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Welcome to the BAMEed Network newsletter

BAMEed is a grassroots network aimed at ensuring our diverse communities are represented as a substantive part of the education workforce. There are three main parts to our network mission:

  1. Increasing the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people entering and remaining in education careers
  2. Encourage and support those within the profession to progress in their career
  3. Champion change in education structures so that bias does not prevent diverse representation

These three parts feed into our beliefs that are listed on our website here

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BAMEed Network's second conference: habits of highly effective people

If you haven't already, get your free ticket to our second annual conference, which will be held on Saturday 2nd June 2018 at The Olive Tree School in Bolton.

Tickets are going fast, so help us to spread the word, and grab yours HERE

We have put together a stimulating day of keynote speakers, workshops and practice-sharing sessions to help delegates explore the issues, and recognise and understand the myths that need busting.

This event invites people of all backgrounds, ethnicities and nationalities to explore how to take action to move us all forwards in our commitment to creating a more equal education sector. Please do invite any colleagues that may be interested.

Events of interest


Difficult conversations - gender, ethnicity and religion in the classroom

Whatever stage of your teaching career you're at, in the fast paced and often chaotic environment of the classroom it can be a struggle to respond to issues in a timely and appropriate way, and starting conversations about race and religion is not always easy.

There are two events:
Wed 9 May 2018, 18:00 – 20:30 at Engine Shed, Station Approach, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Read more and get your ticket here

Wed 16 May 2018, 18:00 – 20:30 at Sheffield Hallam University - City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB
Read more and get your ticket here

 
#WomenEd ITE Network Support Day 26th May 2018

WomenEd would like to warmly welcome all Initial Teacher Trainees aiming to qualify by the end of the summer term to engage with the #WomenEd Network Support day, to learn more about how #WomenEd, as a grassroots organisation, can offer you with effective support as a professional in education during your NQT year and beyond. 

Who is the event aimed at? Initial Teacher Trainees aiming to qualify by the end of the summer term.

Where will the event take place? University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities

Aims:

 To introduce Initial Teacher Trainees and soon to be NQTs to #WomenEd as a supportive network to support you in your development as NQT and beyond

 To empower NQTs to have a choice in developing as confident and strong leaders for the future

 To outline how the network operates and how you can get in touch with your nearest network

 To meet the #WomenEd team and to network with other likeminded individuals

 To celebrate your potential and that of others, to be 10% braver

 Offer support and guidance in regards to future career development

 We aim to provide you with an opportunity to make a flying start as an NQT with a network of supportive leaders

Make sure you don’t miss out! Book your place by clicking on the link here


Windrush Day 22nd June 2018

There are Windrush Day events happening across England. You can find out more here

Officially, Windrush Day is not a national holiday, yet within the Caribbean community, particularly for first and second generation citizens, June 22nd is a day of importance, as it was the first time Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean, docked at a small port in Tilbury upon the request of the British Government to help rebuild a broken Britain after World War II.

In the wider community, Windrush day is earmarked as a day of importance because the first docking of MV Empire Windrush marks a time in British history where one of the greatest Colonial powers of the 20th Century was forced to accept that despite for all of its power, it was unable to be self-sustainable and that a more diverse and tolerant workforce would be necessary. Read more here

Get involved

Become a facilitator for Ambition School Leadership

Ambition School Leadership (ASL) is an educational charity operating all over England, looking to develop high quality leaders to provide maximum impact. ASL is now recruiting outstanding facilitators to deliver leadership development training across our programmes. Offering your services as a facilitator will make you a leading representative in building a network of exceptional leaders in schools that need them most.

For more information on Ambition School Leadership programmes, please click here

To apply, please read this role description here.

If you feel you are suitable to the criteria, please complete this application form and send it back to Ailya.hasnain@ambitionschoolleadership.org.uk by the 11th of May.


Data requested

At BAMEed we will keep only basic data of those on our mailing or attendee list. The data we keep will be asking for will be:

 Name

 Region

 Education Role

That is all we need to ensure we can get in touch with offers to people in the correct region for opportunities presented (e.g. interviews, writing, mentoring etc)


Job opportunities
Would you be interested in a secondment as Assistant Headteacher to a one-form entry primary school in London, N15? If so, please do send your CV to educationemail02@gmail.com


Free coaching for headteachers
The NEU is offering fully-subsidised coaching to their members. The aim is to help to nurture the vocational vitality and emotional well-being of school leaders. To find out more and to register, please click here

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 making sure that you are on our list of speakers, workshop facilitators or panel members. By ensuring we have a growing stable of speakers, we are able to offer event organisers high quality options to meet their needs. If you haven't already, give us your details here

Be a mentor 
We are renewing our call for mentors to register to support BAME colleagues. If you are interested in mentoring then please register your details here. When we have a mentee in your local area we will contact you. 




Be the difference

Become a school governor
If you haven't considered it before, now might be a good time to become a school governor. You don't need to be an expert in everything, but you can certainly find a place to share your knowledge and experience. There is plenty of room to learn valuable skills that will support you in your work too. To find out more, click on the link here

Co-option to the NGA’s Board of Trustees – Improving our diversity
Governing NGA as a trustee is engaging, challenging, and enjoyable. NGA has seen a sustained period of rapid growth in an arena of constant and seemingly endless change. Their board comprises a talented mix of experienced school governors/trustees who bring to the table a wide range of valued business, education and charitable sector skills and knowledge.

But in common with many governing boards in schools and across the wider charity sector, NGA’s Board currently lacks diversity. NGA recognises that a more diverse range of trustees can help to: ensure a charity is fair and open in all its dealing, increase public confidence and accountability and can help strengthen decision-making by boards considering issues from more perspectives.
Consequently, to increase the diversity of our trustee board, NGA is particularly seeking candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

The role description, code of conduct, declaration of interests and eligibility to be a trustee can be found on the Trustee appointment and election section of the website here.

If you have any questions in the first instance please get in touch with gillian.allcroft@nga.org.uk

Articles, news, blogs and items of interest


A ground-breaking collection of essays written by British hijabis

Perceived as the visual representation of Islam, hijab-wearing Muslim women are often harangued at work, at home and in public life yet are rarely afforded a platform of their own. Cut from the Same Cloth seeks to tip the balance back in their favour. The collection will feature essays from 15 middle and working class women of all ages and races who will look beyond the tired tropes exhausted by the media and offer honest insight into the issues that really affect their lives. Read more here

‘White Fragility’ and its role in continuing racism

Dictionaries define racism as individual racial prejudice and the intentional actions that result. What we choose not to talk about are the unintentional actions that can still be racist and harmful. Read more here


Blind spots: The dangers of unchecked social bias in race and media

Unexamined prejudice is a bigger problem in newsrooms than outright racism. Only by looking inward to examine — and repair — our biases can we hope to achieve progress. Read more here

Juries, not judges, lead the way against racial bias in our justice system

The Lammy Review found that juries were consistent in their decision-making, irrespective of the ethnicity of the defendant. Judges are a different story. Read more here

The white problem

There is a social process wherein neutral children get assimilated into the white race. The making of white children has to do with how adults behave towards you, and others around you, on the street, at the playground, and the books you read and the ads you see. Read more here 

The Windrush scandal is institutional racism, pure and simple

Amber Rudd has gone, but behind the fiasco is a government that defended a policy that discriminated against black Britons. Read more here

Ostracised and fetishised: The perils of travelling as a young black woman

Ashley Butterfield, 31, has been around the world - but a visit to India brought home the particular challenges of being a lone black female tourist. Read more here

Why we need a new History curriculum

The lead up to the referendum on Brexit and its fractious aftermath with arguments and counter-arguments about what shape our future relationship with Europe should take has highlighted just how poorly informed we were as a country – children and adults - about the EU and our role in post-war Europe.  With that debate still raging and as we start to look to markets outside Europe, it is sobering to also realise just how little attention we have paid to our global footprint, particularly the impact of trade and migration from countries of the old British Empire. Read more here

Listen to a podcast:

About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge by Reni Eddo-Lodge and Renay Rich

From the author behind the bestselling Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (http://renieddolodge.co.uk/books/) comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further. Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today . Download episodes and subscribe to the podcast here

The Food Programme on Radio 4 looks at jollof rice

Across West Africa, jollof rice is more than simply a staple food. It's the dish of home kitchens, of weddings and parties, something cooks take serious pride in. But take any notice of the newspapers, and recently it has also become one of the most controversial bowls of food on the planet. In this programme Sheila Dillon and Tayo Popoola speak to chefs and cooks about what jollof means to them. Listen here 

Citizen of Nowhere

Malawian Comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa. Listen here

"Hidden Histories" Alternative Lecture Series

Hidden Histories is an alternative lecture series run by staff and students at Warwick which seeks to explore often-erased stories of oppression and resistance. Listen here

Pass it on

If you know anyone who would be interested in the BAMEed Network, please pass this newsletter on, direct them to our website and ask them to get involved. We invite people of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and nationalities to join us in our work.

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