BSA webinar – Boarding box set: An introduction to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 29.11.21

29 November @ 11.00am – 12.00am

Course Outline

BSA’s Boarding box set series is designed for boarding staff and school leaders giving them a broad overview series of a range of key topics relating to boarding. This series would be ideal for staff moving into senior positions in boarding, preparing for Deputy Headship and consolidating their understanding on the wider sector ‘headlines’.

The webinar will unpack the BSA Index Framework, providing support to delegates in moving forward with EDI work in their schools.

Training topics will include:

• What is EDI?
• Using the Index Framework toolkit to identify priorities and next steps

Learning outcomes:

• Delegates will be more confident in using the Index Framework, and toolkit, to prioritise and navigate EDI work in the school.

Audience: 

• All those currently holding or aspiring to boarding leadership positions.

Cost:

• Full Member – £60
• Additional Full Member – £15
• Affiliate Member £90
• Additional Affiliate Member – £20
• Non-member – £120

This set will be £500 for a member series place.

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Speaker: Ammy Davies-Potter, Director of Inclusion and Guardianship 

Ammy joined the BSA Group as Director of Guardianship and Inclusion in 2020. She qualified as a teacher in 1991 and then spent her career in boarding school roles. Prior to that, she was educated at Downend School, Bristol. Gaining a First-Class degree in Human Biology and Geology from Hertfordshire University, she then went on to study for a PGCE at the University of Oxford. She holds an MEd from the University of Bristol and is working towards her MA in Inclusive Education at Bath Spa University. She initially taught at Bromsgrove School and then at St John’s College School Cambridge, before moving in 1995 to become a Housemistress at Westonbirt School. In 2010 she joined St Mary’s Calne, initially as a Housemistress and subsequently joining the SLT as Senior Mistress and DSL and finally as Deputy Head (Pastoral).

Prior to moving on to post-graduate study, she spent a year working for the NHS in the field of genetics. She completed her NPQH in 2000 as well as her AMBDA and APC in 2019. When she isn’t working, Ammy can be found spending time with her family, exploring parts of the UK and abroad or walking the Pembrokeshire coastal path with her Labrador Odin.

Other titles in this series:

1. Market overview:                                                  September 23
2. Inspection:                                                             October 07
3. Inclusion & diversity:                                           November 29
4. Marketing & admissions:                                      December 09
5. Getting it right for international students:             January 25
6. Visas and immigration:                                         February 28
7. Safeguarding culture:                                            March 24
8. Boarding house management:                               April 26
9. Wellbeing and staff support:                                 May 12
10. Induction and outduction:                                     June 07
11. Common ‘in house’ medical questions:                July 01