Equality and Diversity Awareness workshop

24th Sep 2015

Workshop overview:
This workshop is designed to allow you to evaluate the importance of equality and diversity for your children, staff, governors, community, visitors and also in your team and School. The workshop will also focus on the impact it can have if you do not embrace equality and diversity in your School. 

The workshop will also cover the Cultural Diversity Quality Standard (CDQS) award and the Investors in Diversity for Schools award.

Working towards the criteria will help your school to achieve areas of the Ofsted Inspection Framework, Quality of leadership in and management of the school, by showing how 'well the school promotes pupil's spiritual, moral, social and cultural development' and all pupil groups are making 'at least good progress' in attainment.

By attending this workshop you will be able to work towards either developing or enhancing the ‘Equality and diversity processes and practices’ to demonstrate your proactive working practices.

Delegates attending this workshop will:
understand the legal framework for Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity (Equality Act 2010) and how it impacts in the school be aware of the 9 protected characteristics and how they should be embedded in a school review your school policy to support Equality and Diversity be able to recognise behaviours and stereotyping that affects relationships with others (children, staff, governors, community, visitors) be given guidance on inclusions/exclusions in relation to equal opportunities/diversity have gained an understanding of the Cultural Diversity Quality Standard (CDQS) award have gained an overview of the Investors in Diversity for Schools award.

Suitable for: Head Teachers, Senco, PHSE, EAL Co-ordinators, Senco Lead Governors, Support Staff

Programme for the day:
9.45 am Registration (inclusive of tea and coffee)
10.00 am Welcome and Introductions
10.15 am
Equal Opportunities – legal framework
Equality Act 2010
9 Protected characteristics
Recognise how your own stereotypes, biases and assumptions affect your behaviour and relationships with other Homophobia
What helps and hinders inclusion and exclusion
How to break inappropriate behaviour
Ofsted inspection in relation to EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)
Extremism
Ofsted inspection in relation to EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)
Equality and Diversity policy
Best practices   
1.15 pm  Equality and Diversity School Action plan
1.30 pm  Close (Safe journey home or back to school) 

Location: The Rivergreen Centre, Durham, Durham City, County Durham, DH1 5TS
Contact: Tel: 0121 622 7049 / Email: catherine.b@golden-training.co.uk