Venue : Hertfordshire Development Centre, Stevenage
About this course
“Insightful, supportive, and well planned. This was a really impactful course.” Secondary school, Hertfordshire
Delegates will participate in a 3-part programme (2 training days and a 1:1 consultancy session) underpinned by the HFL Education Antiracism Self-Evaluation Toolkit.
Day 1: Leaders will be empowered to understand a whole-school approach to antiracism and how to address it in each of the following:
- leadership – ethos and values
- curriculum and resourcing
- recruitment, retention and development
- stakeholder feedback
Leaders will develop key skills to support and train their colleagues to understand:
- what racism is
- impact of racialised language
- how to become racially literate
- structural and institutional racism
- strategies for addressing pushback and challenge
Consultancy session: Each school will receive a tailored online consultancy session with a race equality adviser to support school progress with the self-evaluation toolkit.
Day 2: Race equality advisers will provide responsive input on specialist areas. Delegates will participate in a peer-to-peer review to explore their progress, strategies and impact.Learning outcomes
By the end of the training, delegates will:
- have become more self-aware; developing an antiracist lens and approach
- have developed knowledge and understanding about racial inequality in Britain
- understand key areas for concern related to race and racism, and understand the action required in schools/settings
- feel confident about a strategic approach to creating an antiracist school/setting and be prepared to lead and challenge their colleagues
- be knowledgeable about resources to support, review and develop in school which will embed antiracism and race equity
Advisory suggestions:
Learn about Great Representation programme and read the case studies.
Read ‘Unity in Diversity’ by Rachel Macfarlane.
Read ‘I Heard What You Said’ by Jeffrey Boakye
Read ‘White Fragility’ by Robin D’Angelo- Event Type: Training: In-person