Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice

Discover the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion with the DEIJB Webinar Series. In these engaging 1hour 30-minute sessions, thought leaders and experts delve into key topics, providing actionable insights to drive positive change in your organization. Elevate your understanding and embrace inclusivity with us!

Saturday, August 5, 2023
Surabaya Intercultural School
This is an EARCOS sponsored weekend institute is designed for educators at all levels who are interested in how can we harness our intersectional identities, power and positionalities, and communities in order to take action on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice? In this session, we will engage in critical self-reflection, explore our position in relation to others, and think about what we can do in our spheres of influence to enact positive change.

Saturday, March 19, 2022
Inclusion has become a trendy term when it comes to creating an equitable environment for all people. Yet, how often are our inclusion practices translating to the feeling of being included? We often think of inclusion as a goal, rather than a verb that has to be practiced every day.

Saturday, April 23, 2022
This thought-provoking session will bring together inspiring female and male international school leaders to share their perspectives, examine the impact and value that female leaders have, and the importance of creating gender equality in international school leadership. We will hear male leaders share how they have leveraged their position and power to create space for female leaders.

Thursday, May 5, 2022
Student bullying and harassment are some of the most painful challenges facing educators today. As schools went online in response to the pandemic, cyberbullying has increased and student civility has plummeted. Yet most teachers and school leaders have never been trained in an effective system for how to respond.

April 9, 2022
While our intent is to be unbiased, sometimes our unconscious minds get in the way. It is important to explore and name the biases that inhibit diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our schools. Participants will explore an outgrowth of implicit bias. We will explore how we might more directly confront exclusionary practices that might cause inequity, sexism, racism, and injustice.

September 25, 2021
As a result of rapid changes in student demographics, many international schools are faced with visibly entrenched student cliques based on nationality (or language), which may appear to undermine the school’s mission to nurture ‘international-mindedness’ and parents’ desire for their children to learn English and become ‘international’.

October 23, November 20, and
December 11, 2021
The series will cover the practical elements of Child Protection in schools. Webinars will include review of resources, case studies, and small group work. Participants will receive resources and guides as takeaways that can be used in their schools. This will be exclusively offered to EARCOS members and presented free of charge.

Every breathing individual harbours unconscious biases that prevent us from making equitable and inclusive decisions. Our brains heavily rely on past cultural and socialisation experiences by default to provide data that fills in the blanks between the things we see and things we don’t see. That’s why implicit racial bias has been called “the new diversity paradigm,” recognising the significant role it plays in day-to-day functioning.

Psychological Safety is increasingly talked about and researched the subject, both overall and in international education. It appears to underpin issues of Diversity/Equity/Inclusion and is highly predictive of team effectiveness. Broadly, it is the shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.

As educator leaders, we are carrying so much as we lead in the context of pandemic and amidst amplified calls to create inclusive schools where all students thrive. In this session, we will explore how to cultivate and actively design a school that LEARNS.