BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Boarding Schools' Association - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Boarding Schools' Association
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Boarding Schools' Association
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20230326T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20231029T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20240331T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20241027T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T103000
DTSTAMP:20240911T094614Z
CREATED:20240705T101930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T094614Z
UID:51586-1727947800-1727951400@www.boarding.org.uk
SUMMARY:SACPA - Safeguarding Children and Young People with Gender Dysphoria within the School Setting
DESCRIPTION:Date: October 03\, 2024 \nTime: 09:30 – 10:30\nCost: SACPA Member Rate: £90\, SACPA Additional Full Member Fee: £45\, Non-member Rate: £180*\nAudience: Safeguarding leads and deputies\, Counsellors\, Preventative education workers\, EDI leads\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar\n\n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar seeks to consider this topic through the lens of education\, offering basic guidance for professionals within an educational setting. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nto help staff to understand and respond appropriately to CYP presenting with Gender Dysphoria  and those who are Gender-Questioning in other ways;\nto clarify language around the topic as well as the legal requirements for schools (with particular reference to the Equality Act 2010);\nto review the most recent thinking and research around the best way to support and safeguard CYP with Gender Dysphoria.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nNicola O’Brien\, Director of Safeguarding and DSL\, Felsted School \nNicola O’Brien is the Director of Safeguarding and DSL at Felsted School in Essex. She has worked in education for nearly 25 years\, mostly within boarding leadership and safeguarding. She is Chair of a Special Interest Group on Gender Dysphoria for the Association of Child Protection Professionals and has founded a cluster group to support DSLs in independent schools in Essex. In addition\, she has NSPCC accreditation as a safeguarding trainer\, does safeguarding consultancy work and is a trained supervisor. \n 
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/sacpa-safeguarding-a-gendered-issue/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association (Sacpa)":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T133000
DTSTAMP:20240408T081500Z
CREATED:20240408T081442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T081500Z
UID:48079-1727958600-1727962200@www.boarding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BAISIS - Updating your school EAL policy
DESCRIPTION:Date: October 03\,2024\nTime: 12:30 – 13:30\nCost: BAISIS member £55  / BSA member £75 / Member additional attendee £25  / Non-member £110\nAudience: EAL leaders\, SLT members responsible for oversight of EAL policy and international learner well-being and progress \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Webinar\n\n\nCourse Outline: \nMost schools’ statutory responsibility is to update their EAL policies annually. Our policies are important to establish the framework of values and activities your school is committed to providing and defining these both internally across our teams and externally to students\, parents and other stakeholders. \nThis webinar\, led by BAISIS Chair and Head\, Mill Hill International\, Sarah Bellotti\, gives practical advice on what to include in your school’s EAL policy and how to ensure you deliver. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nSuggested EAL policy review process\nKeeping up with current trends and processes in EAL delivery\nEnsuring practical application of your policy.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:  \n \nSarah Bellotti\, Chair BAISIS and Head Mill Hill International \nSarah was elected BAISIS Chair in January 2022\, having served as Deputy Chair since November 2020.\nSarah started her career in education at an international school in Rome\, Italy and then returned to the UK to take up a post at King’s Ely where she later became Director of King’s Ely International. Since 2014\, Sarah has worked at The Mount\, Mill Hill International as the founding Headteacher.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/updating-your-school-eal-policy/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241003T180000
DTSTAMP:20240920T133403Z
CREATED:20240710T082553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T133403Z
UID:45885-1727971200-1727978400@www.boarding.org.uk
SUMMARY:BSA/AGBIS Box Set - Safeguarding highlights for boarding Governors
DESCRIPTION:Date: October 03\, 2024\nTime: 16:00 – 18:00\nCost: BSA/AGBIS Full Member Rate: £135\, Non-member Rate: £270\, BSA/AGBIS Full Member Box Set Rate: £850\nAudience: Boarding School Governors\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Seminar\n\n\nCourse outline: \nThis seminar will give Governors an overview regarding their safeguarding responsibilities and will focus on recent updates relevant to the sector. For those in England this will also cover any updates to KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education).  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nKCSIE \nThe latest safeguarding headlines \nSafeguarding responsibilities of Governors \nOversight and self-audit. \n\nLearning outcomes \n\nIncreased awareness of current safeguarding issues \nIncreased understanding of the responsibilities of all Governors for safeguarding \nRecommendations of best practice management relating to safeguarding. \n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\n1. Foundations for boarding school Governors – roles\, responsibilities and collective governance\nSeptember 17\, 2024\n\n\n2. Pastoral care in boarding schools for Governors\nNovember 27\, 2024\n\n\n3. Monitoring and evaluation. Using data to support Governor oversight\nJanuary 22\, 2025\n\n\n4. Inclusion and support\nFebruary 7\, 2025\n\n\n5. Developing strategy\nJune 5\, 2025\n\n\n6. Crisis and serious care management. Expectations on Governors\nJuly 2\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \nDavid Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB\n \nDavid is the BSA Director and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa\, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East. \n  \n  \nVirginia Parkes\, Director of Learning and Professional Development \nVirginia (Ginny) Parkes commenced her career in education 20 years ago\, when she initially taught ICT and business studies up to\, and including\, A Level.  After several years in teaching\, Ginny moved into a consultancy based role before joining the Department for Education\, initially as Head of Digital Engagement for the Training and Development Agency (TDA) before moving on as a Senior Communications Advisor for the DfE.  Following the birth of her two daughters\, Ginny took up the role of Education Strategy Director for an educational trust in Greater Manchester\, before eventually taking up her previous role as Director of Finance & Operations (Bursar) at Beech Hall School in Cheshire.  Ginny is an experienced governance professional\, having sat as a governor for several schools throughout her career\, as well as holding the position of Director of Governance for a large complex FE college group in South Yorkshire.  Ginny is now a Trustee of the Sir John Brunner Foundation in Cheshire.  In addition to being a qualified teacher\, Ginny also holds a first degree in Business Management and a MSc. in Technology Enhanced Learning\, Innovation & Change. Ginny’s role within AGBIS draws on her experience as a teacher\, governance professional and independent school bursar enabling her to support member schools’ governing bodies.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/bsa-agbis-safeguarding-highlights-for-boarding-governors-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminar
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR