitude: A respectful interaction with one another, mutual understanding, and appreciative tolerance shape the actions of GMS[2].
• Learning: Education is understood as a life concept that promotes social participation. Learning should be joyful and motivating[2].
• Community of Responsibility: GMS sees itself as part of a community of responsibility comprising civil society and politics. Close collaboration and trusting cooperation with schools, city administration, state government, and other partners are central[2].
• Effectiveness: The effectiveness of the measures is ensured through continuous evaluations and scientific support. The goal is the full social participation of socially disadvantaged children and adolescents[2].

GMS focuses on sustainable development impulses to improve the quality of life and future opportunities for the children and adolescents it supports.

• Long-term Support: Children and adolescents are continuously supported throughout their primary and secondary school years to foster trusting relationships and a positive learning environment[1].
• Competence Development: Through various courses and activities, emotional-social skills, language, reading, and learning competencies, as well as resilience and conflict resolution skills are strengthened[1][3].
• Cooperations and Networks: GMS collaborates with a variety of partners to create a comprehensive support network. This includes schools, city administration, state government, youth service providers, foundations, associations, and the economy[2].

Through these comprehensive measures and close collaboration with various stakeholders, GMS actively contributes to the promotion of educational justice and the positive development of children and adolescents in Munich.

• 1 - https://www.gesellschaft-macht-schule.de/was-wir-machen/
• 2 - https://www.gesellschaft-macht-schule.de
• 3 - https://www.gesellschaft-macht-schule.de/wer-sind-wir/
• 4 - https://www.gesellschaft-macht-schule.de/konkret-helfen/
• 5 - https://www.gooding.de/stiftung-gesellschaft-macht-schule-ggmbh-95189