Month: January 2016

Minutes 28 January 2015

January 28, 2016 / / 0 Comments

 

THIS WEEK

Observations:

Henry: Preparation for observation of teachers in Enrichment group. Henry has decided what he’s looking for, not a tick-box exercise. Looking for student involvement. How the teacher proposes different ideas – putting up more materials. Teachers will be able to choose when they’re observed. Teach the normal lesson.

Michael: JLT also doing classroom observations

Headteacher:

Alistair: The student group were told that the questions would be vetted by the Governors, a number of questions were not approved (This .

Dewi: The new headmaster’s response to the question “How would you promote LGBT Equality within the school?”: Initially a little confused and he didn’t give a very good straight answer – he ended up evading the question job. Alistair: he clearly was unprepared for this, which Alistair felt was reasonable given the circumstances.

Miss Schuil: Read the equalities incident report for the last fortnight. Henry noted that some of the incidents were not as grave as previously.

Objectification of Women  – Emily

Tabled for next week

 

Minutes 21st January

January 22, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Chris reckons that we could deal with one thing from our plan of action each week – general agreement.

Today’s topic: Head Teachers’ Interviews

Michael – Apology (at School Council)

Alistair: Has been working with Neil Atherton: will be involved in headteacher interviews with Barnaby and Obai

Henry: What changes would they make in the future?

Dominic: What plans do they have for the future. What would you do create influence in the school.

Alistair: Alistair enjoys the laid back nature of the school. Alistair is interested in their style of leadership.

Mr Price: Advised against using terms about the school like ‘laid back’ given that it could easily be misinterpreted by potential headteachers.

Ms Schuil: Propose the idea of a more gender neutral uniform policy.

 

 

Minutes 14 January 2016

January 14, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Incidents

  • Chris read a list of the racist/homophobic/
  • Henry said real progress will be seen when the more subtle incidents are recorded
  • Chris sees this as a small step, but only recording incidents is not going to effect change.
  • Alistair acknowledged that there is a need for conversations with the school leadership about how things like this will be responded to by the school.

Plan of Action

  • A shared activity as a group – Jack
  • Lesson Observations – Henry and Enrichment
  • Positive Messages about diversity
  • Destroy the cuss “Gay”
  • LBGT History Month
  • Transgender language.
  • World food day – Jack
  • More staff to be involved – Chris

Leadership Group

  • Chris is now on Leadership Group and will be pursuing in the first instance the schools’ goals.

Minutes 7 January 2016

January 7, 2016 / / 3 Comments

Apologies: Mr Waugh

Chair: Henry Howeld

Topic: Political Bullying

The meeting began with words from Mr Leonard about an “event in which someone expressed their [political] views” was “heckled”.

It was questioned as to whether or not such instances are allowed to happen. The argument is that it is a choice and so a debate must be allowed to happen.

Henry questioned where the line was between discussion and bullying, and the setting.

Alistair made a point that people can use politics and free speech as something “to hide behind”.

Both Jack and Alistair stated that they are “willing to be discriminated against because of [their] views.”

Henry asked how students would be educated about politics in an unbiased way.

Ms Schuil made a final point about how some students may only say things in order to gain attention. The potential of wasting time of rabble-rousers.

 

This weeks minutes was translated from a piece of scrap paper written by Henry. All quotes are in reference to what Henry has written, not what people have said. – Emily Warr