Sat, 02 Mar
|Jubilee Park Primary School
#DiverseEd Conference – Newport/ Cymru
Join us for Wales' first Diverse Educators Cymru Conference
Time & Location
02 Mar 2024, 09:00 – 17:30
Jubilee Park Primary School, Jubilee Wy, Rogerstone, Newport NP10 9YJ, UK
About the event
Join us for a day of networking, connecting and learning from likeminded educators who are passionate about DEIB in Newport on Saturday 2nd March 2024.
Our events are inclusive and accessible, with opportunities to reflect and discuss, in a safe space where you will be surrounded by other advocates for DEIB work in schools and colleges.
Our Events Include:
- Keynote speeches
- Panel discussions
- Workshops
- Student voice
- Marketplace
- Networking
We strive to ensure that we have a representative line-up, including amplifying the voice of our pupils/ students and staff, alongside balancing local, regional and national voices.
Our Schedule:
- 9 .00-9.30am Arrival and Registration
- 9 .30-9.45am Welcome and Housekeeping
- 9 .45-10.30am Opening Keynote
- 1 0.30-10.40am Transition
- 1 0.40-11.30 Session carousel 1 (3 choices)
- 1 1.30-11.40 Transition
- 1 1.40-12.30pm Session carousel 2 (3 choices)
- 1 2.30-1.30pm Lunch
- 1 .30-2.20pm Session carousel 3 (3 choices)
- 2 .20-2.30pm Transition
- 2 .30-3.20pm Session carousel 4 (3 choices)
- 3 .20-3.30pm Transition
- 3 .30-4.15pm Closing Panel
- 4 .15-4.30pm Reflections and Commitments
Our Speakers:
- Bismha Afzal - How can educators tackle Islamophobia in their classrooms/school?
- Cat Place - Curriculum for Wales and developing a sense of belonging
- Catrina Lowri - Increasing Neurodiversity Awareness
- Claire Price - Banishing imposter syndrome
- Hannah Wilson - Courageous Conversations
- Iam Timbrell - Age appropriate RSE in Primary Schools
- Jennifer Harding-Richards - Antisemitism and Education: The opportunities and challenges for the Curriculum for Wales
- Mary Myatt - Diversifying the Curriculum: Panel Moderator
- Matthew Robinson - Diverse teams
- Nkechi Allen-Dawson - The evolution of afro textured hair
- Sarah Cosgriff - Asexuality: the Invisible Orientation
- Yusuf Ibrahim - Crafting an Anti-Racist Curriculum
Our Marketplace Exhibitors:
Get in touch if you would like to speak at the event, exhibit at the event, sponsor the event or get involved in other ways with the event or the hub.
For more information visit www.diverseeducators.co.uk and/ or contact hannah@diverseeducators.co.uk