1. Equality and Diversity – session 3
Children and young people’s services
Teaching lecturer – Natalie Brown

2. Aims of the session Policies Relevant literature and guidance Audits
Equality and diversity examples

3. Last week
What key legislations did we look at last week?

4. Directed task - Policies
What other policies did you identify which relate to equality and diversity?
Why?
How does it represent equality?
How is diversity involved?
How is it evident in practice?

5. Paired activity
Look at the literature/guidance. What does it say in relation to equality and diversity
EYFS
OFSTED
Every child matters
Pre-school learning alliance
Department of Education
Present to the rest of the group

6. Group task
Get into groups if possible with similar areas of focus for your audit:
For example:
Disability/SEN
Parents
Staff
Environment/resources

7. Discuss What you are auditing? Relevance to your practice/context?
How it relates to equality and diversity?
Legislations which relate to your area
Policies, why and how?
Intentions
Share your audit format and give each other feedback

8. Evidence
What evidence would support your audit and what activity will you plan and carry out
What impact do you intend the activity to have?

9. Case studies
In 4 groups work through the case study examples in relation to equality and diversity.
Discuss as whole group

10. Learning outcome 1
Individually bullet point key things you will include in learning outcome 1 - your essay

11. LO1
It is all about what you understand equality and diversity to be and to mean
Explain your reasons for doing what you do in practice
Legislations
Policies put into practice
Literature and guidance
Key terms – discrimination, stereotypes, etc …
References

12. Following sessions Tutorials – 9th April 2013
Taught session – 16th April 2013
Work to be submitted – 23rd April 2013
Please contact me with any queries.

13. Rest of todays session
Please spend the rest of the session searching for relevant literature and beginning your assignments
Now is your chance to ask me any questions individually or as a group