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ILGA Europe Education Conference Lisbon, June 2015 Sandra Irwin-Gowran, GLEN education@glen.ie

Developments at Primary Level. ILGA Europe Education Conference Lisbon, June 2015 Sandra Irwin-Gowran, GLEN education@glen.ie. GLEN’s role as an NGO . Build relationships of support with Department of Education and all the education partners

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ILGA Europe Education Conference Lisbon, June 2015 Sandra Irwin-Gowran, GLEN education@glen.ie

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  1. Developments at Primary Level ILGA Europe Education Conference Lisbon, June 2015 Sandra Irwin-Gowran, GLEN education@glen.ie

  2. GLEN’s role as an NGO Build relationships of support with Department of Education and all the education partners Co-published series of guidelines for second level Research Department Anti-Bullying Working Group Partner in implementation of Anti-Bullying Action Plan

  3. 2013 DES Anti-bullying Procedures Significant advance Includes cyber-bullying and identity-based bullying (such as homophobic, transphobic bullying and racist bullying). Based on positive school culture and climate, welcoming difference and diversity Education and prevention strategies must explicitly deal with the issue of cyber-bullying and identity-based bullying including in particular, homophobic and transphobic bullying. Procedures apply to all schools – Primary & Post-Primary

  4. Playground, policies, staffroom

  5. www.glen.ie/education

  6. Educational Resources Set of educational resources produced by the INTO LGBT Teachers Group Junior classes up to Sixth Class Based in SPHE, integrated with other subjects Based on the theme of ‘Family’ www.into.ie/lgbt

  7. x BeLonG To’s Stand Up! Pilot in Primary Schools

  8. Emerging Research Awareness of guidelines as it was a directive from Department o Ad hoc approaches to gender and sexuality diversity. Lack of communication between teachers, principals, parents – a lot of ill-founded presumptions Leadership central in shaping school approaches Need for balance between religious beliefs and equality frameworks/guidelines/principles Low awareness of additional resources

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