Judaism Holocaust and Antisemitism Enrichment
Judaism, Holocaust and Antisemitism Enrichment
I have worked with many primary and secondary schools, addressing Year 4-8 classes on Judaism and its Customs/Traditions, with my family story being the centrepiece of my presentations. This presentation is also suitable for Years 7-8.
For the past 10 years, I have been visiting over 160 schools within the UK, delivering presentations on The Holocaust and Antisemitism from a personal viewpoint. I tell my own family story, being the son and grandson of refugees from Nazi Germany. My Great-Grandma survived the camps while my Great Aunt and Uncle perished in Auschwitz. I myself have been the victim of prejudice both at school and in my professional career as a teacher, with over 25 years’ experience.
I feel that my personal experience, background and observations would be invaluable in this respect. As well as personal visits, I have put together a series of Powerpoint presentations aimed at different year group combinations (Years 7-13), which can also be accessed via Zoom or Teams – Judaism, The Holocaust and Antisemitism:A Personal Journey.
My newest presentation, The History of Antisemitism from Medieval Times to the Present Day, is particularly valid for Year 9 students and above. With antisemitism increasing in many places across the world, especially in the UK, I take a personal journey through myths and stereotypes that are still being perpetrated today and ask what we can do to focus attention on the more extreme acts of prejudice. This would be a 50 minute presentation with time for questions at the end. So far, the presentation has made a big impression with many schools.
Meedu
Middle East Education (London)
Provides balanced talks in schools, Youth Clubs, adult audiences, by a Muslim and a Jew together on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East in general. Both speakers are truth seeking, not pro one side or the other. The talks are illustrated with colourful photos and maps, can be tailored to any required length, and allow for plenty of audience participation and Q&A. Our website contains many resources, lesson plans, etc. A Registered Charity.
Both speakers have done much research and studying and are very knowledgeable. In particular, our Muslim speaker understands Arabic, and so is able to follow exactly what is written and said in the Arab world, rather than on translations which the rest of us have to rely on.
Alternative Curriculum
Alternative Curriculum
Alternative Curriculum is a not-for-profit learning platform run by a group of like-minded individuals, educators and teachers, working together to create free online resources. Their aim is to provide an alternative narrative to those used in schools and colleges across the country, and to supplement students’ existing learning.
AC was launched with the ambition to widen the educational conversation and deepen an understanding of many subjects that are often airbrushed out of our national curriculum. The group’s aim is to amplify diverse voices and give young people the chance to learn about the varied histories, cultures and communities that have contributed to society.
AC lessons focus on minority groups and those whose histories and cultures are not as thoroughly covered in the mainstream curriculum, with lessons on various topics within areas of history, science, media, literature, cultural studies and more.
Our Contributors
Our Contributors
Our Contributors
Age
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Open Drama UK
Open Drama UK
Open Drama UK is a national networking platform set up to bring Drama teachers, practitioners and industry experts together to ‘advance, improve and benefit young people through Drama.’ Through our networks we run face to face and online events which are accessed free of charge. Our resources, workshops and events cover a wide range of information which has relevance and topical content. We work across the sector to ensure young people accessing Drama in schools and/or via an extra curricular provision are being educated about diversity, disabilities and sexual discrimination through our training and resources for teachers and practitioners.
How representative is your Drama curriculum? Make Drama representative of the world we live in.
Why Katie Mitchell is passionate about feminist theatre and representation of women in theatre.
What strategies can you employ to support neurodiverse learners in Drama? Why Drama can be a real leveller for all learners.
Fertility Issues in Teaching
Fertility Issues in Teaching
Fertility Issues in Teaching was founded in 2020. Through consultancy and training, we help leaders to become inclusive, equitable and flexible in their approach as they support employees throughout fertility treatment and baby loss.
According to the NHS, 1 in 7 couples are infertile, and 1 in 4 suffer baby loss (Tommy’s).
We are committed to making the workplace a fertility, family and friendly place to be, so that women can continue to progress in their careers in an encouraging environment.
Using recent and relevant data, we deliver quality training around infertility and fertility issues.
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- Staff
- Governors
- HR Managers
Beyond Equality
Beyond Equality
Beyond Equality is a UK organisation carrying out gender transformative work with men and boys. The core of our work is delivering workshops to boys and men in schools, universities, workplaces, community settings and professional sports environments. Our workshops provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space in which boys and men can:
- learn about the way in which restrictive masculinities based on stereotypes harm people of all genders, including men and boys;
- confront their own and each other’s problematic attitudes and behaviours without shame;
- imagine and express their masculinities in ways that contribute to building safer, more inclusive communities and healthy interpersonal relationships.
Flexible Working
Flexible Working Toolkit
Flexible Working Toolkit
Toolkit collated by Hannah Wilson with Lindsay Patience
What Is Flexible Working?
- Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs, for example having flexible start and finish times, or working from home. (https://www.gov.uk/flexible-working)
- Part time working – the most common form of flexible working across all professions, including teaching. Usually characterized by working less than fulltime hours and/or working fewer days;
- Job sharing - two or more people do one job and split the hours. Increasingly popular option for teachers and schools, particularly where individual teachers are able to organize and propose their own job-sharing arrangements;
- Compressed hours - working full-time hours but over fewer days. A useful option when it may not be financially convenient for a teacher to take on a reduced number of hours. However, can have increased workload implications for the reduced number of days that an individual teacher does work;
- Staggered hours - the employee has different start, finish and break times from other workers (this would be dependent on each individual application and situation). Useful for teachers with caring/childcare responsibilities who may need to drop off or collect children but who don’t want or need to work less than five days a week.
- Remote working - there are other forms of part-time work, such as working from home, that are increasingly popular in other professions, but which don’t lend themselves so easily to teaching. However, while regular home-working may not be practical for most teachers in most schools, there are many schools which do offer ad hoc working from home opportunities where appropriate.
The Diverse Educators’ Flexible Working Toolkit
- How can we recruit more teachers through flexible working?
- How can we retain more teachers through flexible working?
- How can we reengage more teachers through flexible working?
- How can we change perspectives on flexible working?
- How can we create school cultures and ethos to enable flexible working?
- How can flexible working improve diversity and equality in our schools?