Gesellschaft Macht Schule

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