Get your tickets to the BAMEed Network's conference: owning your teacher identity

Tickets are going fast to our third conference which will be held on Saturday 19th January 2019 at The University of East London at their Stratford campus.

Please do help us to spread the word, and grab yours HERE

The conference theme is 'owning your professional identity'. We will put together a stimulating day of keynote speakers, workshops and practice-sharing sessions to help delegates explore the issues, recognise and understand the myths that need busting and understand how to take action to move us all forwards in our commitment to creating a more equal education sector.

What's been happening

Speakers
Are you planning an education event? Are you looking for great speakers to inspire your delegates?

1. Take a look at our list of speakers on the speakers page

2. Once you've found speakers whose profiles seem a suitable match for your event, please contact them with the details provided to check their availability, interest, and any speaker fees they may charge. If their contact details aren't listed, please contact us with details of your event as well as the speakers you're interested in and we'll connect you.

3. Once your event has taken place, we'd appreciate you providing an evaluation for the speaker using this form. We will pass this to them for their development and your feedback will help to inform our future work.

Whilst we are keen to provide this page as a way for event organisers to easily access the wealth of BAME speakers available, we do not actively endorse or promote their services. All logistical arrangements and any fees they may charge are for event organisers to discuss with the speakers.

We believe the development of educators as speakers is important and we will be offering a variety of support, coaching, and development opportunities to members of our network that are interested in speaking at education events. If you're already listed on this page and you're approached to speak at an event, please let us know.

If you'd like to appear on this speakers page, please complete the 'speaker profile' form.

Get involved

Helping organisations get the balance right for their events
An important part of our work is about supporting events to ensure there are diverse viewpoints on their list of speakers. We do this by reaching out and offering help. We are clear that the offer is of help, and the tone is never of 'calling out and shaming' organisations for their narrow choice of speakers. You can help us by signposting people to our high quality speaker options to meet their needs here 

Be a mentor 
BAMEed aims to launch its 2018/19 Mentoring and Coaching Programmes in October with the aim to support NQTs, RQTs and colleagues aiming to progress to leadership roles in future. However, if you need additional support in your existing role, we will make sure we provide you with a bespoke and supportive mentor or coach who will support you in a bespoke way through your journey. The programme is offered as coaching or mentoring depending our mentees or coachees’ entry points, and the level of support each person requires. The 2018/19, coaching and mentoring programme will start in full in October. Please contact us to express an interesting in whether you would like to be coached or mentored or if you are available to support as a mentor or coach by the 5th October 2018. Our mentoring and coaching training will start on the 15th October 2018, and our mentees and coaches will be paired up with their mentors and coaches by the 29th October 2018 for a period of 6 mentoring or coaching sessions. 

Autonomy, Activism and Art Direction: From an Intersectional Perspective
Submit work to share on Shades of Noir. Submissions can be, but aren’t limited to:

Written pieces: Please submit in MS Word format. We suggest that 500-800 words is the best length. Please also submit an image along side your work, this should be no less than 2000px wide and 300 dpi.

Visual Work: Image should be no less than 2000px wide and 300dpi. We suggest that 3 – 6 images are best. Please clearly title images and attach captions and project blurb in a separate word document.

Film: Please send an open link and blurb in a Word document.

Sound: Please send an open link and blurb in a Word document.
To read more and submit a piece, click here

Widening Participation: the experience of BAME males in Primary Teaching
Dr Branwen Bingle is looking for primary teacher participants who identify as male and Black in order to provide a forum for their stories of becoming a teacher. She and colleagues have identified this group in particular as they are underrepresented within the primary teaching profession and they want people to get to know about those who have chosen to work in this phase in the hope they will be inspired, but also because there may be patterns in the experiences that can help us improve recruitment opportunities for this group. The details are as follows:
Aims:

• To establish the experiences of male BAME practitioners in the Primary phase of teaching (ie those teaching pupils aged 5-11 years)
• To identify any perceived barriers for children and young people in aspiring to become teachers
• To develop a strategy to encourage more male BAME students to apply for ITE programmes in order to widen participation

Participation will include a single interview which will take between 20 and 40 minutes.

For further information and to take part please contact Dr. Branwen Bingle b.m.bingle@gre.ac.uk

Teaching Migration and Empire Survey - it takes 8 mins, is for ALL teachers, and there's potential to win a prize! To take part, click here 

Job opportunities
Director of Education
A national education charity which empowers young people to challenge prejudice and discrimination is recruiting a Director of Education to lead all its frontline provision. This is a unique opportunity for a creative, ambitious education leader to take forward a highly regarded national programme. The post is a new one, aiming to develop the charity's existing programmes and extend them to new regions of the UK. It also involves creating new projects and courses, including an ambition to engage young people, especially those aged 13 to 15, as leaders of the charity and as national spokespeople against prejudice. Read more and apply here

Ministry of Stories is looking for an inspirational leader to become its new Director
This is a pivotal period for the charity, as we are refining our core creative writing programme and exploring sustainable ways of reaching even more young people in London and across the country through a series of pilot projects that will help chart the next steps in the Ministry’s development. We are a national portfolio organisation of Arts Council England until 2022. Read more and apply here

Events

Misty - West End: last chance to see
Trafalgar Studios 1
Following an acclaimed, sold-out run at the Bush Theatre, Arinzé Kene’s ‘big popular hit’ (Evening Standard) Misty transfers to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios for a strictly limited season. Grab your ticket here

Race, representation and the British media
Tuesday 20 November 19:30 - 21:30
Rich Mix, London E1
Race Beat, a new journalism network for people of colour in the UK, has been set up because we need to do more to change the social make-up our media and support each other in the process. 

At this event, there will be discussion on everything from historic activism by black, Asian and other ethnic minority journalists in the UK to racist reporting on Muslim communities. There will be a look at what’s missing from reporting on race in Britain and who is missing from newsdesks and editorial decision-making teams. 

The conversation will be led by broadcaster and columnist, Gary Younge, and political journalist Maya Goodfellow. Read more and book a free place here

Minority Ethnic Educators’ Conference
Saturday 24th November 2018
Swanlea School, London
This conference will include a day of panel discussions, academic insights and high quality CPD sessions aimed at empowering BAME teachers to access opportunities at every level of school leadership. For more information and tickets please click here

Pan Africanism: an evening with Prof. Hakim Adi
Monday 26 November, 18:30pm
Museum of London Docklands
Prof Adi will discuss his recently published book, Pan-Africanism: a history and the Young Historians Project will present their work on the London-based Black Liberation Front. Both presentations will be followed by an audience discussion on the wider theme of Pan-Africanism and how to engage more young people of African and Caribbean backgrounds with the study of history. Read more and book a place here

Building inclusivity in publishing
Tuesday 27 November
Coin Street, London
Building Inclusivity in Publishing 2018 is a half day conference, building on the success of the past two years' full day events. Much has been achieved in the book industry, from charters, new Inclusion Director roles and new imprints, to BAME traineeships, spare room projects and increasing number of role models. But there is much more to to be done to achieve full inclusion. Read more and book a place here

Engaging with Belonging & Migration in the Curriculum: Consultation on Recommendations for Government 
Monday 3rd December, 18:00 - 19:30,  University of Liverpool in London, 33 Finsbury Square, EC2A 1AG

A workshop for school leaders, curriculum leads and departmental heads, which the Our Migration Story project is running jointly with the TIDE team in London. 
The workshop aims to bring together individuals who have decision-making capacity around curriculum choices in their school. Through the workshop, we aim to get a better sense of how curriculum choices are made and to learn more about the type of support teachers need in making their selections. The session will provide an opportunity for participants to collectively think through strategies for making topics relating to belonging, migration and identity more visible across curricula. Participants will also have the chance to learn more about the Our Migration Story and TIDE projects, and connected teaching resources. 
 
This event is part of a series of sessions we're running over the next couple of months to engage teachers and educators. The outcomes of these sessions will feed directly into a policy event with government representatives, which The Runnymede Trust is hosting later this year. In preparation for this event, which coincides with Ofsted's recent announcements to focus more closely on the delivery of a rich and diverse curriculum in schools, we hope the workshop will give us a better sense of the general needs of schools and departments and provide departmental heads and curriculum leads an opportunity to feed thoughts and ideas into these broader discussions with government. 
 
We welcome participation from departmental heads and curriculum leads across subject areas, but especially from those who engage with topics linked to mobility, identity, cross-cultural encounters and difference in their teaching  i.e. History, English Literature, Drama, Modern Languages, RE, Geography, and Art and Design. For those attending from outside London there is funding available to contribute to travel costs.

Contact education@runnymedetrust.org for more details and to book a place.

Teaching Migration and Empire - Teacher Focus Group
If you teach the new AQA or OCR migration/empire modules OR if you've used the Our Migration Story website in your teaching at any point, please do come along to a focus group running in December or January in London. The aim is to learn more about your experience of teaching these topics in the classroom. Please let Sundeep Lidher from The Runnymede Trust know if you're interested in attending. Sundeep will add your name to the list and will send further information in due course. The Trust can help with travel expenses, if need be. Contact education@runnymedetrust.org

Where do we fit in? Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum event
4th Dec, 6.30pm, London 
The Runnymede Trust is also hosting this event at the Institute of Historical Research on 4th December. Do consider coming along, and bringing your students. It'd be great to see you and as many young people as possible there. More information and to book a place click here

Journey to Justice
5 October 2018 to 7 April 2019
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool L3 4AQ
Journey to Justice shows how the US civil rights movement helped to move people in the UK and the rest of the world to fight for their rights and make significant social and political change. It tells the extraordinary and moving stories of some of the less well-known women, men and children involved in US and UK struggles for freedom.

The exhibition shows how social justice can be led by 'people like us' and includes interviews, artwork and zines (DIY publications via which activists can make their own news) produced by local people. Read more and plan your visit here 

 

Articles, news, blogs and items of interest

The Black history you might not learn at school
Black History Month is celebrated in the UK every October. As this year's celebration comes to a end, here are four lesser-known historical figures who helped shape multicultural Britain. Read more here

How racism and patriarchy is taught at school
The America that was founded in 1776 was one designed to benefit the rich white men who set up shop on the indigenous land they “found.” Today, we are seeing modern manifestations of that same patriarchal norm that has been recycled, generation after generation, in history textbooks. Read more here

'We can't fight racism on our own': A year and a half on from Traveller ethnicity
“When you’ve been given the message that you’re less intelligent, less sophisticated, there comes a time where you believe it.”A leading campaigner for Travellers’ rights has said that although the recognition of Traveller ethnicity was an historic step, that it wasn’t “a magic wand” to fix issues including housing, education, and healthcare in their community. Read more here

What to do If you witness racist abuse in public – and how to report It
If you saw a racist attack take place in public, would you know what to do?

Racism and racist abuse has been at the centre of public debate this month after a video emerged of an elderly Black woman from East London being racially abused by a fellow passenger on board a Ryanair flight. Read more here

How to use your privilege for good
As educators, our core purpose is to provide the skills and knowledge that lead to the best possible life opportunities for all the pupils we teach. This is certainly mine, says Pran Patel in his blog post for Ambition School Leadership. Read more here

Leadership and diversity in education in England: Progress in the new millennium?
This is a special issue of Management in Education, on leadership and diversity in education in England: Progress in the new millennium? This theme straddles two important issues: diversity in leadership in England, and the degree to which progress has been or is being made in diversifying the educational leadership landscape. Read more here

Five trailblazing Black women chat to the women who've inspired them
For Time Out's Black Girl Fest cover feature five trailblazers, and the Londoners who’ve inspired them, talk about their lives, careers and how London is transforming – for better and for worse. Read more here

Resources: The National Association of Black Supplementary Schools
Even if you don't have personal experience of these schools, you may have read Akala's book 'Natives' and will know what a key role the Black Supplementary School played in his upbringing and understanding of his identity as a Black British man. You can learn more about the National Association of Black Supplementary Schools here

Resources: Through our eyes - perspectives and reflections from Black teachers
With African Americans making up only 7 percent of the teaching workforce in the USA, “Through Our Eyes” adds some of the much-needed substance that has been absent from the teacher diversity conversation. It uncovers the challenges Black teachers face in classrooms and schools, surfacing issues that contribute to low retention rates among teachers of colour. To find out more, click here

Resources: Global Oneness Project
The Global Oneness Project's free films and lessons have been featured on National Geographic, PBS, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, TED Ed, and the Smithsonian, among others. Their educational resources are being used in diverse settings, from public to independent schools, nationally and globally. Find out more here

In case you missed it: Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK History - a report and resource for change
This report identifies major obstacles to racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in UK university History, tracing under-representation from schools through postgraduate training and postdoctoral employment. It documents substantial levels of bias and discrimination experienced by historians in UK universities, and recommends pragmatic steps to enhance the representation and experience of BAME students and staff. It identifies the limited intellectual and substantive diversity of UK History curriculums—in secondary schools and at universities—as an impediment to racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in History departments. Read more here

Listen: Harvard Business Review, Race Issues
How does race affect your workplace? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer questions with the help of Tina Opie, a management professor at Babson College. They talk through what to do when your company’s board is not diverse, promotions favor some people more than others, or you want to have more conversations about race at the office. Listen here

Listen: White privilege - racial ambiguity
Racial ambiguity in America: Lisa Kingstone, Senior Teaching Fellow in Race and Identity at Kings College, London, asks what happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade. She’s joined by the writer, Bidisha. Also, what is meant by white privilege? Kalwant Bhopal, Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, discusses her new study. Listen here

Listen: Talk About Black
Why is it so hard to talk about race? Are our institutions inherently racist? What will it take to bring about change? Discussing these hard topics, Dawid Kotoney-Ahulu's guests in Episode One of Talkaboutblack are Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, visionary founder of the extraordinary Chineke! Orchestra; Gavin Lewis, influencer and financial services industry champion; and Justin Onuekwusi, senior asset manager and one of just 12 black portfolio managers in our industry here in the UK. Listen to episode one here 

Listen: Busy Being Black
Busy Being Black with Josh Rivers is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Listen here