Equality

Equality is a key priority, to ensure our members have a voice in the union, in the classroom and in broader society, and do not face barriers to promotion, representation or participation.

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    Equality advice

    A key priority of the union, to ensure all members have a voice in the union, the workplace and broader society, and do not face barriers to promotion, representation or participation.

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    Equality toolkit

    This toolkit is aimed at school representatives, teacher governors and NEU officers to use to promote good policies and practices in schools and colleges.

Our Histories - teaching pack for key stage 1-2

This pack, aimed at teaching and learning in KS1 and KS2, contains information and teaching ideas for 5 global equality and cultural events. Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Memorial Day, Chinese New Year, Black History month around the world and LGBT+ History month.  It was developed before the recent closure of schools, so some ideas may need to be adapted for remote learning. It is not intended to include everything but there are links to further resources and information. We hope members find this useful and would welcome feedback.

Equality training

Breaking the Mould

Challenging gender stereotypes

Working with five primary schools over two years to consider how ‘traditional’ gender stereotypes could be challenged in nursery and primary classrooms.

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    It's child's play

    It’s Child’s Play is a resource for teachers to use in class every day.. It contains a set of accompanying notes on the project books and how to use them, plus more information on using children’s literature to challenge gender stereotypes.

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    Stereotypes stop you doing stuff

    This provides an overview of how the different schools looked at the impact of gender stereotypes on young people and considered how they could begin to unsettle some of the established assumptions about what girls and boys might like or do.

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    Boys' things, girls' things

    This booklet contains examples of how staff worked to challenge gender stereotypes both inside and outside the classroom as well as specific examples of practice from the project schools.

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