Every school has structures of support: policies, pastoral systems, referral routes, wellbeing offers, safeguarding procedures, and named adults.
All of these matter, but they are not the whole story of how support is felt.
This session begins in the space between support as something offered and support as something experienced. Drawing on the image of mycelial networks beneath the forest floor, Angie Browne will invite us to consider the unseen connections that already exist in every school community: relationships, patterns, assumptions and habits of attention that shape whether people feel known, believed, protected, and able to return.
This session offers a way of thinking about support that is both deeply ordinary and easily missed: the work of tending relationships so that people feel properly looked after.
Angela Browne is a former education leader and the director of Being Luminary, a global diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancy company. With a track record of delivering transformational equity strategies in organisations worldwide, Angela has become a luminary in her field. Her work with hundreds of leaders and her successful programmes, including the Being Luminary Programme and a middle leadership initiative, have profoundly impacted organisations seeking profound and sustainable change. In addition to her role at Being Luminary, Angela collaborates with organisations such as FOBISIA (Federation of British International Schools in Asia), and BSME (British Schools in the Middle East to develop bespoke region-specific training. Her commitment to ethical leadership is evident through her extensive research in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Angela has a Diploma in Transformational Life Coaching (Animus / ICF) and is currently working on her second book. Her new equity programme for service providers, coaches and consultants will launch in 2024. Angela's career spans 23 years, during which she worked in diverse educational settings. From serving as a Head of English in inner-city schools to her role as Interim Deputy CEO of a semi-rural multi-academy trust, Angela's experiences give her a unique perspective on the shared challenges leaders face across various sectors in today's society.
