Page 12 - Anti-Racism Pocketbook for Schools and Academies
P. 12
• Analyse the values and policies that are set in place
within your school to promote diversity and fairness.
• Encourage both ethnic staff and students to be able to
perform at their best in a comfortable environment that
acknowledges and supports difference.
• Demonstrate that you have faith in the ability of all of
your students regardless of their backgrounds.
• Teach students to create a supportive environment with
each other.
• Allow students to be more open with sharing their lived
experiences.
• Recognise the unconscious and conscious bias that you
have as an individual.
• Examine your assumptions.
• Think of diverse examples to provide for students.
• Examine your curriculum.
• Pay attention to your language.
• Do not generalise groups of students.
• Commit to practicing inclusive classroom behaviours.
Because the relationship between teacher and student is a
social act that is ingrained into society, it is important to be
aware of the social and emotional dynamics that carry this
bond. A teacher directly impacts the learning development of
children, the performance and set the stage for creating a
productive and inclusive environment.
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