Making our Classrooms and Schools LGBT+ Inclusive Spaces

About the Course

This four-part training programme delivered over the Autumn Term by Dr Adam Brett and Jo Brassington from Pride & Progress is designed to support both primary and secondary colleagues at all stages of their career, to develop their classrooms and schools to become fully LGBT+ inclusive.

Each session is online at the end of the school day, and will feature a range of expert input, tasks, discussion, and opportunities for Q&A. The training will cover a broad range of content, including:

• The current challenges facing LGBT+ inclusion

• Developing a common language

• Curriculum, visibility and representation

• Legal rights and responsibilities

• Challenging discriminatory behaviour

• Community and connection

• Intersectionality

• Leadership

• Allyship and advocacy

Attendees will leave the course with the confidence, knowledge, skills, and approaches to meaningfully develop LGBT+ inclusion within their schools and classrooms. The course is suitable for colleagues at all stages of their career, from trainee and ECT, up to senior leadership. Joining instructions and resources for the course will be shared with attendees ahead of the first session. Sessions will also be recorded, so if you are unable to attend a date, you will have access to the resources after the session.

About the Course Leaders

Dr Adam Brett (he/him) is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Derby with research interests including LGBT+, SEND, and diversity and inclusion. A secondary teacher and leader for 15 years, Adam is passionate that education should be accessible and inclusive for everyone. After completing his Doctorate in Education, Adam created Pride & Progress alongside his friend and colleague, Jo Brassington. You can learn more about Adam's work here: https://linktr.ee/dradambrett.

Jo Brassington (they/them) is a non-binary educator, speaker, and author working to make educational spaces more emotionally honest and inclusive. The majority of their work is with schools and Universities, focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. They help educators and educational insitutions to create LGBT+ inclusive spaces. You can learn more about Jo's work here: https://www.jobrassington.co.uk/home.

Together, Adam and Jo co-founded Pride & Progress: A podcast and platform which amplifies the voices of LGBT+ educators and explores how we can reimagine our educational spaces to be more LGBT+ inclusive. Following the success of the podcast, they co-wrote the book Pride & Progress: Making Schools LGBT+ Inclusive Spaces, available here: https://amzn.eu/d/6qa43B9.

If you would like any more information about the training programme, please email us: [email protected].

Host or Publisher Pride & Progress