Strategies to attract, recruit, and train BME on Initial Teacher Training Programmes

1. Strategies to attract, recruit, and train BME on Initial Teacher Training Programmes Hala Seliet

2. Personal Experience • PGCE student • Classroom teacher • Module leader • Programme director • Admission tutor Hala Seliet

3. Challenges and Strategies Partnership SoE Schools Hala Seliet

4. Challenges and Strategies • Marketing(internal and external) • Recruitment • Selection • Mentoring • Training • Employment Partnership Hala Seliet

5. Challenges Partnership SoE Programme Individuals Hala Seliet

6. Challenges • Lack of cultural awareness (tutors, trainees, mentors) • Absence of marketing vision/strategy • Lack of real understanding of equality and diversity and cultural differences • Absence of positive role models • Organisational barriers (BME and strategic roles) • Reluctance of declaring ethnic origins? Hala Seliet

7. The 4 strategic aims are • Close the performance and achievement gap. • Develop common values of citizenship based on dialogue, mutual respect and acceptance of diversity. • Contribute to building good partnership relations and challenge all types of discrimination and inequality. • Remove the barriers to access, participation, progression, attainment and achievement Hala Seliet

8. Strategic Approach Partnership’ contribution • Marketing, recruitment and selection • Admission talk? • Induction • Teaching, learning and curriculum – to train staff to understand others, to promote common values and to value diversity….. • Equity and excellence – to ensure equal opportunities for all to succeed at the highest level possible…… • Engagement and extended services – to provide a means for staff to interact with people from different backgrounds and build positive relations. • Mentor training Hala Seliet

9. Tutors’ Strategies 1 Carry out an equality and diversity audit of teaching and learning processes and resources. 2 Challenge students and staff stereotypical thinking. 3 Agree and set assignment timescales. Hala Seliet

10. E &D Impact on learning and teaching4 basic facts • Find out some basic facts about your learners’ cultural backgrounds and religions • Consistently resist and challenge stereotypical thinking by using language that reinforces the point that opportunities are for everyone. • Do not assume that all disabled learners, or all black and minority ethnic (BME) learners, are the same. • Encourage learners to share with you their own cultural, personal, social and religious traditions Hala Seliet