Global Education Recovery Summit
Harwood Education launched an historical 'Recovery Curriculum Summit', featuring a Director of Education and Children from a leading London Borough, Headteachers, teachers and educational experts from all over the world. The speakers explore the educational policy and practices involved in the assessment and recovery of a new phenomenon coined "Covid Lost Learning"; how to navigate the emotional repair work demanded by the Covid-19 pandemic, the effects of lock-down experiences and preparation for future resilience. Participants have drawn upon the recent work of their own schools and educational institutions and are sharing experiences about what works, what doesn't and where they want to go from here. The very first entries to the summit can be accessed via the following link -
https://bit.ly/RecoveryCurriculumSummit.
Hosted by Melanie Harwood and Denise Meissner, Founders of Harwood Education.
Highly experienced education specialists, including Peter Watt, previously from the NSPCC, to ordinary primary school teachers just doing their very best to make their schools safe, "using plastic cones and sticky tape!" says Fiona Cowan, Headteacher with more than 20 years experience and one of the esteemed speakers. "They are all speaking about the one issue on everybody’s lips: how can education recover from COVID-19?!"
Melanie Harwood, of Harwood Education says this of the summit, “It is exciting, as teachers from places as diverse as Brazil and Ethiopia are now ringing up, asking to contribute and join the debate. Many of them are also very worried about climate change. We have been forced to now convert this into a “Rolling Summit”, to try to include as many extra participants as we possibly can from all over the world. Each one is a story in itself.
Denise Meissner, Occupational Therapist and Autism Specialist says, "It is admirable, as educators are now just organising themselves, reaching out to each other in solidarity and for mutual inspiration, where governments have (quite understandably) become confused. It is especially fascinating to learn about the huge amount of work that schools have been doing already to help children throughout the pandemic – with, for example, teachers dropping by with food parcels and calm advice whilst social workers were barred from working or shielding themselves indoors, whilst there were vulnerable children and families suddenly out there on their own with nobody to turn to for assistance.”
The first round of talks have been recorded into a podcast that is already fast being shared amongst teachers and Headteachers globally.
Meet the first Participants:
Jan Parnell, Director of Education and Children, Hammersmith and Fulham (London) Borough Council. Speaks About
How a London Borough Delivered An Emotional Recovery Strategy Training Online to 49 Hammersmith & Fulham Schools and then to all schools, throughout the world, as our gift to the global community. Working together as Global Education Citizens to prepare all schools for a paradigm shift in learning and sustainability.
Peter Watt, Managing Director, Family Support, Speaks About
The pivotal importance of understanding the impact of early life experiences on physical and emotional health. Translating this knowledge into a language that is shared and accessible to children, young people, their families and professionals. Building impactful interventions that support emotional resilience and recovery.
Fiona Cowan, Head teacher, Bolsover Infants and Nursery, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Speaks About
How to nurture your community and deliver the recovery curriculum. How my team supported children and their parents throughout the lockdown. The results of a groundbreaking trial to deliver a blended learning approach. How I create lesson plans designed to create calm conversations with my young pupils.
Sally Brooks, Executive Principal, Fulham Cross Academy, Hammersmith & Fulham, London, United Kingdom. Speaks About
How my team brought positive thinking about sustainability and climate change into the curriculum during lockdown
The Hammersmith & Fulham mission to maintain role models in excellence despite Covid-19.
Alexander Shea, Senior Policy Analyst, EdTech and start-up policy at BESA (British Education Suppliers Association), UK.Speaks About
Bridging the Attainment Gap Pre-COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19. Where we failed and where we excelled and why!
How to learn from the Lockdown Trials to deliver a coherent strategy to negate learning loss.
Joanna McFarlane, Award Winning Biologist and Educator, Scotland, UK. Speaks About
Supporting learners’ recovery with Joanna’s ‘Wild Planet Explorers’ series and improving pupil engagement through movement and exploration.
How a Blended Learning/Flexi-physical Schooling approach is going to ensure we deliver the scientists and biologists for the Green Economy.
Tim Collins, Co-Founder EdUnity, School App & Engagement Platform, Staffordshire, UK. Speaks About
What we learned from the COVID-19 lockdown when it comes to school-home engagement
Why it’s important to build a strong digital school community platform and how EduTech can help to build an effective school community
Steve Beckles-Ebusua, Internationally Renowned Motivational Speaker (AKA The Speaker With The Orange Tie)and Leading Life Skills Trainer. United Kingdom. Speaks About
The creative explosion following the lockdown that we must harness to deliver the skills and mindset needed to activate confidence and emotional resilience.
How to glean positive and constructive life lessons and work skills from any challenge, personal or professional.
Asha Alexander, Principal and Director of Climate Change Learning GEMS Independent Schools, The Kindergarten Starters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Speaks About
Why climate change education is more important than ever for vulnerable people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. How we became the first school to train every member of staff to be an EduCCate Global climate change teacher and the media attention that brought climate change education into the mainstream.
Bojana Bogojevic, Director of Education - Sustainability & Climate Change Learning, Lawyer, Corporate Governance. Serbia. Speaks About...
How Covid-19 has intensified the need for systemic changes in educational delivery to combat social and economic inequality. How education can help communities to deliver their very own robust recovery and sustainability practices.
Vijaya Kumari Sathyan, Head of School, The Westminster School, eduCCate Global Silver Award School, Dubai. United Arab Emirates. Speaks About...
How her school worked throughout the COVID-19 lockdown to produce no less than five Sustainability and Climate Change Leadership Teams
From Fear to Sustainable Safety: The current trialling of two Blended Learning Online programmes to increase global awareness and protect children’s futures from disease and disaster.
Dr Liza Lincoln, Pediatric Neonatal Doctor, London, UK. Speaks About
The effect of lost learning on vulnerable children. Enhanced Safeguarding Procedures using a COVID-19 Testing Strategy to protect teachers, school administrative staff, pupils and their family members. Can schools be at the forefront of testing mechanisms to enhance their Recovery Curriculum and prioritise safety?
Professor Paula Garb. Global Leader in Peace & Conflict Resolution . Founder of the Centre for Citizenship and Peace building University of California Irvine. USA. Speaks About
Our Mission to incorporate Emotional Intelligence Teaching and PEACE Practices within the Recovery Curriculum. The Rebuild Process: inviting Sustainability & Climate Change Lead Teachers across the globe to up-skill as Peaceful Planet Teachers.
Therese Hoyle, Founder, The Flourishing Schools Programme, London, UK. Speaks About
Insights provided by my work with families and schools during the COVID-19 Lockdown into how we will move forward emotionally.
What to expect from your pupils, who may display Hyper-Emotional and Hypo-Emotional reactions to these challenging times and what to do to support your pupils. My work on a Teacher Training and a Blended Learning Programme to counter & cope with COVID-19 and Eco-Anxiety with eduCCate Global.
Augustine Tanner-Ihm, Theologian, Educator, Author, Presenter and Justice Advocate, Durham, UK. Speaks About
The revolution in consciousness brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. How self-reflection, cooperation and spiritual development can benefit our communities. His world travels and experiences that shape his beliefs and practices of inclusion, spirituality, race, and diversity
Vasiliki Kioupi, Science Teacher and Environmental Educator, Imperial College, London, UK. Speaks About
How the global crisis has highlighted the importance of integrating Sustainable Development Goals into all schools’ curricula for natural and human wellbeing. Assessing student sustainability competences as part of the Recovery Curriculum in Hammersmith and Fulham Sovereign Borough Council Schools.
Dr Khum Raj Pathak, Maths Tutor and Alternative Education Researcher, Divine Global and Ability Needs CIC, Kent, UK. Speaks About
Teaching disadvantaged, disengaged and traumatized children online during the lockdown. The human challenges of online tuition and issues around online learning and child protection.