Our Empowering Women Leaders in the Workplace Training
Our Empowering Women Leaders in the Workplace Training
Our Empowering Women Leaders in the Workplace Training
Our Training Offer
We support leaders and talent managers in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence regarding the development opportunities for female educators to progress into leadership roles.
We will identify the internal and external barriers that can hold women in education back in their careers including the confidence gap, the motherhood gap and the flexibility gap.
We will consider proactive strategies to support and develop women in their career goals.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
Our Training Session Includes
- Identifying and removing the external and internal ‘glass ceilings’
- Promoting inclusive and empathetic leadership behaviours
- Supporting female leaders in working flexibly, if required
- Dismantling the barriers that can hold female educators back from progressing into leadership roles, especially when they are parents/ carers
- Disrupting the limiting beliefs that fuel the confidence gap
- Considering the constructive feedback and developmental experiences that female leaders need to be exposed to
- Supporting female educators in preparing for leadership interviews
I’ve gained more out of it when I thought I would. It’s also challenged me to think of things that I have never considered before. It’s also enabled me to perhaps understand the challenges faced, which I’ve been able to make more sense of.
Aimi Knight-Allen, Sports Centre Manager
I think what it offers is really unique and enables women to speak in a much more supportive environment than when there are men around as well. Women do have different issues and the forum has enabled all of us to be really honest and authentic with each other.
Delyth Lynch, Senior Leader
Our Representing Diverse Families in RSHE Training
Our Representing Diverse Families in RSHE Training
Our Representing Diverse Families in RSHE Training
Our Training Offer
We support teachers, leaders and governors in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in how to design a RSE/ RSHE curriculum with DEIB at its foundations.
We will create a safe and open space for you to explore your curriculum, your community and your challenges to co-create solutions and share best practice.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
Our Training Session Includes
- Establishing what we mean by the fundamental elements for fostering healthy and respectful relationships
- Reflecting on what a diverse, equitable and inclusive health education looks like
- Considering how to represent diverse families, friendships and relationships
- Exploring how to teach the relationship aspect of RSE in primary schools
- Exploring how to provide students with relationships and sex education in secondary schools
One of the most engaging DEI sessions I’ve attended. Highly recommend!
Aishwarya Chandran, Coachbright
We received exceptional training from Hannah who empowered us to reflect on our own DEI journey as a school. We had a collaborative space to reflect and share our own lived experiences as well as those of the children and the community we serve. Hannah gave us tools to explore each protected characteristic and continue building and reimagining inclusive spaces for all stakeholders. As a team we came away with a clear understanding that our DEI work is a journey not a destination and we need as individuals to do the inner work in order to the outer work of DEI. Sessions led by DEI Leaders like Hannah create a culture shift where all staff can feel seen and heard. There was a definite sense of belonging and togetherness as a school community from this session and we hope to build on this with future training from Hannah and the Diverse Educator training team.
Janine Sawh, PSHE Lead
Our Leading Inclusively Training
Our Leading Inclusively Training
Our Leading Inclusively Training
Our Training Offer
We support school, college and trust leaders in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in how to be more inclusive in their leadership.
We will create an open space to reflect on how well we are meeting the needs of our colleagues. We will discuss what leaders can do to create a more inclusive environment to support the needs of diverse staff.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
Our Training Session Includes
- Recognising and appreciating identity differences among team members
- Deepening our understanding of diversity and embracing it as a strength rather than a challenge
- Considering how our inclusive leadership fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace
- Discussing what we can do to ensure that our teams feel valued, respected, and are motivated.
- Reflecting on the impact of an inclusive workplace environments
- Developing inclusive leadership as a style of management that values and includes a variety of backgrounds and perspectives
- Understanding the benefits for an organisation including: Improved culture, Increased employee retention, stronger relationships and higher performance and productivity
Hannah was an engaging and knowledgeable speaker who brought a wealth of insight to the discussion on derogatory and inclusive language. She skillfully captured the audience’s attention, presenting complex topics in a way that was both accessible and thought-provoking. Beyond her informative delivery, Hannah fostered a safe and respectful environment, encouraging open dialogue and creating a space where participants felt comfortable asking questions and sharing their perspectives. Her ability to engage meaningfully with the audience made her session both impactful and memorable.
Taf Mpandawana, EDIB coordinator
Our Integrating EAL and Multilingual Learners Training
Our Integrating EAL and Multilingual Learners Training
Our Integrating EAL and Multilingual Learners Training
Our Training Offer
We support teachers, leaders and support staff in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in how to be more inclusive of EAL and multilingual learners, colleagues and families.
We will create an open space to reflect on and to discuss how well we are meeting the needs of multilingual and EAL learners in the classroom and multilingual and EAL families and colleagues beyond the classroom.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
Our Training Session Includes
- Imagining how a new to English pupil feels when they arrive in your school
- Considering how to welcome and embrace the strengths of EAL and multilingual learners
- Challenging the deficit mindset impacting the perception of EAL and multilingual learners
- Sharing good practice for newly arrived pupils being quickly integrated into the school community
- Enabling EAL and multilingual learners to succeed academically through ‘language aware’ teaching
I have now heard DEI from two different speakers and would whole-heartedly recommend. Through a non-threatening and informative approach they will carefully lead the staff through a thought-provoking journey of self-questioning and discovery.
Darren Antony Morgan, Headteacher
This training was something we will remember for a long time. Some staff even shared it was the best CPD they had been part of. We feel it was hugely purposeful and will have a great impact on our school short term and long term. Would definitely recommend!
Katy Nicholls, Deputy Headteacher
Our Governing Inclusively Training
Our Governing Inclusively Training
Our Governing Inclusively Training
Our Training Offer
We support governors in schools. colleges and trustees in trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in committing to strategic DEIB.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will create a safe space for you to explore the barriers and the solutions to strategic problems that are impacting the growth and development of your organisation.
Our Training Session Includes
- Discussing why governance as a system needs to be more inclusive and representative.
- Considering the impact of engaging diverse members of society in governance.
- Reviewing who has the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes.
- Reflecting on how to include a wide range of voices in board meetings to nurture robust debate and ensure the needs of all sections of the school community are well represented.
Hannah Wilson was a delight to listen to. She was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and made the session a pleasure. The time flew by!
Susan Patricia Gardner, Chair of Governors
Our Fostering Belonging in the Classroom Training
Our Fostering Belonging in the Classroom Training
Our Fostering Belonging in the Classroom Training
Our Training Offer
We support teachers in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in considering who belongs in their classroom.
We will review how we identify and remove the barriers to belonging, whilst sharing best practice for nurturing the conditions for belonging to be fostered.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
Our Training Session Includes
- Considering the importance of names and pronunciation
- Modelling the use of pronouns
- Reviewing how to create greater accessibility for all learners
- Sharing how to encourage a multilingual approach
- Reflecting on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- Discussing how to modify routines and resources to make them more inclusive
- Sharing how to gather and respond to learner feedback
Diverse Educators offer a wonderful variety of training that allows you to tailor your sessions to the exact needs of your school. They are engaging, excellent facilitators and provoke staff to challenge their own personal biases’. I would highly recommend working with them and I look forward to more opportunities to collaborate in the future.
Thenneh Conteh, DEI Lead & PE Teacher
Our Equipping Coaches and Mentors with DEIB Awareness Training
Our Equipping Coaches and Mentors with DEIB Awareness Training
Our Equipping Coaches and Mentors with DEIB Awareness Training
Our Training Offer
We support coaches and mentors in schools, colleges and trusts to develop DEIB consciousness for their coaching and mentoring practices.
We create and hold a safe space for participants to be open, honest and vulnerable to share their challenges and fears, to be able to co-create solutions to shared problems.
We can deliver face-to-face or virtual INSET and twilight professional learning sessions.
Our Training Session Includes
- Discussing why coaching and mentoring needs to be/become inclusive and representative.
- Considering the barriers that some people might experience in becoming a mentor/ coach.
- Reviewing approaches to create an inclusive coaching and mentoring experience for all.
- Reflecting on how to differentiate for the needs of different coaching and mentoring clients.
DiverseEd really do know how to deliver DEIB topics sensitively, yet powerfully. Because they are experienced at working in a range of settings, they understand the nuance and complexity of the work we are trying to do, and give good advice, which we have already begun to take actions on. I recommend their toolkits, and their training.
Farina Ackerman, AVP Curriculum
I would highly recommend this training to you if you are keen to move beyond a superficial understanding of DEI and how it relates to the way you lead. By maintaining an emphasis on doing the inner ‘work’ first, this training helps us avoid the temptation of leaping to quick, ineffective solutions while paying attention to what really matters in the way we lead and learn together.
Esther Stevenson, BLA Programme Leader
Our Embracing Flexible Working Training
Our Embracing Flexible Working Training
Our Embracing Flexible Working Training
Our Training Offer
We support all stakeholders in schools and trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in considering the benefits of flexible working.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will explore your organisation’s approach to flexible working and how a revised commitment could support your recruitment and retention strategies.
Our Training Session Includes
- Outlining the current landscape for flexible working in schools.
- Exploring how flexible working policies and practices can support genuine inclusion and diversity in schools.
- Sharing the benefits of a proactive flexible working model for all staff, especially those with protected characteristics.
- Exploring how we can use flexible working to compete with other sectors
- Considering how it can help to recruit and retain effective teachers and leaders.
The training was engaging, clear and delivered with openness and honesty. It promoted great discussion between different groups of staff.
Sharon Khan, Assistant Headteacher
The training was inspiring, and the sincerity and commitment of the presenters shone through.
Nicky Winder, Teacher of English (part time)
Our Advocating for Parents and Carers in the Workplace Training
Our Advocating for Parents and Carers in the Workplace Training
Our Advocating for Parents and Carers in the Workplace Training
Our Training Offer
We support all stakeholders in schools and trusts, in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence in considering the experiences of staff who are parents and carers.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
We will explore your workplace culture and invite you to consider the experiences of your parents and careers, alongside reviewing your policies and processes.
Our Training Session Includes
- Reviewing the research into women leaving the profession
- Considering why women aged 30-39 blame school culture for their decision to quit
- Discussing what needs to be done to improve communication between schools and teachers to address the retention crisis
- Reflecting on how a positive school culture that supports teachers as they become parents does not just benefit mothers and fathers
- Engaging with the practical strategies to improve balance for all staff, that will help colleagues, whatever their role or level of responsibility, to create “life friendly” schools
Informative, interesting and in the context of real life situations which made the messages more relatable.
Karen Waddilove, school support staff
An excellent introduction to a theme that we know is a focus to improve our trust.
Phil Webster, MAT CEO
Our Advancing Diverse Leaders in the Pipeline Training
Our Advancing Diverse Leaders in the Pipeline Training
Our Advancing Diverse Leaders in the Pipeline Training
Our Training Offer
We support leaders and talent managers in developing their consciousness, confidence and competence regarding the development opportunities for diverse educators to progress into leadership roles.
We will identify the internal and external barriers that can hold individuals from marginalised identities back in their careers.
We will consider proactive strategies to support and develop individuals in their career goals.
We can deliver face to face and virtually, for twilights, INSETs and conferences.
Our Training Session Includes
- Identifying and removing the external and internal ‘concrete ceilings’
- Promoting inclusive and empathetic leadership behaviours
- Supporting diverse leaders in articulating their vision, mission and values
- Dismantling the barriers that can hold diverse educators back from progressing into leadership roles
- Disrupting the limiting beliefs that fuel the confidence gap
- Considering the constructive feedback and developmental experiences that diverse leaders need to be exposed to
- Supporting diverse educators in preparing for leadership interviews
Having a safe space allowed me to talk openly without judgement and to realise that I wasn’t alone. The depth of the topics gave me confidence in my values and skill set that I have but also gave me plenty to reflect on to adapt my own leadership and how to view and handle other leader’s leadership.
Diverse Leaders Programme Participant
The Diverse Leaders programme was incredibly impactful for me. The sessions provided valuable insights into leadership strategies and created a supportive environment for collaboration and growth. I felt more prepared and confident for interviewing for my next leadership role.
Diverse Leaders Programme Participant