Group Aims

The LewishamTurkish Education Community Council (LTECC) was established in October 1996 and consists of
Turkish-speaking educationalists, social workers, parents, school governors and other interested professionals
who live or work in Lewisham.

The group aims to:

remove barriers to equality of educational opportunity for Turkish-speaking bilingual learners in every stage of their education;
develop and strengthen links with homes, schools and community groups and support strategies for increased parental participation;
encourage Turkish-speaking parents to share their skills and expertise with schools and classrooms and to take an active role in their children's education;
support bilingualism and to devise and provide appropriate materials which enable Turkish-speaking bilingual pupils to gain full access to the curriculum;
advise schools, parents and community groups on how to raise achievement levels of Turkish-speaking bilingual pupils;
provide Turkish-speaking pupils in Lewisham schools, including Community Education Lewisham, with a holistic supportive environment in which growth, development and increased educational achievement can be attained.

Members of LTECC to date are:

Ali Kurt,
Emell Bilal,
Suzan Mehmet,
Emine Aziz,
Hayriye Osman,
Zali Collymore-Hussein,
Susan Mehmet,
Gulcin Sesli,
Cemaliye Duran,
Rahme Ibrahim,
Melek Bozkus,
Moira Harbord.

The LTECC can be contacted via the LEA's Turkish Community Liaison Teacher,
Ali Kurt, on
020 8314 8563

Moira Harbord,
EMAS Consultant on
020 8314 9074