Back to Plan your Day 2022 – Narinder Gill – compassionate curriculum for thriving communities Teaching and Learning Leeds Conference 2023 Session Choice #3 Workshop facilitator Narinder Gill Name of Workshop Compassionate curriculum for thriving communities Who is it for Middle and senior leaders Curriculum makers Brief synopsis of workshop: How do you create a curriculum that combats entrenched inequity and inequality? This seminar supports curriculum makers to consider design experiences for young people to flourish in thriving communities. It shares practically how to design a curriculum so that it is driven by the local context and school community. It does this by: – sharing the process of how a curriculum framework has been designed at Trust level to support leaders to make key decisions for their own localised curriculum – draws upon insights from the recently published book Creating change in Urban settings based on work carried out in an inner-city school in Leeds working with the whole community to lead positive sustained change. What you will get out of it: Opportunity to step back and reflect on your own curriculum design. Consider why certain choices have been made and be able to articulate clearly and confidently how these choices lead to a quality curriculum. Profile of facilitator: Narinder Gill has worked for over 2 decades in the educational field, successfully leading three schools as a head teacher. Her last school was the subject of her recent publication Creating Change in Urban settings which charts the journey and impact of curriculum and leadership development during challenging times. Narinder is a Strategic Director for the Curriculum Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation that provides curriculum-related support, advice and guidance to schools, school systems, government organisations and ministries worldwide. Since 2015 Narinder has been working on the development of the Curriculum in South Sudan. As an accredited executive business coach, Narinder has also worked alongside schools, Trusts and the private sector to design and deliver bespoke leadership programmes with a focus upon optimising well-being and resilience. She is currently the School Improvement Director for Elevate Multi-academy Trust. Twitter @ElevateMat @CurriculumFdn LinkedIn
