
Angel Angelov, educational mediator-coordinator
Dear readers,
Center Amalipe was one of the first organizations that applied the pilot model for community moderators and later educational mediators. In the process of work, it became very clear how great is the need for the quick inclusion of educational mediators in the teaching teams of schools with a large percentage of school students from ethnic minorities in Bulgaria. That is why in 2021 Amalipe Center started a series of online meetings and training for educational mediators to increase their capacity in their work among the community. From March 2021 to August 2021 a total of 225 educational mediators and social workers from all over the country participated in the online meetings and training organized by Amalipe Center.
Within a few weeks, you will have the pleasure to meet educational mediators that Amalipe Center has selected to be mediator-coordinators. Their role will be to coordinate and support individuals who are taking their first steps in the profession of an educational mediator. Through this, we will try to promote the work and activities of educational mediators.
Today we will introduce you to Angel Angelov!
Angel Alexandrov Angelov is from Shumen and has a degree in Social Pedagogy.
“As is the upbringing of a person, so is his character, so are his deeds, so is his whole life. Being an Educational Mediator is not just a profession, it is a calling. Educational Mediator is a profession name and should begin with a capital letter (if I am not mistaken). It would be good to have Educational Mediators in every school. Principal, teachers are so overwhelmed with work that they can’t have enough attention to the children and their parents, that’s why there are Educational Mediators to work with the parents and maintain communication with them! Education and upbringing is important for everyone, that’s why I’m there to help.”
Mediators must become a natural and full complement to the teaching team. They can, and should, work alongside teachers to sustainably integrate children into the education system who are at risk of dropping out of school.
Atanas Atanasov, coordinator of work with parents.