The ‘Leadership Lounge’ is an initiative from the ILA to provide opportunities to discuss current and interesting leadership, management and/or education materials/texts in an informal environment. It is an early evening social event in The Hague designed to provide an opportunity to meet and share experiences and your thoughts with international school colleagues in a friendly and fun evening.

Who is this programme for?

This book club is for aspiring, new and current leaders in education.  This includes teaching and learning staff as well as those in support roles.  Please read the information below to find out more about the text to consider how this may relate to your role.

What’s Involved?

Participants are required to read the text.  Each session is facilitated by a member of staff.

What is the Text?

Leadership Lounge ' Courage in the Classroom, LGBT Teachers Share Their Stories' by Dr Catherine Lee, facilitated by Jared Cawley.

Text Overview

 Courage in the Classroom. LGBT Teachers Share Their Stories is an empowering manifesto for LGBT teachers. Its array of honest and personal stories from the participants in Courageous Leaders – the UK’s only LGBT leadership programme – makes it an important book.

Each story is only an example of the pain and discrimination still felt by so many LGBT teachers. In each chapter, an LGBT teacher shares his or her struggles and how the world has changed for the better. Their collective sense of hope and progress creates confidence that our society is proudly becoming more accepting, diverse, and inclusive.

About the Author

Dr Catherine Lee is Deputy Dean for Education at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, Cambridge and Peterborough. She is a mentor on the Courageous Leaders programme and her research interests are LGBT teachers and authentic leadership.

Session Facilitator

Jared Cawley is a teacher at Junior School Leidschenveen (BSN). He is passionate about making an inclusive and diverse school culture for everyone. He is currently researching about LGBT+ teacher experiences in the international sector.

Session 

22 April 2021 18:00 to 19:30

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Staff url: https://app.blueskyeducation.co.uk/training/75918