More Teacher Talk

In this episode Dr Kulvarn Atwal shares his fascinating insights into how schools can become safe and inspiring places by placing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of their community.  Drawing on real-world experience and his vast expertise in successful school improvement strategies, Dr Atwal demonstrates how we can give children a voice through authentic, compassionate leadership with transformational results and outcomes for schools.

He talks about behaviour, exclusions, curriculum and values-led approaches to leadership.

In this episode we feature a live recording from the  Learning 2021 - British Council Schools Ambassadors MENA Webinar  which took place on Wednesday 9th June, 2021.

The theme was Mental Health and Wellbeing,  and participants from around the world shared authentic whole-school and class-based strategies to support children and young people.

Speakers included Mayssa Dawi, John Rolfe, Carl McCarthy, Suzi Bewell, Yvette Hutchinson,  and eight country presentations from representative International Schools Ambassadors from: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Tunisia and Yemen.

You can find out more about the British Council Schools projects at https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/schools

Lesley is an experienced International Education Officer and ambassador for the British Council, with a long track record of successful international collaborative projects.

In this episode, Lesley talks about her work as International Education Officer for Glasgow City Council Education Services and the preparations for COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow in November 2021.  Lesley's passion for international work shows how uniting the world to tackle climate change is both possible and already happening in schools and organisations engaged in collaborative international projects. 

 https://ukcop26.org/

In this episode we hear from the wonderful Suzi Bewell, language teacher, teacher trainer, lecturer and CEO of Polly Glot Languages.  

Suzi shares insights into the new Turing Scheme and describes how her latest project, International Laughter Yoga with Suzi, is helping teachers and students with their wellbeing all around the world.

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https://pollyglotlanguages.wordpress.com/

Greg is Head of Languages and EAL at Burnage Academy for Boys, a school rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2018 with particular praise for the school's work to promote pupils' personal development and welfare.  

Greg is passionate about supporting young people and implementing intervention strategies to support those experiencing emotional, social or behavioural difficulties. He has led on whole-school health and wellbeing policy and is previously a winner of the Manchester Public Health Award for Emotional Health and Well-Being (2015) and Highly Commended in Sex & Relationship Education (2014 & 2015). 

In this episode, Greg talks about his inspirational projects such as 'Multilingual Streets' a Manchester-based initiative carried out in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the University of Sheffield - one of many projects that celebrates diversity and sees students' language and culture as gifts to be nurtured and encouraged.  

By demonstrating the impact of these projects, Greg shows us how policies and practice can be adapted to ensure that excellence and achievement is within the reach of all our students, along with a sense of belonging and wellbeing  when we invest in the things that make a difference.

#MultilingualStreets

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John Rolfe MBE is the Schools Outreach Manager at the British Council.   He was awarded the MBE for services to international education in December 2017.  

In this episode John shares highlights from the recent British Council Schools Ambassadors Conference - we hear about how teachers have coped with the challenge of sustaining internationalism in the context of a global pandemic, and what future opportunities exist for increased creativity and collaboration across the globe.

John also talks about the new Turing scheme, which provides funding to UK organisations to unlock life-changing experiences across the world for their pupils, students and learners.

Turing Scheme | UK's Global Programme to Study & Work Abroad | Home (turing-scheme.org.uk)