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Developing a culture of belonging
- Date: November 04, 2024
- Time: 10:00 – 11:00
- Cost: BSA Full Member – £90, BSA Full Additional Member – £45, BSA Affiliate Member – £120, BSA Affiliate Additional Member – £45 , Non-member – £180
- Audience: All boarding practitioners and leaders.
- Platform: Zoom (online)
Course outline:
This webinar will consider the importance of developing a culture of belonging in your boarding community and across your school. Strategies to foster a culture of belonging and community identity for students and staff will be shared, looking beyond diversity and into embedding belonging into your school ethos.
Training topics will include:
- The theoretical framework and importance of belonging
- Strategies to promote belonging amongst students
- Strategies to promote belonging amongst staff
Learning outcomes:
- Greater understanding of the importance of belonging
- Practical considerations which foster a sense of belonging in the school community
Speaker:
Coco Stevenson, Educational Consultant
Coco Stevenson has worked in a number of schools in senior leadership roles, most recently at St Paul’s Girls’ School where she was Deputy Head: Director of Safeguarding and Inclusion. Coco was Deputy Head Pastoral at City of London School from 2015 – 2020. Coco also spent two years in Asia designing, managing and implementing a Global Learning and Development Programme for the British Council. She speaks, advises and consults widely on both Safeguarding and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Recent consultancy work includes: reviews/audits/strategic development for schools in the independent sector; mentoring for Finito Education; supervision and coaching for senior leaders in a wide range of schools; advisory work on EDI for the Independent Schools Council and the Boarding School Association.
