English teacher. HoF. Passionate about inclusion, diversity and wellbeing.
Cambridge, England
Joined March 2017
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For anyone looking to read some poetry by LGBTQ+ writers during #Pride month, check out my @Mslexia prize-winning pamphlet ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’, published by @SerenBooks, for poems about coming out and coming of age as a lesbian 🏳️🌈 #lesbianvisibility serenbooks.com/productdispla…
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"..There is much to be proud of & a lot you can learn from us. Help us fight the stigma. Amplify our voices & share our disability pride." Fantastic chapter, Caroline. @CMPowell22 in amazon.co.uk/Diverse-Educato… ed @Ethical_Leader & @benniekara 2/2
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"Disability is an essential part of our identity: the adaptations we make, the coping mechanisms we develop & what we can & cannot do are central to who we are. The obvious irony of ableism is that disabilities often catalyse strength & resilience..." @CMPowell22 1/2
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"We must be careful with how we present the stories & experiences of the disabled people we promote: wholly positive or negative representations of disability are disingenuous & invalidate the lived experiences of disabled people. Nuance is necessary." @CMPowell22 in 👇
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'Disabled people' (identity-first, cf 'People with disabilities' (person-first): “]"We are often dehumanised & judged by our limitations, so having control over the labels assigned to us is important." @CMPowell22: amazon.co.uk/Diverse-Educato… edited by @Ethical_Leader & @benniekara
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"...My own prejudice needs challenging." @CMPowell22 I thought this was a brilliant chapter in 'Diverse Educators: A Manifesto', edited by @benniekara & @Ethical_Leader. Catch the online book launch (Sat April 23rd): eventbrite.co.uk/e/diverse-e… 3/3
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"We must ensure our own community & policies are anti-ableist & equip our learners to be anti-ableist. These strategies can help us to empower the disabled people within our settings & instil a sense of disability ‘pride’ rather than ‘stigma’." @CMPowell22 in 👇
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Congratulations to our 2021 NATE Award winners, including @MrJClements @PeterThomas1607 @veldaelliott @storyriver @clpe1
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THE DASTARDLY DUO is out tomorrow 💛 @farahkhandaker has smashed it!
When a food fight ensues and a nutella cupcake almost takes out the local imam, Yusuf's on the road to reclaim his honour. With fake news on the rise and a masked trickster on the loose, what could go wrong?
ALT Picture of Mayhem Mission and The Dastardly Duo - art by Farah Khandaker
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TODAY IS THE DAY... you can now join Yusuf on another hilarious adventure, as he starts a campaign at school and goes up against Bashir the Basher! ✏️📗🤪
Get your copy of The Dastardly Duo by @Burhana92 & illustrated by @farahkhandaker here: bit.ly/3JixEeF
Caroline Powell retweeted
Thanks so much to the @NATEfeed magazine for asking to publish my poem about teaching during the pandemic. And thanks also for such a rich range of articles in English, gender and sexuality in this edition.
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Is Peppa Pig sexist? How is childhood presented in Blake’s two ‘Chimney Sweeper’ poems? Join in our live debates in English at the @oakescollege open evening!
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We’re excited to welcome prospective students to the @oakescollege open evening and showcase everything A-Level English has to offer! 📚 ✍️ 🎭 🎨
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Available now: We are delighted to announce the publication of ‘Other Women’s Kitchens’ by @AEBinney, the winner of the 2020 @Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition. Available here for £5.00 bit.ly/OtherWomensKitchens.
ALT Alison is a white woman with short hair. She is wearing glasses, a blue shirt and a necklace with a rainbow coloured pendant.
ALT This cover shows a colourful painting of a kitchen with the faint shadows of two people in it.
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As we Celebrate #PrideMonth2021 please read this article by Alison Binney of @netherhall 'Why don't you guys do something?' anglianlearning.org/2021/06/… via @AnglianLearning
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Delighted to reach the top 100 in the @PoetryforGoodUK competition for poems written by key workers. 'What they didn't teach us on the PGCE' is an attempt to capture what this most strange year has been like in school. Congratulations to the winners! poetryforgood.org.uk/written…
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Find out what links this jar of lentils with a Tesco car park at this afternoon’s launch of @ButchersDogMag. Really looking forward to it! Tickets available here: butchersdogmagazine.co.uk/la…
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So chuffed to receive an actual real life trophy from @writementor! Thanks, @StuartWhiteWM and @flohumphrey3 and to @LaurieEmTweets for judging!
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I wrote a poem titled 'Say My Name'. I'm ready to share it. It's a tribute to everyone who has had their name butchered by the western tongue. BTW the easiest one of my names is pronounced 'Islam' with an S, not a Z.
#SayMyName #colonialism #imperialism #identity #empowerment
