Section 3 Training for schools

The Citizenship Trainers Network
As part to the project Leeds DEC has gathered a group of organisations who can offer training – the Citizenship Trainers Network

Some of these organisations work solely in the West Yorkshire area, others are subsidiaries or affiliates of national organisations & networks. You are likely to find there will be similar NGOS operating in your region. You can use the contacts given below to find a suitable trainer in your area.

Trainers and Service Providers

1. Name of organisation: Save the Children

Name of Individual: Imogen Gregg

Contact address: 2nd Floor, 1Eastgate Leeds LS2 7LY
Phone: 0113 388 8651
Email: i.gregg@savethechildren.org.uk

Experience: 2 years teaching + 8 months with Save the Children.

Area of expertise : Trainer keen to work with secondary schools on interfaith and global issues

INSET Trainer can offer:
Degree of flexibility dependent on the school but trainer can work with teachers to examine ways of bringing young people of different faiths together to make a difference locally and globally . We also offer training for students themselves/

2. Name of organisation: Leeds Racial Harassment Project (LRHP)

Name of Individual: Derek Sankar
Contact address: Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 1AB
Phone: 0113 2935100
Email: Derek@lrhp.org.uk

Experience / area of expertise: 12 years experience within Development Education; this includes training, supporting teachers, developing Leeds DEC resource service with its strong emphasis on citizenship, PSHCE and circle time resources. 3 years teaching in Primary Schools. Diversity and equality training within the education and voluntary sectors. LRHP has a number of experienced trainers who work with teachers, non teaching staff and pupils.

INSET Trainer can offer:
Understanding Diversity and Equality 6 hr (One day) (Can be a half day with a reduction in outcomes.)
This module will provide participants with an introduction the key issues in diversity and equality in an educational context. It can be delivered anyone working within a school not just classroom based staff.
Participants will:

As well as developing staff knowledge attitudes and skills this module supports the whole school in modelling ‘active citizenship.’
Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes

Work can be tailored to the year group and can be used to enhance QCA Citizenship Schemes of work

KS1 and 2 unit 5 living in a diverse World
KS3 Unit 4 Britain – a diverse society?
KS4 Unit 3 Challenging racism and discrimination.
It can also work towards appropriate citizenship attainment targets, skills, knowledge and attitudes.
Workshops will aid pupils in developing skills of participation and responsible action; provide knowledge and understanding relevant to the citizenship curriculum. Please contact Derek Sankar for further details.

Promoting Equality and Diversity throughout the curriculum. (one day) (Can be a half day with a reduction in outcomes or twilight followed by work with specific staff eg planning and team teaching sessions in each key stage)
This is a practical program to enable Schools to promote their Race Equality and Inclusion Policies through the curriculum by positively reflecting our culturally diverse society. Participants will have the opportunity to identify and share existing good practice, and view and use a range of classroom resources. Participants will:

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes
Work can be tailored to the year group and can be used to enhance QCA Citizenship Schemes of work
KS1 and 2 unit 5 living in a diverse World
KS3 Unit 4 Britain – a diverse society?
KS4 Unit 3 Challenging racism and discrimination.
It can also work towards appropriate citizenship attainment targets, skills, knowledge and attitudes.
Workshops will aid pupils in developing skills of participation and responsible action; provide knowledge and understanding relevant to the citizenship curriculum. Please contact Derek Sankar for further details.

Leadership for Diversity 6hr (one day) (Can be a half day with a reduction in outcomes.)
This module is aimed at the senior management team will focus on developing policy and practice to challenge racial discrimination and harassment.
Participants will:

This session will address providing the ethos and learning environment to encourage active citizenship.
Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes
Work can be tailored to the year group and can be used to enhance QCA Citizenship Schemes of work
It can also be used to investigate the role of school council, pupils’ rights and responsibilities.
This will enhance appropriate citizenship attainment targets, skills, knowledge and attitudes.
Workshops will aid pupils in developing skills of participation and responsible action; provide knowledge and understanding relevant to the citizenship curriculum. Please contact Derek Sankar for further details.

Crossing Cultures 6hr (one day) (Can be a half day with a reduction in outcomes or twilight followed by work with specific staff eg planning and team teaching sessions in each key stage)
This course examines the range of people and cultures that make up England, why people migrate to and from the UK and Europe. It is particularly useful if your school has a wide range of cultures and communities and can be aimed at teachers, NTA’s and non classroom based staff.
Participants will:

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes
Work can be tailored to the year group and can be used to enhance QCA Citizenship Schemes of work
KS1 and 2 unit 5 living in a diverse World
KS3 Unit 4 Britain – a diverse society?
KS4 Unit 3 Challenging racism and discrimination.
It can also work towards appropriate citizenship attainment targets, skills, knowledge and attitudes.
Workshops will aid pupils in developing skills of participation and responsible action; provide knowledge and understanding relevant to the citizenship curriculum. Please contact Derek Sankar for further details.

Working in ‘all white schools’
Each session can be adapted to suit the specific needs of those schools with very few Black and Minority Ethnic pupils.

Training for School Governors (usually a half day can be less with a reduction in outcomes)
A training package to support governors in meeting their responsibilities for race equality and diversity.

Refugee Week 20th-26th June 2005
LRHP is supporting schools to recognise and celebrate the contribution made by refugee pupils to school life and the richness and diversity that they bring, through events, assemblies, displays etc. The refugee pupils will take a lead role with support from school staff and LRHP raising self esteem, providing stimulating engaging curriculum based work and supporting language needs when appropriate. The work can also be used to increase communication and understanding between the school and refugee communities.

This is a very flexible piece of work that will be lead by the school and supported by LRHP. The resulting work and resources can be kept to enhance teaching of QCA schemes of work, and be repeated in future events.

It is hoped that there will be opportunities to draw in refugee community members thereby enhancing the schools links.

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes

Reaching Out to the Community
Every school’s wider community is one of its greatest, and often untapped, assets. LRHP is able to offer advice and support to ensure that the school is accessible to all, improve parental consultation, and to increase parental involvement within the school, including drawing on their experience as a curriculum resource.

LRHP can provide INSET around community consultation and act as a consultant and support service for the school working with key members of staff.

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes
LRHP staff can work with key school staff and pupils

Working with perpetrators and small groups. (6 one hours inputs to small groups of pupils over 6 weeks)
LRHP receives a significant number of referrals from the education and criminal justice sectors to work with young perpetrators of racism. We have developed a flexible six hour programme which can be tailored to individual need. This session can also be with other small groups. Objectives include:

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes
Peer Mentoring an 8 session programme working with pupils

This programme of work draws on the PSHCE curriculum to give pupils the skills in addressing issues of diversity, bullying, problem solving, emotion management, assertiveness, team building and communication. Pupils are then able to support peers in the school environment, contributing to conflict resolution and addressing bullying. This programme clearly enables pupils to develop some of the skills, knowledge and attitudes identified in the citizenship curriculum.

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes

Your Training Idea
LRHP is also able to offer bespoke training, where we would work with you to identify a clear training outcomes and then construct the session in order to achieve this. We would welcome the opportunity to work with schools to find creative ways to explore EU Citizenship in a Multicultural Union. Sessions can be given as an INSET or twilight followed working with key specified staff by, for example, team teaching with a group or class.

Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes

3. Name of Trainer: Sally Tottle

Contact address: Northcliffe House, Cliffe lane, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3DX
Phone: 01274 833260
Email: sallyswork@reiddr.f2s.com

Trainers’ experience / area of expertise: Working as co-ordinator for Development Education Centres in Bradford and in North Yorkshire over the past 4 years, I have delivered workshops for students as well as In-Service Training in a range of settings. Ten years teaching experience as a class teacher in Primary Schools working in Key Stage 1 & 2 has given me practical understanding of how to link Citizenship issues into the schools curriculum and bring them to life for children.

INSET Trainer can offer:
An introduction to Citizenship in the EU (half day or twilight)
Teachers will identify some of the issues involved in being an EU citizen and the skills, knowledge, understanding, values and attitudes needed for children to play a full role. We will also look at ways in which these issues can be explored with children at how to get the most out of the resources available.
Rights and Responsibilities (half day or twilight)
Citizenship involves us having a full understanding of our Rights and Responsibilities. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework for exploring this issue, we will explore how to introduce these ideas to children from Foundation to Key Stage 2. There will be an opportunity to look at resources and activities for each Key Stage.
Citizenship and Circle Time (one or two sessions, half day or twilight)
For schools new to Circle time, I can offer an introductory session looking at :
• reasons for using Circle time
• how to facilitate a Circle Time session
• progression through school
• Circle Time resources
A second session will explore ways in which Circle time can be used to explore Citizenship issues with children in a structured way.
Can offer associated workshops to students

4. Name of organisation: Centre for Global Education

Name of Individual: Mick Bradley
Contact address: Centre for Global Education, York St John College, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York YO31 7EX
Phone: 01904-716838
Email: m.bradley@yorksj.ac.uk

Experience / area of expertise: Worked with the Centre for 2 years, previously taught across KS1/2/3 for 13 years in primary and middle schools. Member of UNICEF Education Support Service providing training and classroom sessions on Children’s Rights. Current work in primary schools on fair trade and the global village (Oxfam supported) and in secondary schools on Global Citizenship linked to Trade, Aid and Debt (Christian Aid). Produced culture kit on Refugees and Asylum Seekers and led workshop at Cultural Diversity day.

INSET Trainer can offer:

Human Rights in the context of:
1.Childrens rights and responsibilities. The workshop will look at the Convention on the Rights of the Child, identifying rights being enjoyed and denied using UNICEF posters, “Wants and needs” card game and comparing lives of Indian children, some relatively privileged, others bonded child labourers. It will also look at issues in a school context: how rights are denied e.g. bullying, seeking solutions through school council/buddy system and provide the opportunity to sample recommended resources. KS2/KS3.

2. Asylum Seekers/Refugees and Migrants: Setting a context: there are over 12 million refugees worldwide most go to neighbouring countries. Using a child refugee’s testament from “One day we had to run” to provide a story of life as a refugee in an African setting. It will provide practical activities which illustrate situations which asylum seekers face including: pack a suitcase to leave in 10 minutes, complete an entry form in a different language at a point of entry into a country . Using commentaries from 3 Kurdish refugee children starting school in the UK, common issues can be explored and what it means to be an EU Citizen in an enlarged Union. Advice on recommended resources will be given and links to QCA Citizenship unit KS3 identified.

3. Global Citizenship and the inter-connected issues of Fair Trade, Aid and Debt Relief in order to prepare for and initiate pupil exploration and debate on these issues. This summer term is the ideal time as the G8 Summit meets in Scotland to discuss global issues. Look at ways Europe puts up barriers to trade with developing countries in the South? Advice on how to become a Fair Trade school will be given. Materials used will include the “Make Poverty History” pack, J8 schools summit pack and simulation games such as the Paper Bag Game (KS2) and Chocolate Trade Game (KS3).

The above INSET sessions are all half-day or twilight; the training can be tailored to fit in with the school’s needs.
Can provide an associated workshop for students? Yes, using some of above activities, this could include supporting a student “Summit” debate on Trade Justice.

5. Name of organization: RETAS Leeds (Refugee Education Training Advice Service)

Contact address: 335 Roundhay Road, Harehills, Leeds, LS84HT
Phone : 0113 240 7320
Fax: 0113 240 7152
E -mail: duncan@education-action.org

Experience / area of expertise: RETAS Leeds is a part of Education Action International, a registered charitable organisation offering information, advice and guidance on education, training and employment for refugees and asylum seekers. RETAS also offers to facilitate group training sessions on a range of refugee related issues to schools, colleges, job centres, community organisations and charities. These courses are tailor-made according to the needs of each organisation.

6. Name of organisation: Sikh Educational Advisory Services

Name of Individual: Roop Singh and Surinder Kaur
Contact address: 42 Park Avenue, Leeds LS15 8EW
Phone : 0113 2602484
Email: khalsafamily@cwctv.net

Experience / area of expertise: Roop Singh started teaching cultural awareness in 1984. In 1988 he worked for Bradford LEA as a Sikh Advisor. In 1995 he went back to SEAS as a freelance consultant and now he travels nationally to lead workshops for all age groups. Roop is renowned for his entertaining and lighthearted workshops. He makes learning fun and informative. With over 20 years of educational experience Roop is confident with all age groups and abilities. References are available www.roopsingh.tk

INSET Trainer can offer : Flexible
Anti –racism workshops through story telling , drama, and role play
Anti –bullying workshops through story telling , drama, and role play
Religion- Sikh Awareness workshops, hands-on interactive sessions for infants to INSET
Other workshops- Colonial links , Sikhs and British diversity and language
Can provide an associated workshop for students ? Yes

7. Name of organisation: Cultural Mentor Service

Name of main contact: Hlabera Chirwa and Duraiya Kapasi
Contact address: Development Education Centre (SY), Scotia Works, Leadmill Road, Sheffield, S1 4SE
Phone : 0114 241 2755/ 0845 458 2957
Email: hlabera@decsy.org.uk

Trainers’ experience: Hlabera’s expertise and experience is centred on the Human Rights Act 1998; affirmation of the host culture to stimulate intercultural dialogue; and exploring sustainable curriculum strategies for a multiracial and multicultural education based on inclusion, equality, diversity and cohesion. He participated in Euro Vision Days 2004 in Germany and contributed to the Declaration Bollmannsruh on European Identity and Development.

INSET Trainer can offer:
The focus of this flexible professional development experience is to explore ideas, approaches, activities and resources relating to an understanding of culture, promoting equality and challenging prejudice. The Cultural Mentor Service seeks to facilitate and raise an awareness of personal, local, European and global intercultural dialogue in the work place and community.
This programme is designed to benefit staff and their students who seek to enhance understanding and co-operation by encountering their own and other cultures so as to sensitively support and pursue whole- School planning for European and global citizenship education. The course will empower the learner to gain, cultivate and nurture the kind of knowledge, attitudes, behaviour, practice, and skills necessary to attain this aim.
By the end of the session, learners should be able to:

8. Name of organisation: ALTCO THEATRE COMPANY

Name of Individual: Carol Downing
Contact address 4 Castle View, Moortown, LEEDS LS17 5BY
Phone 0113 269 0356
Email carol@altco.co.uk

Trainers’ experience: Teacher and College Lecturer for 12 years. Main area Performing Arts,. Workshop Facilitator and Co-ordinator for ALTCO Theatre In Education Company from1998 to present. Providing workshops and performances in Schools, Day Centres and Community Centres on various topics. Including Equal Opportunities, Disabilities, Environment, Health

Recent Project: ACL Theme Chest Co-ordinator, 'Creating Pathways to Learning' through Leeds City Council and the LSC.

Guidance Document

Section 1 - The project

Section 2 - Overview of the European Union and its relationship to the UK

Section 4 - Resourcing the curriculum