A GUIDE ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR MEMBERS OF STAFF

Task 2: How the promotion of equality and diversity within the training provider can help protect learners from risk of harm.

1. By making the learners aware of the equality and diversity, they are more respectful to others and know the limits so there is less trouble and makes the working environment more pleasant. If people respect each other then no one gets offended or harassed so there for learners can concentrate on their work and don’t get left behind. By promoting equality and diversity you don’t you don’t only make learners aware but you also implement it in the learning environment, by making sure all students remain safe and free from harm, by taking part in safeguarding. All staff must take part in teacher training day and staff meeting to ensure that all learners are in the safest environment possible. Safeguarding the learners, staff and visitors is important safeguarding means.

: Promotion of health and development. : Ensuring the learners safety and care.
: Ensuring learners are offered the best life chances.
: Protection from abuse and neglect.
: Prevention of bulling and harassment.

2: The actions that members of staff can take to value individual learners.

As a teacher your main role and responsibilities is to educate, motivate, and protect your learners. So when teaching you must make sure that you do not discriminate and treat all your learners equally this means that you have to be fair and give all your learners the right opportunity. Praising your learners when they do good and setting tasks and giving rewards helps to build their confidence and gives them a reason to want to achieve more. A teacher should encourage their learners and show that you believe in them by being positive and showing encouragement you are building their confidence and making them more motivated. Sitting down and having one-to one with learners enables you to connect better with your learners which will give you an insight on their ability which will allow you to set tasks and goals for each learner depending on their individual needs. As a teacher you should offer an inclusive learning environment which values diversity and promotes equality in all aspects of learners. Ensuring all learners are treated with respect and dignity as a teacher your aim is to provide atmosphere which respects cultural diversity and help students gain a positive image pg themselves

4: How your own behaviour as a teacher/tutor can have an effect on your organisation’s culture (approach or attitude) to equality and diversity.

Don’t punish or blame, say what is better, think about the other learners in the class, remember your role in the situation. State your position ‘’ that’s disrespectful we don’t talk about each other like that’’. Understand the situation do you challenge there and then or quietly at a later date what will be more effective for the person involved, and those witnessing the incident. You must always stay calm and deal with matters in a professional manner, how you act in a situation will reflect on you as a person keeping in mind your role so that you do not take sides or show favouritism.

Task 4: describe how things that staff, students or managers can do may undermine equality and diversity in your organisation. Give specific examples.
There are many ways that equality and diversity can be disrupt one of the common ways is that in the teaching environment teachers tend to lean and help more the students that have difficulties. Which is what is expected from a teacher however being attentive to one learner and ignoring the other because you believe that they can manage better than the other learner is not acceptable. You must be attentive to all your learners and distribute your time in the class fairly. As a teacher you can never show favouritism you have to stay professional o that your learners don’t pick this up. If you show favouritism what this does is that it puts a barrier between you and your learners and it makes them feel as though they are not getting the right opportunity and at times it can make them feel as though they are not as important. Other ways that inequality can occur is that if at any time learners or staff experience discrimination whether it’s because of their race, sex, ect. Also making sure that those with disability are attended to.

Explain how you could deal with systems and structure in your organisation (such as policies and procedures, team working (or lack of it), working with outside agencies (or lack of it) which do not promote equality and diversity.