ITTE Providers' Toolkit
ITTE Providers' Toolkit
ITTE Providers' Toolkit
Toolkit collated by Dr Adam Brett
Does the Teaching Profession Have a Diversity Problem?
Research over many years has consistently shown that teachers and leaders from black and global majority (AKA BAME) backgrounds are underrepresented in the teaching profession. While this data has improved in recent years, the issue remains. It is important for ITTE providers to recognise the barriers that exist for black and global majority aspirant teachers applying to the profession. We must also examine why these applicants experience lower success rates than their white peers. UCL (2020) also report that 46% of schools in England have no black and global majority teachers.
Examining the teaching profession through the lens of other protected characteristics reveals the challenges that many other teachers face from minority or marginalised backgrounds. TES (2021) highlights the physical and mental challenges that disabled teachers face in the profession; Brett (2022) explores that anxiety that is often experienced by LGBT+ teachers; and EDT (2022) highlight the lack of representation of women in leadership, despite representing nearly three quarters of the teaching workforce.
Why Is it So Important to Ensure DEI Sits at the Heart of Your Teacher Training Programme?
The evidence suggests that teachers who belong to marginalised groups are underrepresented in schools and are likely to experience more challenging working environments. ITTE providers therefore need to think about the additional support that aspirant teachers may need before, during and after their initial teacher training year. Recognising that a model of equity rather than equality is needed, and that teachers from minority backgrounds may experience additional stress or challenges, is an important starting point for ITTE providers. DEI needs to lie at the heart of ITTE so all teachers can see a place for themselves in the profession, and as importantly, so they can create diverse, safe, and inclusive classrooms for their students.
The Diverse Educators’ ITTE Providers’ DEI Toolkit
- Is there a person who is responsible for DEI within your ITTE organisation? Do they have time and remuneration for the position?
- Do you have a DEI objective on your improvement plan?
- Do you know which of your trainees have a protected characteristic or belong to a minority group?
- How do you communicate your commitment to DEI to prospective applicants?
- Are there safe spaces for teachers from minority groups to attend?
- Are your policies and documentation inclusive?
- Do school mentors receive DEI training or support
- Are you sending trainees into schools where they will be safe and supported?
- Does your curriculum include and celebrate a broad range of diverse voices?
Articles
Blogs
Books
Good Practice
Networks
Podcasts
Resources
Katie Bayley
Katie Bayley
Katie Bayley is the Lead Anti-Racism Training Facilitator for Hallam TSA and a Coach for the Leeds Beckett University Anti-Racist School Award. Katie consults on anti-racism policy and practice, in addition to delivering racial literacy and anti-racism training to a wide range of schools, universities and businesses across the UK.
Free Anti-Racism Lesson Resources KS1-4- designed for use as part of the PSHE/RSHE/Citizenship curriculum.
You Be You
You Be You
You Be You – inspiring communities in their limitless choices
You Be You is an award winning social enterprise working towards the vision that no child leaves primary school believing their gender, race or class limits their potential.
We do this through our school programme, pupil/parent workshops, teacher training and home activity kits called ‘Be Me Bundles’. These are activity packs that each child can do in the home environment whilst thinking about the world around them. We’re also passionate about empowering teachers to become “Equity Champions” of their community; over 98% of our teachers have found our training powerful and helpful in their own development.
And finally, we’ve also appeared on BBC London Live talking about the importance of our work. Here’s our latest impact report which highlights the results of our programme and the positive difference we’ve already made across the community.
Our Creating a Culture of Belonging Training
Our Creating a Culture of Belonging Training
Our Creating a Culture of Belonging Training
Our Training Offer
We support all stakeholders in schools and trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in considering who feels safe, who feels seen and who feels valued.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will create a safe space for you to explore levels of belonging and psychological safety. We will create a brave space for you to explore the perception gap between different stakeholders.
- Reflecting on what gives us a sense of belonging
- Exploring our own relationships and journeys with belonging
- Considering how we gather staff voice on belonging
- Reviewing the perception gap between stakeholder groups
- Considering how to create a belonging culture and a belonging curriculum
- Discussing the policies and practices that need to change to increase levels of belonging
We are always delighted to be able to showcase the outstanding training delivered by Diverse Educators within our ITE curriculum. The facilitator is committed to developing diversity, equity and inclusion within and throughout the education system, which supports our trainees in becoming knowledgeable and confident with their own learning and development. Thank you for a fantastic session.
Katie Williams, SCITT Director
Our Developing Anti-racist Approaches Training
Our Developing Anti-racist Approaches Training
Our Developing Anti-racist Approaches Training
Our Training Offer
We support teachers, leaders and student support professionals in schools and trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in creating educational spaces which are anti-racist.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will create a safe space for you to explore how to reimagine our educational spaces as more diverse anti-racist and equitable.
- Sharing the lived educational experience of those racialised as Black and Brown.
- Becoming conscious of the additional barriers people racialised as such may face in schools.
- Becoming conscious of the difference between being non-racist and anti-racist.
- Building confidence in understanding the need for an anti-racist learning environment, curriculum and educators.
- Building confidence and competence in knowing how to handle racist incidents at school.
It was very interesting, highly engaging and definitely food for thought.
Karen Meenagh, Assistant Head / SENCO
Our Growing Trans and Non-Binary Awareness Training
Our Growing Trans and Non-Binary Awareness Training
Our Growing Trans and Non-Binary Awareness Training
Our Training Offer
We support teachers, leaders and student support professionals in schools and trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in furthering LGBT+ inclusion in your educational space with a greater understanding of gender diversity.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will create a safe space for you to explore how to reimagine our educational spaces as more diverse, equitable, and inclusive for trans, non-binary, and gender diverse people.
- Sharing the lived educational experience of LGBT+ gender diverse people.
- Becoming conscious of the additional barriers gender diverse young people may face in schools.
- Becoming conscious of the historical and current statutory guidance and legislation in relation to supporting gender diverse people.
- Building confidence through exploring the developing language around gender identity and expression.
- Exploring the distinction between sex, gender identity, and gender expression.
- Building confidence and competence in supporting trans young people as they come out in an educational space.
- Growing confidence and competence in challenging transphobic language.
- Developing competence in reimagining our educational spaces, and making them more diverse, equitable, and inclusive of gender diverse people.
We regularly use DiverseEd to upskill and empower out trainees. the sessions are informative, well planned and really useful for our trainees.
Jane Adamson, Programme Leader
Our Making Educational Spaces LGBT+ Inclusive Training
Our Making Educational Spaces LGBT+ Inclusive Training
Our Making Educational Spaces LGBT+ Inclusive Training
Our Training Offer
We support teachers, leaders and student support professionals in schools and trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in creating educational spaces which are inclusive for LGBT+ people.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will create a safe space for you to explore how to reimagine our educational spaces as more diverse, equitable, and inclusive of LGBT+ lives.
- Sharing the lived educational experience of LGBT+ people.
- Becoming conscious of the additional barriers LGBT+ young people may face in schools.
- Becoming conscious of the historical and current statutory guidance and legislation in relation to LGBT+ inclusion.
- Building confidence through a common inclusive language in relation to LGBT+ identities.
- Building confidence and competence in knowing what to say when a young person comes out.
- Building confidence and competence in challenging homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic language in school.
- Developing competence in reimagining our educational spaces, and making them more diverse, equitable, and inclusive of LGBT+ lives.
DEI training with Diverse Educators is edifying, enlightening, and enjoyable and ultimately uplifting, on what can be a tricky topic to understand and articulate.
Jude Owens, PA to Executive TSH Team
Inclusive Workplaces Toolkit
Inclusive Workplaces Toolkit
Inclusive Workplaces Toolkit
Toolkit collated by Hannah Wilson
What Is Workplace Inclusion?
Workplace inclusion is when people feel valued and accepted in their team and in the wider organisation, without having to conform. Inclusive organisations support employees, regardless of their background or circumstance, to thrive at work.
Inclusion is the culture in which the mix of people can come to work, feel comfortable and confident to be themselves, and work in a way that suits them and delivers your business or service needs. Inclusion will ensure that everyone feels valued and importantly, adds value.
What Is an Inclusive Workplace?
An inclusive workplace is a workplace where all employees feel respected and included. All employees in an inclusive workplace receive equal opportunities to company resources. Inclusive workplaces emphasise the importance of not just hiring diverse employees but embracing and celebrating their traits and qualities.
Everyone should work to make all team members feel welcomed and encouraged to express their individuality. This helps everyone feel more accepted, comfortable and excited to come to work.
Why Is an Inclusive Workplace Important?
An inclusive workplace is important because it builds a positive atmosphere that all employees will enjoy being a part of. This helps boost employee morale and creates a vibrant company culture, causing you to have a strong sense of belonging at work including feeling accepted by all of your coworkers.
Diverse and inclusive workplaces can also make your workplace more innovative and productive, as everyone will feel like their ideas matter and are well-heard, no matter their culture, gender or ethnicity. This also typically builds confidence and self-esteem in employees to voice their opinions and produce impressive work for the company.
What Are the Benefits of an Inclusive Workplace?
Positive and inclusive work cultures create a sense of identity for employees, foster a sense of commitment, and guide or shape the attitudes and behaviours of all employees. An inclusive workplace is more likely to attract and retain a diverse workforce, which has the potential to outperform competitors. An inclusive workplace benefits all employees.
The Diverse Educators’ Inclusive Workplaces Toolkit
- Have you set/ agreed inclusivity goals for your team?
- How have you shown others what inclusivity means?
- Have you created space for an inclusion council?
- How do you celebrate and embrace your team members and their differences?
- Have you made your meetings inclusive and engaging?
- How do you express your appreciation for team members?
- What actions have you taken to ensure that everyone feels like they belong?
- Have you reviewed your policies to ensure that you identify and remove barriers impacting your vision for inclusion?
Articles
Books
Nash, Kate – Positively Purple: Build an Inclusive World Where People with Disabilities Can Flourish
Segura, Antonia – Your Guide To Creating An Inclusive Workplace: Cultivating Success Through Diversity
Shane, Kryss – Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders
Podcasts
Resources
TED Talks
Videos
Progressive Masculinity
Progressive Masculinity
We provide practical, safe and non-judgemental workshops KS2-4 which explore what it means to ‘be a man’ in today’s world and to end the damaging ‘performance’ of masculinity many feel pressured to live. Traditional stereotypes of aggression, dominance, misogyny etc are challenged as we reconstruct a healthier and more open-minded understanding of the potential of our gender. The Pupil Workshop Program is comprised of six one-hour sessions, each focussing on a different aspect of masculinity: communication and emotional literacy, anger-management and emotional control, attitudes towards women, role models and aspirations etc. Impact data has shown improvements in attendance and a reduction in sanctions and exclusions following the program. Pupil feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with comments like “These sessions made me feel like I don’t have to be pretend to be someone else. Someone I don’t actually like being anyway.”
Educate Against Islamophobia
Educate Against Islamophobia (EAI)
Educate Against Islamophobia (EAI) is a not-for-profit organisation committed to combating Islamophobia through educational means.
At Educate Against Islamophobia, we believe in the power of education. This is because internationally, education is widely recognised as a fundamental tool through which society can combat racism and its varying forms. Moreover, intolerance and discrimination against Muslims often stems from misinformation or a lack of knowledge and understanding about Islam and its adherents.
Through anti-Islamophobia education, EAI has the potential to eliminate prejudice as well as fostering mutual respect and understanding across our society. EAI is therefore passionate to capitalise on this tool to address what has been recognised as one of the most prevalent forms of prejudice and racism within our society, namely Islamophobia.