Schools can be a place of hope in precarious times

By Ella Harris

23^rd January 2023

Join us for a virtual event exploring how schools can be places of hope in precarious times.

Teaching can be both a rewarding and challenging profession. It is critical for teachers to prioritise their own well-being and professional development in order to be more effective and engaging educators.

In this online event, we will look at the intersection of personal well-being and professional development for teachers, and how it can improve the school environment.

The underpinning themes are Personal Well-being, Positive Culture, and Hope.

The event will explore how teachers can improve their own wellbeing and personal development and, by doing so, enhance their influence with students, create a positive school culture and progress their professional development.

Speakers will be Kheron Gilpin, Paul Brightly-Jones and Dr Ella Harris.

Kheron is an engaging motivational speaker with over 12 years of experience working with young people in schools, pupil referral units, prisons, and other community settings, He is a community engagement specialist with extensive experience in facilitating meaningful dialogue.

Paul Brightly-Jones is the manager of a primary behavior support service. He has worked in education and community service for more than 30 years. He is passionate about helping school leaders, parents, caregivers, and children. Paul has played a significant role in promoting the rights of young people and optimizing processes to enhance their communities and quality of life.

Dr. Ella Harris is a theorist, researcher, and writer. She has led research projects with students in schools as well as with young people experiencing difficulties such as homelessness and mental health struggles. She specialises in "crisis cultures" and in creative ways of conducting and communicating research. She has published widely on her work including her book Rebranding Precarity (Zed Books, 2020).

Objectives:

Understand the link between personal development and professional development

Learn strategies for cultivating a culture of positivity in schools

Explore schools as spaces of hope in the face of challenges and uncertainty

This event is free to attend and open to all educators and education professionals. We hope to see you there!

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Ella Harris

Ella Harris is a researcher and writer interested in 'crisis cultures', epistemically just creative methods and inventive knowledge exchange strategies. She is currently working on the project Story Arcs at Bath Spa University as the Narrative Exchange Champion as well as undertaking freelance research for clients including Natural England, Caring in Bristol and the Runnymede Trust.

Previously, Ella was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Geography Department at Birkbeck, University of London. Prior to this, she was an ESRC postdoctoral fellow in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. She's also worked as a research assistant in the Geography Department at Royal Holloway University on a collaborative project on pop-up social housing. She completed a PhD in Cultural Geography at Royal Holloway University in 2017.

Ella has published widely on subjects including the cultural geographies of precarity, pop-up culture, housing insecurity, immersive cinema and interactive documentary. Her book on pop-up culture is out now and her latest interactive documentary, about COVID-19 lockdown in London, can be found here.

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