Good practice for embedding LGBT cross-college
Morley College was used as an example of good practice for embedding LGBT cross-college in the curriculum at the British Council seminar on Thursday 13th February in an international live stream.
In her talk Laila El-Metoui, who has been co-ordinating Educate Out Prejudicedefinition with Carole Powell, suggests that in order for the education provider to be truly inclusive, the institution needs to have:
• Zero tolerance policy – policy needs to be enforced through lesson observation
• Visibility (posters displayed in prominent locations, course guide inclusive of diversity of students, etc.)
• Teacher Training / staff training on how to tackle discrimination
• Teaching resources (including induction materials) inclusive of LGBT, easily accessible
• Paperwork (forms, incident records, policy, etc.) that reflect the range of gender identity and sexual orientation
• Forum to raise issues / concerns (does the complaint form include homophobia and transphobia)
• Inclusive data collection and monitoring
• Support for learners ( access to services inside and outside of the institution
• Support for staff
• Senior Management buy-in
The comments and responses at the seminar were overwhelmingly positive.
The talk can be viewed on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkygkkowp60
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