AWARD CATEGORY
Diversity, equity, inclusion and justice
This award will recognise an initiative being implemented as part of a school’s strategic journey towards developing DEIJ (diversity, equity, inclusion and justice).
INITIATIVE
Details and eligibility
This award will recognise an initiative being implemented as part of a school’s strategic journey towards developing DEIJ (diversity, equity, inclusion and justice).
Embedding DEIJ in a school’s strategic journey and as a continuum within all school life is an important conversation of today, and the commitment to DEIJ demonstrated within this year’s shortlisted initiatives is wholly aligned and integral to this objective. Rooting DEIJ within all international school improvement is something that ISC Research supports and for this reason, in the 2024 International School Awards and beyond, how diversity, equity, inclusion and justice is embraced within any school initiative will be a criterion in the judging of all categories. As a result, this year (the 2023 International School Awards) will be the final year when we include DEIJ as a stand-alone category.
Evidence should include how your initiative has gone beyond what the school should be doing as an effective international school and clearly demonstrates sensitivity to the school location and context.
Your application must focus on one school initiative and address the following criteria:
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Why the initiative forms part of a wider, sustainable diversity, equity, inclusion and justice strategy towards mutual humanisation for the entire school community within its local context, with evidence of how this is contributing towards creating structural change
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How the school is working with expert partners to understand local, social and historical contexts to inform unconscious bias, address decolonisation, and affect schoolwide change
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Evidence of how the initiative involves the full diversity of voices and perspectives that represent all school stakeholders, including all students, and/or all employees, and/or all parents, in order to hear and consider all contexts including languages, needs, orientations, and cultures
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How the DEIJ initiative enables all stakeholders to own and operate the initiative, including student action that involves and embraces all diverse backgrounds, orientations and needs
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Evidence of the strategies that are enabling this initiative to be shared with other schools (this could include links to details about this initiative on a public website, on public access YouTube video(s), through publicly accessible media, or details of community engagement, conference or workshop presentation)
2023 award sponsor
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2023 SHORTLIST
2023 shortlisted initiatives
- British International School of Houston
- International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL)
- Maple Bear Learning Place Pte Ltd
Full written details about each initiative will be accessible on the International School Awards online event platform from 25th October.
2023 WINNER
British International School of Houston
2023 Diversity, equity, inclusion and justice Award Winner
CATEGORIES
2023 Award categories
Community partnership
This award recognised a school initiative that involves students as community partners, working in collaboration with an external group to develop impact in the community.
Digital technology in learning
This award recognised a school initiative that involves digital technology to support student learning in a way that includes the development of digital responsibility as part of the initiative.
Diversity, equity, inclusion and justice
This award recognised an initiative being implemented as part of a school’s strategic journey towards developing DEIJ (diversity, equity, inclusion and justice).
Ethical values education
This award recognised how a school initiative is supporting students in their development of ethical values which encourage them to think and act as global citizens.
Future pathways
This award recognised how a school initiative is preparing students with the skills and/or values to support their future pathways.
Innovation and creativity in learning
This award recognised a school initiative that supports students in future thinking and creative innovation.
Safeguarding
This award recognised a school initiative that supports safeguarding within a school community. This included the prevention of radicalisation.
Strategic leadership
This award recognised an initiative that had been collectively spearheaded by a leadership team, senior leadership team or governing body.
Sustainability
This award recognised an initiative being implemented as part of a school’s sustainability ethos.
Wellbeing
This award recognised a school initiative that supports the wellbeing of a school’s stakeholders, including the pastoral care of students.
International school of the year
This award was selected by the judges from one of the winners of the 10 individual categories.
EVIDENCE
Evidence requirements
Five photographs. Photographic evidence must be limited to five photographs only. Each photograph must be supported with an explanatory caption.
One video. Your video should explain/show your initiative including evidence of its success within the criteria required.
