Leading Equity: Recent Episodes
Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. Leading Equity podcaster
This podcast focuses on supporting educators with the tools and resources necessary to ensure equity at their school. On this podcast, listeners can expect to hear interviews and stories from voices of equity in education today.
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Krystal Hardy Allen
Entrepreneur and author Krystal Hardy Allen is taking her message of diversity, equity, and inclusion on the road. Next month, the CEO and founder of K. Allen Consulting will kick off her first national book tour for her book What Goes Unspoken: How School Leaders Address DEI Beyond Race. Drawing on her own experiences as a school teacher, principal, and current international educational consultant, Allen teaches and provides resources to education leaders and administrators on how to concretely center DEI within their practices and policies. “I want to help readers better understand their role as a leader within their school or district's DEI work and how the intrapersonal work they do also influences key decisions that can lead to a more inclusive and equitable school or district,” says Allen. What Goes Unspoken is available for pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books-A-Million.
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- Addressing the misconception that DEI is only about race
- Discussing the concept of intersectionality and how different identities intersect in DEI work
- Sharing personal examples of how different groups can perpetuate discrimination or harm
- Strategies for reaching and engaging diverse audiences
- Adaptability in session formats and approaches to cater to various audience needs
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Additional Resources
Book Dr. Eakins
Watch The Art of Advocacy Show
Learn more about our Student Affinity Groups
Free Course on Implicit Bias
20 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Activities
FREE AUDIO COURSE: Race, Advocacy, and Social Justice Studies
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- Impact of a sense of belonging on academic performance
- The formula (Acceptance, Inclusion, and Support)
- The importance of educators developing cultural competence
- Building positive relationships and its relation to SOB
- Benefits of creating a supportive and inclusive school community
Connect with Sheldon
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Fitness: @eakinsfitness
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Book Dr. Eakins
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Free Course on Implicit Bias
20 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Activities
FREE AUDIO COURSE: Race, Advocacy, and Social Justice Studies
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Rachael Mahmood, Ed.D.
Dr. Rachael Mahmood is a teacher in a large school district outside of Chicago. In addition to teaching, she started Equity Teacher Leader, an educational equity consulting company where she works to design professional development for school districts and write curricula for organizations. Dr. Mahmood shares ideas, lessons, and frameworks for culturally responsive teaching on educational blogs, her YouTube channel, and on Tik Tok and Twitter. In 2020, she was featured in the Chicago Tribune: Naperville Sun newspaper, and recognized as a semi-finalist for the Teaching Tolerance Award for Teaching Excellence.
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- Cultural differences and classroom behavior
- Nondominant cultural behaviors that may be seen as problematic
- Creating inclusive classroom environments
- The need for empathy and understanding when addressing behavior
- Defining culture beyond surface-level observations
- Assuming positive intentions and building relationships
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Equity Teacher Leader YouTube Channel
Equity Teacher Leader TikTok
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Additional Resources
Favorite Holiday Poster Projects Aren’t Inclusive
Rethinking Family Engagement During School Closures
Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
This is a Perfect Time to Talk to Our Students About Social Injustice
Can You Talk About That In Elementary School?
You Can’t Be Culturally Responsive Without Being Responsive
Book Dr. Eakins
Watch The Art of Advocacy Show
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Free Course on Implicit Bias
20 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Activities
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Adán De La Paz
Adán is the owner of De La Paz Education Services and provides customized support to individuals, institutions, and organizations seeking to advance their DEI efforts utilizing intercultural development. Recent investigations completed as a RISE Fellow, have allowed for creation of an exciting and unique approach to facilitate learning that effectively builds self-confidence related to DEI, fosters an environment of belonging and wellbeing, increases intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, strengthens cultural mediation and conflict resolution skills, and enhances inclusive leadership development.
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Darren Reed, Ed.S.
In his 30-year career as a master teacher, principal, and executive leader, Darren Reed has been instrumental in shaping and innovating America's educational landscape. His passion for sharing his own experiences with teachers at every stage of their career is reflected in his current role as the leader behind the Stride Professional Development Center (SPDC).
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- Promoting a culture of collaboration and professional growth
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Join me as I cover my three B's to becoming a consultant. Build Your Brand, Build Your Content, and Build Your Business. There will be a live chat and opportunities for Q and A. Three available times to register:
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Franklin Willis
Franklin Willis is a trailblazer and catalyst for change in the music education space, as well as a rising leader within the music industry at large. Not only does he lead the way in culturally responsive teaching techniques, but also, in his new post as Community Impact Director at the CMA Foundation, paves the way for students to experience equitable access to opportunities in the music industry beyond the classroom. As a former elementary music instructional coach for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Willis offered invaluable insight into the challenges and solutions that exist in music and arts education. With intentionality and creative vision for the future, Willis continues to challenge the status quo and encourage all facets of the music education sector to think bigger in order to serve students and ensure that the next generation Additionally, Willis serves as an adjunct professor in the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Willis teaches undergraduate music education courses that provide a robust and realistic experience of teaching music in the 21st century.
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- Considering the lyrics and content of hip hop
- Teaching music in core subjects
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Chardé Hollins
Chardé Hollins is an independently licensed clinical social worker with a proven record of Making Connections that Deliver Results. She is highly regarded for her ability to gain rapport and provide innovative strategies for cultural adaptations that support inclusivity for persons of color. Specializing in creating safe spaces for meaningful conversations, Chardé consults with organizations committed to increasing their cultural awareness and access to behavioral health services by naturally integrating emotional wellness supports and inclusive policies into their agencies culture, services, and mission. Through a strategic approach, Chardé has supported a variety of agencies in evaluating DEI practices, increasing cultural competence, expanding partnerships, and enhancing community presence.With over ten years of experience working with justice-involved youth and trauma-affected communities, Chardé is trained in suicide prevention and trauma treatment. She formerly served as a grants manager, social worker in schools, health care, and corrections, and as an advocate for court-involved youth. Utilizing her education and diverse experiences in the workplace, Chardé uniquely integrates her skills as a clinician into developing models for engagement and delivering presentations that will last beyond the classroom.
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· When students are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed
· Self-care plans for your classrooms
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Jennifer Brinkmeyer
Jennifer Brinkmeyer teaches sheltered ELA for English Learners and 9th and 10th grade academic support. She is also the founder of Freed Reading, where her passion is building literacy supports that include all students.
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Anashay Wright
My name is Anashay Wright and I'm a Disruptor 4 Good! I'm a consultant, mother, and writer currently residing in Georgia- Decatur, Where It's Greater.
As the CEO of Disruptive Partners Consulting and Disruptive Partners, I have spent over 20 years dedicated to disrupting institutional and systemic inequities and empowering students, families in my community.
I am a speaker, lyricist, coach, and educator who believes in the power of bold, radical, and disruptive love. Writing is a huge part of my life, and I enjoy exploring topics like Black families, education, AI-powered tools & funding for Black startups.
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· The introduction of Artificial Intelligence
· Using AI for an intervention program
· Benefits of using AI
· Otter.AI
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Sarah Said
Sarah Said is an educator who has served in various roles: Teacher, Assistant Principal, Dean, Curriculum Coordinator and Multilingual Coordinator. Sarah is an advocate for the students she serves and is a strong voice in education. She has been published in various publications such as Learning for Justice, EdWeek Teacher, The Teaching Channel and Edutopia.
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- Integrating Yoga in the classroom
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4 Ways to Reduce Smartphone Distractions
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Dr. Dionne McLaughlin
Dionne V. McLaughlin: Executive Director of Critical Reflections on Racial Equity Inc. (CRREI) and an Associate Professor at North Carolina Central University. She is a British-born Black Jamaican American educator who is an experienced bilingual principal. Recent publications: Book: Personalized Principal Leadership Practices: Eight Strategies for Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools, Book Insights: How Expert Principals Make Difficult Decisions.
Dr. McLaughlin has led workshops on culturally responsive teaching, leading equitable schools and making effective leadership decisions for teachers, principals/assistant principals. Presentations: MDA Conference, Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) Fall Professionals Conference, ASCD, NASSP, Illinois Principals Association Conference and NAESP.
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- 8 Equity Strategies
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Create academic affinity groups and scholar support programs for African American and Latinx students
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A. Lin Goodwin, Ph.D
A. Lin Goodwin (葛文林) is the Thomas More Brennan Chair of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College. Prior to joining Boston College, she was Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong (2017-2022) and Vice Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University (TCCU) in New York (2011-2017), where she was also held the Evenden Foundation Chair in Education. Professor Goodwin served as Vice President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)—Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education (2013-2016), and is currently a Senior Research Fellow of the Learning Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. She recently received the Spencer Foundation Mentor Award honoring her work with emerging academics and doctoral students; she was named the inaugural Ruth Wong Professor of Teacher Education by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2015. She is the recipient of several multi-million-dollar U.S. federal grants to support TR@TC, an innovative teaching residency program at TCCU that she designed and launched in 2009; the program is currently in its 13th successful year.
Dr. Goodwin has authored over a hundred publications focusing on teacher/teacher educator beliefs, identities and development; equitable education and powerful teaching for immigrant and minoritized youth; international analyses and comparisons of teacher education practice and policy; and the experiences of Asian/Asian American teachers and students in U.S. schools. Her publications appear in top journals such as Teachers College Record, Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Urban Education and Review of Research in Education. Recent publications include “Lessons from an expert teacher of immigrant youth: A portrait of social justice teaching” (with Rebecca Stanton) in Equity and Excellence in Education, and “Professional knowledge for successfully teaching diverse students: A comparative analysis of perspectives from South Africa, Canada and Hong Kong” (with HKU colleagues Hoang, Chian and Au), Handbook of International Teacher Education. She has been recognized for her research and scholarship with awards such as Distinguished Researcher from the AERA SIG: Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans, and Distinguished Scholar from AERA’s Committee on the Role and Status of Minorities in Educational Research and Development (now Committee on Scholars of Color).
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Peter Bjorklund, Jr., Ph.D.
Peter Bjorklund Jr., PhD is a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego in the Department of Education Studies and lecturer in the Human Developmental Sciences Program. His work centers on social network analysis, belonging, trust, and well-being in K-16 settings.
Ramon Stevens
Ramon Stephens is a PhD Candidate in Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego and incoming Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. Ramon brings 20 years of experience in equity, diversity and inclusion work. His research focuses on identity and sense of belonging for children and adults. Ramon is a UC President's fellow, Baker Fellow, S.E.E.D Fellow and a recipient of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) teaching award at UC San Diego. His work supports equity based programming and collaborative partnerships that foster diversity, cultural competence, and organizational development. Ramon is the founder and Executive Director of The Conscious Kid, an education nonprofit dedicated to supporting families, educators and organizations in learning about and taking action against systemic inequity and racism. Ramon has presented his research at conferences including Stanford's Race, Inequality, Language and Education (RILE), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). He currently teaches two courses on critical media literacy and DEI in the Human Developmental Sciences program at UC San Diego.
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· Sense of belonging
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· School belonging and classroom belonging
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Whoa. You Speak Mexican?”: Latina/o High School Students’ Sense of Belonging in Advanced Placement and Honors Classes
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Rose Kirk
Rose Stuckey Kirk is senior vice president and chief corporate social responsibility officer for Verizon.Rose is responsible for Verizon’s Corporate Social Responsibility investment strategy and programmatic buildout. As a senior leader in the marketing organization, she oversees the strategic direction for all of Verizon’s social impact marketing activity. Rose’s background as a senior leader in various P&L functions has primed her to advance the social innovation work of Verizon.
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Verizon Innovative Learning is the company’s award-winning education initiative focused on addressing barriers to digital inclusion.
The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, in partnership with nonprofit Digital Promise, equips students and teachers at select Title I schools across the country with free technology devices, internet access, innovative STEM learning programs and professional development. To learn more and to apply to Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, visit https://verizon.digitalpromise.org/
Leveraging its decade of experience working to help close the digital divide, Verizon is now scaling its education resources, including next-gen learning tools, digitally to reach all K-12 educators nationwide with Verizon Innovative Learning HQ: A free education portal, available at Verizon.com/Learning.
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Yujia Ding, Ph.D.
Dr. Yujia Ding is a scientist by training and a passionate educator with the hope of making science accessible to all individuals, regardless of abilities. She hopes to use her combined personal and professional experiences to strive to break down barriers so all individuals have the opportunity to pursue what it is they have their heart set on. She was selected as one of the Los Angeles Unified School District Rookies of the Year in 2020 - 2021 and is a Distinguished Teacher in Dallas Independent School District.
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- The unemployment rates of STEM individuals with disabilities
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- Able bodied idea
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Kathleen Riley, Ph.D.
Kathleen Riley earned her bachelors in English at Colby College, her master's in teaching at American University, and her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania's Reading, Writing, and Literacy program. Her teaching and scholarship interests include adolescent literacy, critical literacy education, teacher inquiry and activism, gender and sexuality in education, and teaching for social justice. Before joining the faculty at West Chester, Dr. Riley taught in the public schools in Washington DC, Fairfax County, VA, Newton, MA, and Boston, MA, in the Upward Bound program for high school students in Philadelphia, and in various master's and doctoral programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
Katie Solic, Ph.D.
Courses Typically Taught: Foundations in Reading, Reading Instruction and Practicum, Assessment and Instructional Interventions in Reading and Language Arts, Reading in the Content Areas, Literacy Practicum and Seminar II Katie Solic earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame, her M.Ed. in Reading Education from the University of Florida, and her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Dr. Solic brings experience as a language arts teacher and literacy specialist at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in both public and independent school settings. She began her college teaching experience as an adjunct instructor at West Chester University. Prior to joining the faculty at West Chester University full-time, Dr. Solic served as a Michael Pressley Memorial Research Fellow at Benchmark School in Media, PA. Her research focuses on meeting the needs of striving readers and the teachers dedicated to supporting them.
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- Abolitionist teacher education
- Introducing abolitionist education to teacher candidates
- Feedback and observations from participants
- Opportunities for more participants
- Community engaged teacher education
- Best practices
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Abolitionist Teacher Education in the Contact Zone: Tensions of Facilitating Teacher Candidate Learning in Activist Educator Spaces
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Ryan Oto, Ph.D.
Ryan Oto has taught social studies in Minnesota for 10 years. He earned his B.A. from Carleton College (2009) and received both his M.A. (2016) and Ph.D. (2021) in curriculum and instruction from the University of Minnesota, exploring the ways that teachers worked against anti-Black racism through their relationships with Black and Brown youth. Ryan exists in the space between the academy and K-12 schools, guided by the philosophy that research should improve communities. He has published in scholarly journals such as Race Ethnicity and Education and The Journal of Social Studies Research, and works as an instructional leader for a local public school district, developing anti-racist approaches to teaching.
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- The idea of starting an affinity space
- Participation in affinity spaces
- Creating White Affinity spaces
- Dealing with pushback
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We didn’t have to go through those barriers”: Culturally affirming learning in a high school affinity group
Marking the “Invisible”: Articulating Whiteness in Social Studies Education
Becoming Critical: Exploring the confluence of justice, belonging, and love with 6th grade youth
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Michelle Pledger, Ed.D.
Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger is the Director of Liberation at the Center for Research on Equity and Innovation, a center that brings together practitioners, researchers and youth to address complex problems of practice in K-12 education and create more equitable, engaging learning environments for all students. She co-directed the Share Your Learning Campaign which spread student-centered practices (exhibitions, student led conferences, and presentations of learning) to 5 million students. Michelle is also a co-designer of annual Deeper Learning conferences across the country, and recently supported the design and facilitation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Networked School Improvement Community of Practice Fall Convening. As a faculty member at High Tech High’s Graduate School of Education, she co-teaches Justice: Self, Schools, and Society in the San Diego Teacher Residency Program, Leadership for School Change in the Master’s Program, and she coaches teachers on liberatory project-based learning. As a Freedom Facilitator, Michelle provides professional development for organizations and districts who seek to liberate self, others, and systems.
Michelle has been recognized as a Yale University Bouchet Graduate Honor Society member, a David L. Clark Scholar, a Billions Institute Fellow, a Chrispeels Doctoral Fellow, a Shoephlin Fellow, a recipient of the National Society of High School Scholars Higher Education Award, as well as the Inter-American Development Award. She was recently awarded the 2022 Outstanding Alumnus Award by the CSUSM College of Health and Human Services. She earned an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in social justice education through a joint doctoral program at the University of California, San Diego and California State University, San Marcos. Her research focused on cultivating culturally responsive teaching and classroom management self-efficacy in novice and veteran teachers for the purpose of improving academic opportunities and outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students. She holds a Master’s degree in Pacific International Affairs and a Bachelor's degree in International Studies with a minor in Clinical Psychology.
Michelle is committed to disrupting inequity in education and cultivating a community of practitioners who honor the lived experiences of all their students and educators. Her book, LIBERATE! Pocket-Sized Paradigms for Liberatory Learning is a must read for any educator who aspires to design educational experiences that are responsive to culturally and linguistically diverse young people.Whether it is through the vehicle of project-based learning, culturally responsive-sustaining pedagogy, or freedom facilitation, her hope is to develop educators and young people who think critically, act empathetically, and live a life of liberation.
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- Contribution and semantics
- Liberating our consciousness
- Liberation work is lifetime work
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LIBERATE! Pocket-Sized Paradigms for Liberatory Learning
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Kristina Brezicha, Ph.D.
Kristina Brezicha is an assistant professor of educational leadership at Georgia State University. She holds a dual-title Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative International Education.
Brezicha’s research interests focus on how education supports individuals’ abilities to equitably participate in the democratic processes at both the local and national levels. Her research considers domestic and international contexts. Specifically, she has studied how immigrant students’ experiences of in/exclusion in their schools has shaped their knowledge, attitudes, habits and dispositions towards the political process in the U.S. and Canada. She has also examined how teachers, educational leaders and school boards have facilitated educational opportunities for diverse student populations. She has presented her work at conferences such as American Educational Research Association annual meeting, University Council for Educational Administration Convention and Comparative and International Education Society Conference.
Before pursuing her doctorate, Brezicha taught kindergarten through fifth-grade special education students in New York City. She holds a Masters of Arts in Politics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Masters of Science in Urban Education from Mercy College.
Chandler Miranda, Ph.D.
Professor Chandler Miranda is an urban ethnographer and education scholar who studies the educational experiences of recently arrived immigrant youth in urban public schools. Her research offers a hopeful look at uncommon schools while critiquing U.S. education policies rooted in ideologies of monolingualism, white supremacy, and xenophobia.
Miranda’s work investigating teacher rhetoric following the 2016 presidential election is published in Anthropology & Education Quarterly (2017) and two co-authored articles that examine the experiences of immigrant students and their families in adverse political climates appear in Harvard Educational Review (2019 and 2021). In 2020, Leadership and Policy in Schools published “Segregation or Sanctuary,” in which Professor Miranda and her colleague argue for the possibilities of counterpublics for immigrant students. In 2022, Equity & Excellence in Education published a cross-case analysis comparing immigrant youth experiences of belonging in urban and rural schools. She has presented this research at the American Educational Research Association, the University Council for Educational Administration, and the American Anthropological Association. Her collaborative work has allowed her to publish critical case studies to look across time, place, and population to advance the field of immigrant education.
Miranda’s teaching experience spans high school to graduate courses. She taught 9th-12th grade science for seven years in three different schools for English learners in the U.S and Colombia before pursuing a Ph.D. She taught pre-service teachers at Queens College before accepting her current position at Barnard.
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- Immigrant-origin youth
- New Americans
- A sense of belonging
- Othering vs. Belonging
- Sense of belonging missteps
- Strategies for creating a sense of belonging for immigrant students
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Examining School Practices That Support Immigrant Students’ Feelings of Belonging
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Amy Ferrell, Ph.D.
Amy Ferrell studies community, discourse, and literacy. Her scholarship, which situates disability research in social, cultural, historical, racial, linguistic, and political contexts, has appeared in journals such as Harvard Educational Review, Reading Research Quarterly, Urban Education, Linguistics and Education, and International Journal of Inclusive Education. She is coauthor of the second edition of The Ethics of Special Education (Teachers College Press). Her current projects explore the profound need for critical literacy approaches in special education research and practice, from which all forms of texts are viewed as ideological and contestable. Additionally, she works to reframe the decades-long debate of inclusion in the field of special education leveraging a perspective of community as a site of mutual giving. Instead of viewing culturally derived and socially constructed norms of independence, achievement, and success as emancipatory, she proposes that true community counters oppression, segregation, and control.
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- Inclusion
- Social Justice at an early age
- The COAST method
- Critical literacy examples
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amy.ferrell@ucdenver.edu
Exploring Critical Literacy for Elementary Students with Disabilities
Critical Literacy: Enhancing Students’ Comprehension of Text
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Melanie Bertrand, Ph.D.
Melanie Bertrand is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies & Practice at the University of Arizona and a former K-5 teacher. Her research explores the potential of youth and community leadership to improve schools and challenge systemic racism and other forms of oppression in education. Her work pushes the educational leadership field to include youth--especially youth of color and other youth facing injustice--in expanded conceptions of leadership.
Carrie Sampson, Ph.D.
Carrie Sampson is an assistant professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. Her research focuses on educational leadership, policy, and equity from three interrelated perspectives -- democracy, community advocacy, and politics. Drawing from a range of critical theories and employing mostly qualitative methods, Dr. Sampson's published work includes peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy reports on school boards, school desegregation, English learners, and community organizing in education. She has also received various awards and recognition for her scholarship, including the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Educational Research Division A (Administration, Organization, and Leadership) Early Career Award, and the UCEA William J. Davis Award for the article entitled “(Im)Possibilities of Latinx school board members’ educational leadership toward equity."
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- The White Innocence Playbook
- What happens in school board meetings
- Strategies for school board members
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Bertrand, M., & Sampson, C. (2022). Exposing the white innocence playbook of school district leaders. Equity & Excellence in Education.
Sampson, C. & Bertrand, M. (2021). Counter-storytelling, metaphors, and rhetorical questioning: Discursive strategies of advocacy toward racial equity in school board meetings . Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
Sampson, C. & Bertrand, M. (2020). “This is civil disobedience. I’ll continue.”: The racialization of school board meeting rules. Journal of Education Policy, 1-21.
Bertrand, M., & Sampson, C. (2020). Challenging systemic racism in school board meetings through intertextual co-optation. Critical Studies in Education, 1–17.
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Patrick Camangian, Ph.D.
Patrick Camangian, Ph.D. is a former English teacher in Los Angeles and Oakland and a professor of Teacher Education at the University of San Francisco. Patrick’s interdisciplinary research on humanizing education intersects radical democratic analysis, critical pedagogy, and health science research. Patrick pursues these areas of research to improve teacher quality, capacity, and retention, as well as to inform policies and practices impacting urban schools and communities.
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- Gender conflicts in education
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Loving (Lumpen) Masculinities: Teaching to Transform Heteropatriarchy, Toxic Masculinity, and Urban Misogyny
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Stephanie Renee Toliver, Ph.D.
S.R. Toliver is an assistant professor of Literacy and Secondary Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder whose scholarship centers the freedom dreams of Black youth and honors the historical legacy that Black imaginations have had and will have on activism and social change. She is the author of Recovering Black Storytelling in Qualitative Research: Endarkened Storywork, and her academic work has been published in several journals, including Journal of Literacy Research andResearch in the Teaching of English.
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- Defining Nerds
- Nerdy vs. Dorky
- Nerdy Black girls exist
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Mastodon
Weird Is Normal”: A Womanist Discourse Analysis of Black Girl Nerds’ Community Building
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Dr. Tracey A. Benson
Is the founder of The Anti-Racist Leadership Institute. He has served as a university professor, principal coach, high school principal, middle school vice-principal, district trainer, and elementary school teacher. His book, Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism, was released with Harvard Education Press in August 2019. Benson firmly believes student achievement, teacher efficacy, and school success is contingent upon high quality, racial equity-focused school, and district leaders. He has committed his career to leading for change, courageously addressing entrenched practices that impede lifetime outcomes of students of color.
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- The differences between DEI and Anti-racist work
- Anti-racist work
- The aftermath of Brown v Board of Education
- The absence of recognition for doing anti-racist work and racial battle fatigue
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“Nobody’s Mule”: Black Womanist Caring-Agency, Urban Charters, and the Choice to (Not) Teach
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Dwight Carter
Dwight Carter is an award-winning education leader from Central OH and the Director of Student Support Systems for the Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical School District.
He is the co-author of What’s In Your Space? Five Steps to Better School and Classroom Design (Corwin, 2016), Leading Schools in Disruptive Times: How to Survive Hyper-change (Corwin 2017/2021); and a contributing author to Because of a Teacher: Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Education written and curated by George Couros. His first solo book, Be GREAT: Five Principles to Improve School Culture from the Inside Out, was published recently (IMPress, 2022).
Jack Slavinksi
Jack is founder/owner of a leadership development consulting business, with focus on transforming culture, developing leaders at all levels and comprehensive well-being/resiliency training.
He has been an adjunct professor (sr. lecturer) at The Ohio State University for 11 years at the undergraduate and graduate levels, teaching four leadership, team and change oriented courses year-round. Jacks consulting business has a highly diverse client base-K-12 education (from BoE to students), higher education, business, athletics, ministry, and law enforcement.
Jack has a corporate background in executive leadership, having worked at firms such as GE – Technology Consulting, TIAA, Citi and Xerox in many global, transformational roles.
Jack believes that each of us has enormous potential to intentionally develop and change, with his purpose being to equip and enable each of us to “create the best future version of ourselves, our teams and organizations”. He believes in the power of mindset management, positivity and motivation.
He lives with family in S. Delaware, with hobbies in fitness training, outdoor work, organizational behavior research and college football.
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- Defining leadership
- Basic leadership skills
- Leadership Framework
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Maya Payne Smart
Maya Payne Smart is a writer, parent educator, and literacy advocate who has served on the boards of numerous library and literacy organizations. She and her family live in Milwaukee, where she serves as affiliated faculty in educational policy and leadership in the College of Education at Marquette University. Her website, MayaSmart.com, provides tips and tools for parents to nurture, teach, and advocate for kids on the road to reading.
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Chris McNutt
Chris is obsessed with the benefits of progressive education and wants a practical place to find everything, for free, under one roof (hence HRP!) He was a public high school digital media & design educator who centered his practice on experiential learning, purpose-driven pathways and community involvement.
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Ross Szabo
Ross Szabo is a social innovator who pioneered the youth mental health movement. He is the Wellness Director and founding faculty member at Geffen Academy at UCLA, where he has created a program for students to learn about mental health once a week throughout their education from grade 6-12. Ross is also an award winning speaker, author and the CEO of Human Power Project, a company that designs mental health curriculum.
Ross turned a diagnosis of bipolar disorder with anger control problems and psychotic features at age 16, into an opportunity to educate others. His natural ability to make mental health approachable for large groups of people has led to countless media appearances.
Ross has spoken to more than 2 million people about the importance of mental health and provided a positive example to empower them to seek help. During his 8 years as Director of Outreach for the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign, he created the first national youth mental health speakers’ bureau in the country that is now a part of Active Minds. He has trained over 50 mental health advocates who have spoken to millions of people.
Ross is the author of Behind Happy Faces; Taking Charge of Your Mental Health and A Kids Book About Anxiety, which was named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things in 2020. His tremendous efforts in the mental health field have led to him receiving the 2010 Didi Hirsch Erasing the Stigma Leadership Award, 2012 Changing Minds Award and his advocacy work was entered into the Congressional Record by Congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Human Power Project’s first curriculum titled, Behind Happy Faces, is being utilized by over 250,000 students. The curriculum received the 2016 Excellence in Education Award from the Association of Fraternity and Sorority Advisors.
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- Mental health education
- How does mental health education relate to SEL
- Mental health is something that we should all embrace
- Ross shares his story of why he is passionate about mental health education
- Mental Health Education curriculum
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The Human Power Project
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Bridget Holloman, Ed.D.
Dr. Bridget Holloman, a native of Peekskill, NY, has been an educator in the district where she was raised, Peekskill, for well over 20 years. Bridget has taught Pre-Kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. She often loops with a cohort of students, better known as scholars, as she believes having the scholars for two consecutive years allows her to develop the fundamental skills needed for future scholar success! Most recently, Dr. Holloman has been selected as the district’s Parent-Family-Community Liaison. Her philosophy is to develop the whole child; all participants in the scholar's life must be involved. Step one is getting the child’s parents or guardians to buy into the mindset that “academic excellence is the standard”!
Dr. Holloman has an innate calling in her life to be actively involved in the education profession, not only in teaching scholars but in family and community. The words that best describe Dr. Bridget Holloman are passion, perseverance, and commitment.
Dr. Holloman holds many degrees; a BA in Sociology from Binghamton University, an MA in Early Childhood Education from Norfolk University, an MEd in Leadership from Bank Street College of Education, and an EdD in Educational Leadership Administration and Policy from Fordham University. She enjoys reading, traveling, shopping, exercising, eating (salad), and spending time with her friends and family in her free time.
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- Being culturally responsive at home
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- After the book study
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Improving Literacy for Elementary School Black Boys Through Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Professional Learning Communities
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Decoteau J. Irby, Ph.D.
I create teaching and learning experiences, music and stories, and opportunities for people to be in community. Be it through music, encouraging the use of urban green spaces, or creating opportunities for Black people to generate wealth and wellness, my priorities are grounded in “going at it” together and creating space for people to shine.
Throughout my life, I’ve created all sorts of things, spaces, and experiences. These include businesses, such Derute Consulting Cooperative, a firm I co-founded in 2013; Visioning Black Spaces LLC, a collective of families that pool and invest our resources to improve Chicago’s Black neighborhoods; and Deaky Bug Creative Works LLC, a firm I use to curate and finance my personal creative endeavors and collaborations.
I’m a professor at University of Illinois at Chicago and author or co-editor of several books, including Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership (Harvard Education Press) and a children’s book Magical Black Tears: A Protest Story (Derute Consulting Cooperative).
Through all of my work, I’m committed to creating spaces that bring people together in community. I am active in my neighborhood community garden and I serve as treasurer for my local park advisory council. Finally, I am a self-taught guitarist, songwriter, performer, and recording artist; I’ve released two albums that are available on my website at www.decoteauirby.com.
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- The foundations of Dr. Irby’s passion for researching racial equity
- Racial resources in organizations
- The principal’s role in racial equity work
- Confrontational Culture
- Racial Equity Keepers
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Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership
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Byron McClure D.Ed.
Dr. Byron McClure is a National Certified School Psychologist, Founder of Lessons For SEL, and currently the Director of Innovation for 7 Mindsets. He formerly served as the Assistant Director of School Redesign for DC Public Schools, where he was responsible for leading and reimagining what Social Emotional Learning looked like within an inner-city community. He is on a mission to shift how people think from what's wrong to what's strong!"
Kelsie Reed, Ph.D.
Dr. Kelsie Reed is a nationally certified school psychologist who works at the elementary school level in Maryland. She graduated from Loyola University Chicago with her PhD in 2020 and was the recipient of two university awards for her dissertation titled, “Investigating Exclusionary Discipline: Teachers, Deficit Thinking, and Root Cause Analysis.” Dr. Reed is passionate about advancing educational equity for minoritized students, disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, identifying and implementing alternatives to suspension, and closing the policy to practice gap.
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- The impact of Eugenics on policies and practices
- Assessments created to promote a superior race
- Alternative assessment options
- Hacking Deficit Thinking
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Hacking Deficit Thinking Website
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Sassy4SocialJustice
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Jessica Morales-Chicas, Ph.D.
Growing up I recognized the various inequities that are perpetuated in education; therefore, I have dedicated the majority of my career to examining, teaching about, and alleviating educational disparities. As an Educator, for 15+ years, I focus on enlightening students with new knowledge, optimizing their skills, and growing their career potential. I earned my Ph.D. in Education from UCLA and am currently an Associate Professor in Child and Family Studies at Cal State LA. My teaching experiences range across various age groups but I particularly enjoy teaching college students. I teach courses on lifespan development, diversity and resilience, research methods, and child and family advocacy.
My research uses a developmental lens to examine the role of ethnic diversity and curricular opportunities on youth motivation, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). My research background also drives my community engagement and the service programs I direct. Currently, I am directing a couple of programs that engage and teach youth about STEM skills (e.g., coding, engineering, and virtual reality) and entrepreneurship. Advancing STEM education develops students’ 21st-century skills, enhances students’ career prospects, and ultimately ensures a globally competitive economy.
My experiences in education and research also inspired my entrepreneurial spirit. By leveraging the skills I have gained in these industries, I provide consulting services in diversity and inclusion, grant writing, program development, and research design.
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- Challenges in STEM for Latin@ students
- Language support for all families
- Recruitment and retention
- Unique experiences
- Recommendations for STEM programs
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A Cultural Wealth Approach to Understanding Latin@s’ STEM Mentee and Mentor Experiences
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About Andratesha Fritzgerald
Andratesha Fritzgerald is the founder and lead consultant of Building Blocks of Brilliance Educational Consulting Firm. As an international speaker Fritzgerald exhibits an audacious perseverance that calls organizations to evolve into inclusive antiracist safe zones for all learners. With over twenty years in education, she has served as a teacher, curriculum specialist, administrator, and director. Her award winning book Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success (CAST, 2020) has been a catalyst for UDL to ensure safety and radical inclusion in every learning community.
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- Antiracism in UDL
- What happens when we hold onto control?
- Dealing with pushback
- Power and honor vs saviorism
- Samaria Rice
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Dr. Crystal Menzies
A former educator in urban schools, Crystal drew on her personal experience, African-Diasporan history, and her Guyanese and African American roots to found EmancipatED where she develops research-based educational experiences that center Black communities.
In her flagship product, she draws on the stories of Maroon communities – Africans who freed themselves from slavery and created hidden societies – to offer Black and Brown families a model for how to navigate as liberated beings within oppressive systems. She lives in the Bay Area (or the Yay area as she affectionately refers to it) and enjoys reading, Marvel movies, and daydreaming of Black Futures.
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- The Maroon communities
- Maroon leadership structure and societies
- Language and communication
- Bringing the Maroon history into our classrooms
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Kelly J. Cross, Ph.D.
Dr. Kelly Cross, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Nevada Reno, is a data-informed, transformational mission-focused culturally responsive practitioner, researcher, and educational leader. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007 and Masters of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. Cross completed her doctoral program in the Engineering Education department at Virginia Tech in 2015 and worked as a post-doctoral researcher with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Cross worked in the Department of Bioengineering working to redesign the curriculum through the NSF funded Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) grant. She is a member of the ASEE Leadership Virtual Community of Practice (LVCP) that organizes and facilitates Safe Zone Training workshops. Dr. Cross has conducted workshops on managing personal bias in STEM, online and in-person, in addition to faculty training on power and privilege. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as problem-based learning and culturally relevant pedagogy. Dr. Cross’ complimentary professional activities promote inclusive excellence through collaboration. She is an NSF CAREER awardee, delivered multiple distinguished lectures, and has received a national mentoring award.
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- DEI support for queer individuals in STEM
- Engineering Education and the Queer Community
- Faculty and staff support
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Cross, K.J., Farrell, S. & Hughes, B. (Ed.). (2022). Queering STEM Culture in US Higher Education: Navigating Experiences of Exclusion in the Academy, published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. eBook: 978-1-003-16925-3
Cross, K.J., Gaskins, W.B., & Coley, B.C (2022) We Cannot Address What We Do Not Acknowledge: An Autoethnography in 2020. Special Issue titled "All #BlackLivesMatter" by Understanding & Dismantling Privilege (UDP), (ISSN 2152-1875), Volume XII, Issue 1. www.wpcjournal.com.
Duckworth, M & Cross, K.J. (2022). Antiracist Holistic Change in “STEM” Higher Education. In Ruth, B.J., Blithe, S. & Bauer, J. Badass Feminist Politics, published by Rutgers University Press. rutgersuniversitypress.org
Jensen, K. & Cross, K. (2021). Engineering Stress Culture: Relationships between Mental Health, Engineering Identity, and Sense of Inclusion. Journal of Engineering Education. http://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20391
*Cross, K.J. (2020), Racism is the manifestation of White supremacy and antiracism is the answer. J Eng Educ. doi:10.1002/jee.20362 (Top downloaded JEE article)
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About Shane Safir
Shane Safir has worked at every level of the education system, from the classroom to the boardroom, for 25 years. In 2003, after teaching in San Francisco and Oakland and organizing in the community to launch a new school, Safir became the founding principal of June Jordan School for Equity (JJSE), an innovative national model identified by leading scholar Linda Darling-Hammond as having “beaten the odds in supporting the success of low-income students of color.” Since 2008, Safir has provided equity-centered leadership coaching, strategic planning, and professional learning support for schools, districts, and organizations across the U.S., Canada, and beyond. She facilitates workshops on creating brave spaces for equity, listening leadership, becoming a warm demander, and Street Data among other content. She is the author of The Listening Leader: Creating the Conditions for Equitable School Transformation (Jossey-Bass: 2017) and her most recent book, coauthored with Dr. Jamila Dugan, is titled Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation (Corwin, 2021).
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- Equity in British Columbia
- Differences in the United States
- Requests to change equity content
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Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
The Listening Leader: Creating the Conditions for Equitable School Transformation
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About Nelson Flores, Ph.D.
Nelson Flores studies the intersection of language and race in education. This includes tracing the racist roots of contemporary language educational research, policy, and practice, documenting the ways that they continue to harm racialized bilingual students, and conceptualizing anti-racist alternatives. His work has been featured by NPR, Education Week, and the LA Times.
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- Early European linguistics
- Assimilation in language
- Bilingual Education Act
- Verbal Deprivation Theory
- The legacy of the Bilingual Education Act
- Can a child be semilingual?
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Twitter: @nelsonlflores
"False positives,' "reentry programs," and "long term English learners": Undoing dichotomous frames in US language education policy"
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About Laura Vernikoff, Ed.D.
Laura Vernikoff is an assistant professor of special education at Touro University Graduate School of Education. She previously taught middle and high school special education in New York City. Her current research interests include teacher preparation, intersectionality, assets-based pedagogies and pursuing social justice through education. Her new book, Disabling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Relationship Between Special Education and Arrest, is available through Rowman & Littlefield.
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- The lack of antisemitism education in teacher preparation programs
- What the research says
- What is missing from teacher prep programs
- Christian norms in school
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The Anti-Defamation League's Antisemitism Resources
Southern Poverty Law Center's Antisemitism Resources
Blumenfeld, W.J. (2006) Christian privilege and the promotion of “secular” and not-so “secular” mainline Christianity in public schooling and in the larger society. Equity & Excellence in Education, 39(3), 195-210, DOI: 10.1080/10665680600788024
White Christian Privilege (book) by Khyati Y. Joshi
My Jewish Learning site with information about Jewish culture, history, and religion
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About Rhianna Thomas, Ph.D.
Rhianna Thomas, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of early childhood education at New Mexico State University. She studies critical pedagogy in early childhood education using antiracist, culturally sustaining, and critical literacy approaches. Rhianna earned her doctorate at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Her dissertation work explored how her own two white children learned about race and racism as she attempted to implement antiracist curriculum at home. Rhianna also examines child guidance and classroom management practices in early childhood, especially in regard to equity. She often employs arts-based methodologies including poetic inquiry.
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- What led Dr. Thomas to researching Antiracist teaching
- Transitioning into an Antiracist parent
- A story about colorism and reaffirming a student’s skin color is beautiful
- Can I touch your hair
- The N word
- Antiblackness
- Creating student advocates
- Strategies for White teachers
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Identifying your skin is too dark as a put-down: Enacting whiteness as hidden curriculum through a bullying prevention programme
Pedagogy to Deconstruct Anti-Blackness: Three Conversations With White Children About a Racial Slur
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About Diana Bonilla
Diana Bonilla has been a science, and bilingual science, educator in the Chicago area for 6 years now. Her passion and work revolve around creating an equitable science curriculum for racially and linguistically marginalized youth. This passion stems from her own experience as a bilingual, first generation, Mexican-American student and learner navigating the sciences and our educational systems. She is currently working on her dissertation at UIC focusing on transforming the science classroom for emergent bilingual youth.
About Nadia Ruiz Lopez
Nadia Ruiz Lopez is currently in her 21st year at Leyden High School in Northlake Illinois. She has taught all levels of Algebra and Geometry throughout her career. In addition to teaching these courses she is also the Head Math Team Coach, a SAT Prep Math Teacher, a Sophomore Advisor and is currently a member of the Equity and Justice Committee. She received her Bachelors of Science in Mathematics from the University of Illinois-Chicago, a Masters of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Olivet University and a Masters of Educational Technology from American College of Education. She has focused on providing a classroom environment that is positive and encouraging learning, utilizes technology to advance students comprehension all the while making every effort to bring focus on students individuality, strengths and culture.
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- Equity in STEM
- Making everyone feel included in the lessons
- Student investment in their learning
- Social Justice in math
- Teaching examples
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About Alyssa Campbell
Alyssa Blask Campbell is the founder and CEO of Seed & Sew, an organization committed to giving parents, teachers and caregivers the tools to raise emotionally intelligent humans. An emotional development expert with a master’s degree in early education, Alyssa co-created the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method with Lauren Stauble and researched it across the United States. She hosts the Voices of Your Village podcast and has been featured as an emotional development expert in publications including The Washington Post, Kids VT, and Family Education. Alyssa is deeply passionate about building emotional intelligence in children and creating a shame-free, judgment-free community of people interested in doing the same at Seed & Sew.
Show Highlights
- Alyssa introduces the CEP method
- Emotional Intelligence
- Self-regulation
- Keeping our cool in the moment
- Anxiety and relationships
- Shame and guilt
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About Jason Green
Jason Green is the bestselling co-author of Blended Learning in Action and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of LINC (Learning Innovation Catalyst). Inspired by his youth development and nonprofit work as a student at Morehouse College, Jason Green has dedicated his career to creating positive change in education. Jason has helped hundreds of schools and districts reimagine and implement next generation teaching and learning. Through an ongoing research partnership with Stanford University Graduate School of Education’s Dr. Arnetha Ball, Jason develops and implements professional learning experiences designed to help educators build their mindset and practice of 21st century, student-centered learning. Jason holds an MBA from the Wharton School, a M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania, and has spoken at leading universities and conferences around the world.
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- Student-Centered Learning
- Blended Learning
- Multi-tiered systems of support and blended learning
- Myths of blended learning
- Cultural Responsive Blended Learning
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About Carole Collins-Ayanlaja
Dr. Carole Rene’ Collins Ayanlaja, a native of Indianapolis, IN and a Chicagoan for three decades, holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a parent, teacher, educational leader, and researcher. A commitment to educational success for k-12 students through effective teaching and authentic equity-driven leadership is the hallmark of her professional career.
She began her educational career as a Chicago Public Schools 6th and 8th grade teacher in the Latinx community. In 1998 she launched her leadership journey in suburban Cook County, soon thereafter joining Chicago Public Schools. Prior to joining higher education in 2016, Dr. Collins Ayanlaja served as a public education leader for over 25 years in the capacity of elementary assistant principal and principal; high school assistant principal and principal; district director of curriculum and assessment, chief academic officer, chief assessment officer, and superintendent in Chicago, Suburban Cook County (IL), Ohio, Iowa, and Connecticut.
Currently, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Eastern Illinois University, Dr. Collins, as she is frequently called, prepares graduate candidates for the principalship and superintendency in the state of Illinois. Her research incorporates intersectionalities of race and gender in educational leadership and schooling experiences. Carole promotes democratic engagement for diverse children and families in equitable learning environments that propel anti-racist pedagogy and inclusive practices.
Dr. Collins Ayanlaja engages in broader community work by partnering with schools, community organizations, and businesses to strategically plan, develop, and implement culturally responsive practices by building staff capacity to engage with families and propel programming that ensures access and equity.
Her greatest gift and accomplishment are that of being the mother of one young adult son, who recently graduated from Lake Forest College, her alma mater. Carole is full of gratefulness and gratitude to her Creator for the intellectual capacity and opportunity to be a contributor to our collective field of education.
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- Culturally responsive leadership
- “Who are you?”
- Facing history when leading
- Strategies to deal with challenges
- Critical questions to ask ourselves as leaders
- Public relations and social issues
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About Jessica Nordell
Jessica Nordell is an award-winning author, science writer, and speaker known for blending rigorous science with compassionate humanity. Her first book, The End of Bias: A Beginning, shortlisted for the 2022 Columbia Journalism/Lukas Prize for Excellence in Nonfiction, the 2022 NYPL Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize, is the culmination of fifteen years of reporting and writing on the subject of bias and discrimination and how to solve it, for publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the New Republic. The End of Bias was named a Best Book of the Year by the World Economic Forum, Greater Good, AARP, and Inc and is currently being used by organizations from newsrooms and startups to universities, healthcare organizations, and faith communities to solve some of their biggest cultural challenges.
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- Implicit Bias training
- What the research says
- The change of behaviors
- A la carte training options
- The end of bias?
- Confronting bias situations
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About Winston Daley
Winston Daley was born in Jamaica and emigrated to Boston at 10 years old. In 2016, Winston decided to leave his career in finance to work with youth. Sports was his first connection point to the US and so that is where he pivoted: coaching, creating leagues for kids, working in schools, and becoming a Lead Facilitator at the Center for Sport in Society, doing workshops on relationship violence, racism and social justice. Winston has also worked in the nonprofit space on youth employment, environmental justice and community empowerment.
Winston stepped into the startup world with Agogos after seeing his daughter’s school administrators’ struggle to find educators of color and watching the passive hiring practices of school districts. He believed he could create a solution to make hiring easier. Agogos’ goal is to create a hiring platform and community of practice dedicated to the recruitment, development, education and support of educators of color.
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- A LinkedIn for Black and Brown educators
- Job posting options for schools
- Teacher job search options
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About Dr. Shontoria Walker
Dr. Shontoria Walker is a graduate from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas with a degree in Professional Leadership with an emphasis in Literacy. Her research focuses on using culturally relevant pedagogy to influence literacy achievement for Middle School Black Male Students based on her experiences as a former 8th grade English teacher at an all-boys preparatory academy. She has also served on the Texas Teacher Advisory Board, a Teach Plus Policy Fellow as well as a Senior Policy Fellow with Teach Plus Texas from 2014-2019. During her time and beyond she has advocated for educational policy laws that directly impacted the classroom as well as contributed to policy briefings for the revision of The Every Student Succeeds Act and national policy reports such as If You Listen, We Will Stay: Why Teachers of Color Leave and How To Disrupt Teacher Turnover. She is the co-author of Culture to the Max! Culturally Responsive Teaching and Practice along with David McDonald, M.ED., Danielle Ross, M.ED., and Andre Ross, M.ED.
About Andre Ross
A native of Gary, Indiana, Andre received a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Management from New York University. His experiences there compelled him to pursue a career in education to help diminish the ways in which identity markers impact educational and career trajectories. Andre served as an 8th Grade Mathematics Teacher at The Dr. Billy Earl Dade Middle School in South Dallas. Following his first year as an educator, Andre was recognized as “Teacher of the Year.” In addition, Andre has increased his students’ academic growth by double digit gains during each year that he served. In June 2018, Andre accepted a role with Teach For America where he serves as Manager, Teacher Leadership Development. Andre is a Co-founder and Partner with the Education PowerED family.
Show Highlights
- Classroom Management
- Shifting to Culture Management
- Setting up your classroom
- The Culture Potluck
- Allowing students to be their authentic self
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Andre’s LinkedIn
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Shontoria’s LinkedIn
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Culture to the Max! Culturally Responsive Teaching and Practice
The Center For Black Educator Development
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About Roberto Germán
Roberto is an award-winning Dominican American educator with over 15 years of educational administrative experience. Since teaching 9th grade English, he has worked in and led schools from Prek to 12th grades in the public, private, and charter sectors. He has brought innovative leadership ideas to revamp school cultures in order to meet student needs and help them improve. His work is characterized by a passion for supporting young people, prioritizing social justice, and a dedication to excellence. Currently, he’s Co-Founder and Executive Director of Multicultural Classroom and lives in Tampa, FL.
About Lorena Germán
Lorena is a two time nationally awarded Dominican American educator focused on anti racist and anti bias education. She’s been featured in the New York Times, NPR, PBS, Rethinking Schools, EdWeek, Learning for Justice Magazine, and more. She published The Anti Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook, and Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices about curriculum & lesson development focused on social justice. She’s a co-founder of #DisruptTexts and Multicultural Classroom. Lorena is also the Chair of NCTE’s Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English. She lives in Tampa, Florida where she is a mami and wife- two of her most important roles.
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- Culturally Responsive, Relevant, and Sustaining Pedagogy
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About Robert Bruce Scott, Ed.D.
Robert Bruce Scott earned an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction - T.E.S.L. (1984) - at University of Kansas before starting an overseas teaching career that took him to Ecuador, Japan, and Saudi Arabia, eventually settling for 10 years in New York City and returning to his home state of Kansas in 2002, where he has worked as a teacher educator and advocate for students and families from diverse heritages and students with special needs over the past two decades. In 2011, he fulfilled a lifelong dream of completing his doctorate in special education (Ed.D.) at Kansas State University. Robb Scott has four children, who all are bilingual or multilingual, and three grandchildren, two girls and a boy. Dr. Scott is an educational consultant with expertise in TESOL, special education, and educational technology. He has managed ESL MiniConference Online since 2001 and recently started a newsletter called Multilingual Adaptive Systems.
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- Teaching students with English as a second language
- Socializing multilingual learners
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Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (2018). Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence Hawai‘i Project (CREDE). Curriculum Research & Development Group, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa College of Education.
The Center for Universal Design (1997). The principles of universal design, version 2.0, 4/1/97. North Carolina State University.
Gusman, J. (July, 2003). Elementary education sheltered instruction. Third Annual CLD Institute, Garden City, KS.
Ortiz, D.L. & Guss, T.O. (1995). Counseling implications for male Hispanic dropouts: Forging a prevention program.
Salva, C. (April, 2022). Supporting newcomers and SLIFE through to graduation (Webinar). Center for Academic Language Development Webinar Series, Seidlitz Education.
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About Tanika Ray
My journey has been filled with dance, acting, hosting, producing, moderating and most of all rich in adventure. …I’ve learned that Life isn’t only about reaching the dream, but also about each chapter that inches us closer to our goal. Ultimately, I plan to create a multimedia entity that uplifts, inspires & brings the diverse global community together thru positive shared experiences. I’ve hosted numerous shows for NBC, CW, HGTV, LIFETIME, TLC, BET, TVOne including many reunions shows for Lifetime & VH. Because I’m able to deftly manage the multi-layered responsibility of hosting and producing live red carpet events, I've covered all the big ones in LA & NYC including the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, Met Gala, MTV Music Awards, American Music Awards & countless movie premieres for companies like TV Guide Network, NBC, Colgate, Essence Magazine and The NAACP.
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- Parenting and education
- Indoctrination
- Dealing with racial slurs
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About Ken Williams
Ken Williams is a husband, father, nationally-recognized trainer, speaker, coach and consultant in leadership and school culture. A practitioner for nearly three decades, Ken led the improvement efforts at two schools by leveraging the Professional Learning Communities at Work process. Through his company, Unfold The Soul, Ken is skilled in joining the why of the work to the how of the work. He is known for his powerful and engaging combinations of “heart, humor, and hammer.” While his style is inspirational and motivational, he’s also known as a status-quo disruptor, warm demander, and an unapologetic identifier of elephants in the room, with his lens firmly fixed on maximizing the collective strengths of educators in the service of high levels of learning for every student.
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- The enemy of equity
- The principal’s role
- Ability grouping
- Missing opportunities for growth
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Ruthless Equity: Disrupt the Status Quo and Ensure Learning for ALL Students
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About Arturo Senteno
Arturo Senteno currently serves as the associate principal for instruction at Elk Grove High School in District 214. Prior to that, he served in numerous other roles at the district, including associate principal of student services/operations at Rolling Meadows High School, dean of students, biology teacher, and head varsity water polo coach. Senteno has served as a Captain in the Illinois Army National Guard as a medical specialist and did a tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Senteno earned a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching from Monmouth College, Master of Arts in Teaching from Aurora University and an Educational Administration Superintendent’s Endorsement (Ed.S) from Northern Illinois University where he also expects to earn his Educational Doctorate in December of 2022.
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- The advantages of having administrators of color
- Shared racial backgrounds between leadership and staff
- Retaining administrators of color
- Inclusive practices for administrators
- Dress codes and professionalism policies
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About Jerri A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Dr. Jerri Johnson is author of the book “Imagine That! Chronicles of an Urban School Principal." In addition to this she is the owner and sole consultant for EJUC8U (Educate You) Consulting LLC. In the field of education, she was most recently the founding Principal of a PreK-2nd grade school located in DeSoto, Texas. She held the position of Director of Education for the Community Impact Network, a non-profit organization that is place-based within the Normandy School Collaborative footprint in St. Louis, MO. Over her 20 plus years in education, she has had the honor of holding the positions of District English Language Arts Supervisor, Principal, Assistant Principal, Instructional Coach, Reading Specialist, and Classroom Teacher at various grade levels. In addition, Dr. Johnson taught at the post-secondary level, serving as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Harris-Stowe State University in Elementary Education. Subsequently earning advanced degrees at the University of Missouri-St. Louis: Masters and Educational Specialist Degrees in Educational Administration; then a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Education, with an emphasis in Teaching and Learning. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, International Literacy Association, and National Council of Social Studies.
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- Understanding a students background and trauma
- Supports needed for students healing from trauma
- Self-care as a school leader
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Imaging That! Chronicles of an Urban School Principal
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About Rachel Moore
Rachel Moore is the founder and lead educator for The Human Factor. Dedicated to making negotiation and advocacy accessible to all, Rachel is passionate about translating skills, frameworks, and proven theory into actionable guidance. Rachel has designed negotiation curricula for the MIT School of Engineering and Sloan School of Business, and guest lectured to audiences that run the spectrum—from creative university programs, local professional organizations, youth conferences, and corporate audiences. Rachel is currently a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Business. Along with her work as an educator, Rachel is an experienced strategist focused on innovation in complex environments. In this work, Rachel partners with clients from the executional level to the c-suite as they negotiate conflicting goals, organizational complexity, and human dynamics to close deals and form effective, sustainable teams. Her notable clients include Disney, NASA, and Boston Children’s Hospital.
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- Why being good at negotiating is so important
- Negotiation scenarios
- We statements
- Compromising during negotiations
- Negotiation resources
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Great books:
- Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
- Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
- Negotiating the Nonnegotiable by Daniel Shapiro
- The Honest Truth About Dishonesty by Dan Ariely
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About Jorge Valenzuela
Jorge Valenzuela has years of experience in education as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and now an educational coach and consultant. Currently, Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University, and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined (LLD). Through LLD — he provides engaging professional development (PD) and coaches assistant superintendents, directors, principals, and teachers. Additionally, he provides PD on behalf of ASCD, Corwin, and PBLWorks.
Through modeling direct instruction in tandem with evidence-based strategies and educational protocols, Jorge provides sessions for educators that are inspirational, actionable, and fun. These sessions aim to redesign entire schools and classrooms by empowering educators to understand and implement federal policy, the needs of the workforce, and sound teaching practice through project based learning (PBL), computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and social and emotional learning (SEL).
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- Instructional coaching design
- Modeling instructional practices
- Going beyond worksheets
- Culturally responsive coaching
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About Lewis Eakins, Ph.D.
Dr. Lewis Eakins is the Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness for the Ivy Tech Community College System in Indiana encompassing 19 campuses and 130,000 students. Dr. Eakins has over 40 years of law enforcement experience and has served for several years as a trainer and consultant with the U.S. Department of Education in the areas of K-12 Behavioral Intervention Teams and Emergency Operations planning.
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- Target Hardening
- Card Access for entry
- The wrong decision
- Prevention options
- What role can students play in prevention?
- Mental Health
- Behavior Intervention Team
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REMS Technical Assistance Center of the US Department of Education
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About Drea Weiner
Drea Weiner is the MiSTEM Network Regional Director from the Northwestern Lower region. She studied Environmental Science at Northern Michigan University. As a child, Drea was brought up in a “Maker Household”. She and her family were constantly creating, testing, and improving around the house. Some projects include making porches, homemade soil grater, greenhouses, etc. Today she provides educators throughout the northern lower Michigan region with opportunities for professional development, support, and resources to ensure students gain deep learning that nourishes soft skills like critical thinking and problem-solving to ensure our students are set up for success following their educational endeavors and businesses have a talented STEM literate workforce to hire from. She is a passionate educator driven to give all students the opportunity to explore STEM as a viable future.
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- Aptitude vs Interest in STEM
- Feedback and constructive criticism
- Teacher representation
- Ideal learning environments
- Early awareness
- Creating a sense of belonging
- Career profile cards
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YouScience Report: Female Juniors and Seniors Have Far More Aptitude Than Interest in STEM Fields
Evidence-based Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Girls and Women in STEM
Career Profile Cards
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About Natalie R. Davis, Ph.D.
Natalie Davis (Natalie R. Davis) is an assistant professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education and for the M.A. program in Creative and Innovative Education (MACIE). Davis is a 2021 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and a former postdoctoral research fellow in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University, where she employed micro-ethnographic and interactional methods to study children’s thinking and self-determination in a tinkering after-school program. Broadly, her research explores the relationship between teaching and learning, cultural ecologies and the sociopolitical development of children from non-dominant communities, with emphasis on the educational experiences and “freedom dreams” of urban-based Black children. Her work also considers the challenges and possibilities of political education in elementary classrooms and the extent to which learning environments nourish children’s imaginative spirits.
Davis has collaborated with museums, makerspaces, nonprofit youth-serving organizations and schools to design curriculum and conduct professional development workshops on topics related to creativity, science learning and the enactment of critical pedagogies. She is a recipient of the NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, AERA-Division G Distinguished Dissertation and Dimond Dissertation awards. Her work has been disseminated in academic journals such as Cognition & Instruction and via public outlets such as Michigan Talk Radio and Youth Today. Davis received her Ph.D. in Educational Foundations from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Prior to graduate school, she taught third grade in an African-centered school.
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- Critical Childhood Studies
- Labels and stereotypes of students
- Confirmation Bias
- Child empowerment
- Justice focused education
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About UnSuk Zucker
a Korean American, cisgender, grateful wife and mother, daughter, and sister who loves to cook and spend time with her friends and family; a dedicated social justice advocate; and racial equity leader. UnSuk’s almost 20 years in the field of education includes roles as teaching grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in Idaho, Southern California and Colorado, Beyond Diversity Affiliate with Pacific Educational Group, teacher leader, Teacher Leadership Coordinator and School Improvement Partner for Denver Public Schools, Senior Manager and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at TNTP, and National SEED Project Staff Member. UnSuk holds a BS from College of Idaho and an MS from Walden University.
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- Defining Diversity
- How do we value and celebrate diversity
- Model Minority Myth
- Raising kids of color in predominately White spaces
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About Damion Taylor
Damion has spent the last 15 years applying data and technology to entertainment. Both analytical and creative, he brings a unique skill set that’s in high demand for brands and media companies such as Warner Bros., NBC Universal, Machinima, Mitu and New Form. This means he has spent his career observing and understanding the motivations that drive people's actions. After witnessing the Central Park Karen incident and murders of Ahmaud Abery and George Floyd in 2020, he decided to use his company and skills to make a positive impact on the world.
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- Technology created by people of color
- Racial bias in school counseling
- Influential people in Damion’s life
- Professional development opportunities for educators
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About Yaritza Villalba
President and Founder of YV Educational Resources Inc., Yaritza Villalba has eleven years of teaching experience in the New York City Department of Education. She started her career teaching Social Studies to high school students in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. Yaritza has developed curricula and partnered with edTech platforms like Flipgrid, PearDeck and Wakelet to conduct a variety of workshops for educators around the world. She is currently an Education Innovation Lead at Flipgrid, Microsoft; servicing students and educators and sharing culturally responsive and sustaining resources and strategies for all.
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- Working at a transfer school
- Relationship building
- Flipgrid
- Flipgrid and Culturally Responsive Practices
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McKenzie’s Time Machine
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About Kate Kennedy
Kate Kennedy is a PhD candidate in Urban Education Policy at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education. She studies the K-12 American educational landscape, building on a career of classroom teaching and education leadership. Kate's research focuses on politics, leadership, and equity in K-12 education policy. Specific research areas include social-emotional learning, care and love in education policy and systems, and the politics of school choice. These interests are driven by a passion for social justice, a belief in transformative leadership, an ethic of caring, and a deep respect for the teaching profession.
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- What it means to care
- Being intentional when addressing care
- A six-point strategy for district leaders
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How District Leaders Create Caring Organizations
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About Matthew Kincaid
Matthew Kincaid, a former social studies teacher, and school administrator is now the founder, CEO, and Chief Consulting officer of the non-profit, Overcoming Racism. Kincaid is currently the co-chair of the truth and reconciliation committee for the human relations commission serving the city of New Orleans and an Amaphiko Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. In 2018 he was recognized as one of “100 Visionary Leaders” for Real Leaders Magazine in addition to receiving the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award” for the state of Louisiana from the U.S Small Business Administration. In 2019, Kincaid was the recipient of Gambit’s 40 under 40 recognition.
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- Why is anti-racism work important
- The “Magical Experience”
- What’s wrong with the word equity?
- Keeping the status quo
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About Dee Lanier
Dee Lanier is a life-long educator who is extremely passionate about issues of equity and inquiry-based learning. A career educator, Dee has facilitated racial equity and culturally responsive professional development globally through the lens of design thinking. Dee holds Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Sociology with special interests in education, race relations, and inequity. Dee is an award-winning presenter, TEDx Speaker, Google Certified Trainer, Google Innovator, and Google Certified Coach. Dee is also the creator of the design thinking educational activities, Solve in Time!®, and Maker Kitchen™ and is the co-host of the Liberated Educator podcast.
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- Design starts with equity
- Equity with empathy
- Cultural Appropriation
- Marginalization
Connect with Dee
Website
Demarginalizing Design-Elevating Equity for Real World Problem Solving
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About Abeer Ramadan- Shinnawi, MEd
Abeer Shinnawi, is a Palestinian American educator of 18+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. in various school and district settings. Abeer Shinnawi is the Associate Director of the Program for the non-profit Re-Imagining Migration, where she supports a network of partner organizations and schools, leads professional development, and creates resources for K-12 educators as well as cultural institutions. Abeer is a veteran middle school social studies teacher who has used her own upbringing as a child of immigrants to help connect students, schools, and communities. Throughout her career, she has worked with schools, cultural institutions, and publishers to provide curriculum, content, and activities that reflect BIPOC students and teachers. Before joining the team at Re-Imagining Migration, she worked as a resource teacher in the Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Social Studies, leading curriculum development and supporting teachers. In addition, she served as an equity liaison and the co-facilitator of an affinity group for teachers of color. She also created and facilitated a student support group that provided safe spaces for immigrant students. Shinnawi is co-founder of the Facebook group: Arab American Educators Network, created as a safe space for Arab American educators to collaborate, share their experiences, and grow as a collective.
Show Highlights
- Children of immigrants are 27% of school-aged youth yet they are mostly invisible and misunderstood
- Where can we start when welcoming new Americans?
- Asking the right questions
- “We’ll start where you’re at, but we aren’t going to keep you there”
- How to avoid tokenizing students
- Ensuring new Americans have equal opportunities
- Pronouncing student’s names correctly
Connect with Abeer
Website
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- “It’s not ready yet”
- Change strategies
- Getting started
- Classroom Culture
- Instructional Planning
- Ways of Working
- Feedback Strategies
- Assessment Strategies
- Supervision and Evaluation
- Reflection
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About Erin Austin
Erin E.H. Austin is a National Board Certified French teacher in Colorado. She began her teaching career in Minnesota in 2002, and she holds a B.A. in both French and Art Education, a M.A. in Curriculum & Instruction, and graduate certificates in French Studies and Gifted, Creative, & Talented Education. She was a NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow in 2018 and now presents nationally on global education-related topics. In addition to doing contract writing work, Ms. Austin is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Selling Your Original World Language Resources: How to Open, Fill, and Grow a Successful Online Curriculum Store (Routledge, 2021). The book is based on her experience with her own Teachers Pay Teachers curriculum store, and she leads workshops to show other educators how to make money from their original resources. In addition to the Leading Equity Podcast, she has been a featured guest on the Side Hustle School Podcast and the Dr. Will Show Podcast. Ms. Austin is currently the chair of the associate board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, an organization she has been involved in since 2005, and she sits on the board of the Abundant Yoga Community, a young non-profit in western Wisconsin whose mission is to bring yoga to those with financial or geographic barriers.
Show Highlights
- What is global education?
- Teaching kids about global conflicts
- Prejudice reduction for New Americans
- A global connection plan
- Encouraging students to take action
Connect with Erin
The Ultimate Guide to Selling Your Original World Language Resources
Creating A Global Connection Plan
CCFLT 2022 QR Codes
International Student Panel Guide
Creating A Global Connection Plan PPT
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About Coach Victor Hicks
"Coach" Victor Hicks is the founder and lead instructor of Coding with Culture, an organization designed to teach computer science and digital literacy through an “HBCU-Ready” lens to scholars in grades K-8. In addition, Coach Hicks serves as a CS and STEM educator in Atlanta, Georgia where he continues to bring culturally-relevant and sustainable instruction in the aforementioned disciplines to students of all ages for over 20 years. Building rapport with students and educating the “whole” child are pillars of Victor’s educational philosophy. Coach Hicks received the “Everyday Hero Award” from the Inspire EDU organization for his commitment to bridging the digital divide for African-American students. His innovative approach toward combining computer science with Black culture was highlighted in an article in Forbes magazine among other educational publications.
Coach Hicks’ mission is to get as many scholars as possible exposed to the rich history and cultures of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is a firm believer that it’s never too early to begin the journey, and offers college tours, the Psi Phi Beta HBCU-Ready Step Team and other experiences to light the HBCU flame in elementary and middle school students nationwide.
Show Highlights
- Is coding the answer?
- An HBCU coding project
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Show Highlights
- I’m no longer an ally and here’s why…
- “And what did you do?”
- Not doing anything is not doing anything
- Performative Wokeness
- What are your motives
- Am I doing enough?
- Joining an organization
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Show Highlights
- A lot of us have lost our joy
- Book banning is not new
- Book banning over the past year
- Who is getting banned?
- Kendi’s thoughts on book banning
- Students are starting to fight back
- 5 reasons why your kid should read banned books
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About Akil Parker
Akil Parker is the founder and Director of All This Math, LLC which is an educational services company focusing on building mathematics competency in the African-American community. All This Math was founded in 2017 while he was still a high school math teacher in the Philadelphia school system. For 16 years, Akil Parker taught high school math in various capacities and at various schools and programs before dedicating more of his focus to building All This Math as an institution meant to serve our community and reconnect people of African descent with their heritage as mathematically inclined people. He currently is still in the classroom, but as an adjunct professor at Cheyney University where he teaches math courses.
Professor Parker is also the creator of “Histematics” which is a teaching methodology that combines the subjects of history and mathematics in an intentional and meaningful way. He is currently working on a book which highlights and describes Histematics and its utility for people of African descent.
Many organizational affiliations have influenced his cultural and intellectual development such as the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC), African Heritage Studies Association (AHSA) and All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). In terms of pure mathematics he is also a member of the Benjamin Banneker Association and The National Association of Mathematicians. His children also serve as a major inspiration for his work in the community.
Show Highlights
- Working with Black students in mathematics
- Changing the mindset that math isn’t for everyone
- Suggestions for engaging Black students in math
- Culturally Responsive math
- Math resources
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Website
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About Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
Kwame Sarfo-Mensah is a 15-year veteran urban educator and the founder of Identity Talk Consulting, an educational consulting firm that provides professional development and consulting services to K-12 school districts, educators, colleges, universities, and educational non-profit organizations. He is also the author of two books: "Shaping the Teacher Identity: 8 Lessons That Will Help Define the Teacher in You" and "From Inaction to 'In Action': Creating a New Normal for Urban Educators".
A proud graduate of Temple University, Kwame holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and a Master's Degree in Elementary Education. He was honored as the 2019 National Member of the Year by Black Educators Rock, Inc. for his unwavering commitment to the advancement of the teacher profession. Kwame's work has also been featured on the Tavis Smiley Radio Show, Teaching Channel, Edutopia, Education Post, Citizen Ed, WGBH News, The Educators' Room, and Medium.
Show Highlights
- Looking at your next five years
- Considering starting a side hustle
- Other options to consulting
- Blogging
- Podcasting
- YouTube channel
- Getting started with sharing your knowledge
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About Bro. Henry McDavid
Henry McDavid, is the co-founder of KIKIFER’S Entrepreneurial Academy, the largest national entrepreneurial academy producing 6 figure earning students K-12. Henry is a well known author, professional speaker, and business coach and serial entrepreneur.
Henry's entrepreneurial spirit started young. While in high school Henry started a youth organization at Dekalb High School which garnered national attention bring him into the spotlight for his unique ability to take young black high school students with D’s and F’s and turn them into A's by establishing a passion for reading books.
Based in Chicago, Henry's goal is to provide an opportunity for future generations to be financially stable early, so that they can enjoy what financial freedom truly brings to life. Entrepreneurship fosters and thrives off of innovation. Innovation impacts not one person but all of humanity.
Show Highlights
- Kikifers Academy
- Entrepreneurship as a student
- Teaching kids about business strategies
- Mentoring students
- Stories of successful entrepreneurship
- Teaching financial literacy
Connect with Henry
Email: info@resinnovation.org
www.kikifersacademy.org
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About Geneva Gay, Ph.D.
Geneva Gay is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Washington-Seattle where she taught multicultural education and general curriculum theory. She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural education and culturally responsive teaching related to curriculum design, staff development, classroom instruction, and intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching, and learning. Her writings include numerous articles and book chapters; the co-editorship of Expressively Black: The Cultural Basis of Ethnic Identity; author of At the Essence of Learning: Multicultural Education, and Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Practice, & Research; and editor of Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency.
Show Highlights
- Gay shares her teaching background
- The origins of Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Defining Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Learning about your students and their needs
- Going beyond academics
- Kids on the battlefront psychologically
- Critical Race Theory and Culturally Responsive Teaching
Connect with Geneva
Email: ggay@uw.edu
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About Darlene Reyes
Darlene Reyes is a first-generation Salvadoran-American and alumna from Northwestern University. After graduation, Darlene became an AmeriCorps member for City Year, Washington, D.C. (CYDC), which motivated her to pursue a career in education. She is a 2019 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellowship Aluma who was selected to conduct research on the Imposter Syndrome in Brazil within Higher Education. Her first language is Spanish and she has a high proficiency in Portuguese. Darlene is an advocate for educational equity passionate about holistic solutions for students of all backgrounds especially students with layered identities such as students of color, first-generation, and low socioeconomic backgrounds.
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- The Advocacy Room
- Students working through gender bias at school
- Bias in classroom norms
- What happens when we place the burden on our students
- Student empowerment
Connect with Darlene
Email: darlene@leadingequitycenter.com
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About Emily Alicia Affolter, Ph.D.
Dr. Emily Alicia Affolter is the director of and faculty for Prescott College's Sustainability Education Ph.D. Program.Prior to serving in this role, she worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Emily earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Multicultural Education from the UW working alongside Dr. Geneva Gay, founder of culturally responsive teaching. Emily's current scholarship, dissemination, and facilitation revolve around culturally responsive pedagogy for teachers and leaders in K-12 settings and STEM higher education, and harnessing equity literacy in teaching methods, content, policy, and leadership.
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- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
- Creating spaces for vulnerability
- Systemic change
- DWGs
- Investigating your current practices
Connect with Emily
Email: eaffolter@prescott.edu
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About Plashan McCune, Ed.D.
Dr. Plashan McCune, brings over 30 years of experience in operationalizing mental health practices into educational settings. Her accomplishments are combining mental health and education for better life outcomes for professionals and students.
Her experiences include: Serving as an administrator for elementary thru high school in Chicago, Denver and Oakland. Adjunct Professor at Univ. of San Francisco, Leading Criminal Justice Reform and Mediation as a trainer with Northwestern Law School. Founder of a global leadership program for African American Young Ladies (AAYLS.) She is also the author of Trauma and Postsecondary Success A Framework for Systemic Change and presents and trains on this topic globally. Her career has been informed by her passion for social justice and systems reform to ensure opportunity and success for underserved populations. Dr. McCune specializes in infusing Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Practices focused on Culturally Responsiveness within organizations and educational institutions.
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- African American Young Ladies Summit
- Trauma and postsecondary success
- Supporting students with trauma
- Creating rules, consequences, and expectations
- MTSS
- Investigating your current practices
Connect with Plashan
Email: higherlearningu@gmail.com
Website: Higher Learning U
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About Johnnie Jackson, MBA
Johnnie Jackson (he/him/his) is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Supervisor for Marion City Schools. He is the author of Meditating Gunrunner Speaking, Part I: A Black Male Journey Teaching in South Korea. His dream is to diversify study abroad, international education, and teacher education!
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- Teaching abroad in South Korea
- Connecting with other Black residents
- Skills developed overseas
- Study abroad demographics
- Heritage programs
- Equity challenges abroad
Connect with Johnnie
Email: jjackson2@mcspresidents.org
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About Naima Duncan, Ed.D.
Dr. Naima Duncan is an Assistant Principal in Camden City, New Jersey. For over 25 years, she has provided mentorship to new teachers and professional development training throughout the United States and abroad. Her philosophy is rooted in providing quality instruction, rigor and high expectations to all students, no matter the background or challenges they may face. Dr. Duncan’s research entitled, "Kindergarten Readiness Expectations and Challenging Behaviors in Preschool Children: Is There a Connection?" examined state and federal policies that require preschool programs to meet new academic expectations and how they affect the primacy of social-emotional skill development in preschool classrooms.
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- School readiness
- School readiness during the Pandemic
- The link between school readiness and behavior
- Barriers to school readiness
- Strategies to support students and families
Connect with Naima
LinkedIn: @naimaduncan
Twitter: @NaimaDuncan
Instagram: @NaimaLDuncan
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- Prevention is essential
- Prejudice Reduction
Connect with Sheldon
Email: sheldon@leadingequitycenter.com
Twitter: @sheldonleakins
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
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- The academic expectations we have for our students
- Drinking from an empty cup
- Authenticity
- Comfort vs Discomfort
Connect with Sheldon
Email: sheldon@leadingequitycenter.com
Twitter: @sheldonleakins
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
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- Learning about the interests of my school’s community
- The few the proud
- Has this been your experience?
- Cultural Taxation
- What does educating yourself look like?
Connect with Sheldon
Email: sheldon@leadingequitycenter.com
Twitter: @sheldonleakins
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
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- What does language have to do with Equity?
- Language shapes our world and how we see things
- Should students be allowed to curse at school?
- Recognizing how culture plays a factor with language practices
- Setting norms for difficult conversations in class
Connect with Sheldon
Email: sheldon@leadingequitycenter.com
Twitter: @sheldonleakins
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
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About Nyree Clark
Nyree Clark is a Curriculum Program Specialist in Technology PreK-6 for the Colton Joint Unified School District. Her journey in education began in 1998 and has been referred to as her “Dream Job” thereafter. She has been a Reading Recovery Teacher, Gifted and Talented Education Certified Teacher, Reading Specialist Teacher on Assignment, and has earned multiple certificates and ambassadorships in the field of Educational Technology. She has taught Kindergarten to fourth grade and currently works at the District Level to support teachers, students, and staff in the integration and implementation of technology and depth and complexity to increase student achievement and productivity.
Professionally, Nyree, was awarded the Affiliate Leader of the Year 2021 through Inland Area CUE affiliate and is a TOSAChat moderator which supports Teachers on Special Assignment worldwide. She is a Co-Founding member of Equity In Action CA which is a group of educators researching and implementing ways to diversify Technology Conferences and Professional Learning settings. She has been appointed to the Instructional Coaches Advisory Board for Future Ready Schools Organization which seeks to lead through innovative professional practices. She excels in making connections with people across the globe and is very passionate about amplifying the voices of the unheard through culturally responsive teaching pedagogy.
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- Disproportionality in school discipline
- Colorism in Black girls
- Culturally Responsive Practices
- Content Autobiographies
- Engaging with parents
- Additional resources
Connect with Nyree
Email: msnyreeclark@gmail.com
Twitter: @MsNyreeClark
Instagram: nyree_edu
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- The Story of Harry Washington
- When aggressions catch us off-guard
- Sometimes we miss opportunities
- Ways to disarm aggressions
- Ask for more clarification
- I know you didn’t mean anything by…
- Share your vulnerability
- Being confident in our approach
Connect with Sheldon
IG: @sheldoneakins
Twitter: @sheldonleakins
Email: sheldon@leadingequitycenter.com
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About Aasimah Navlakhi
Having experienced firsthand the life-changing power of great schools, Aasimah Navlakhi (she/her/hers) is committed to ensuring that all students have equal opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Aasimah began her career as a speech and performance teacher in her hometown of Bangalore, India, and now serves as the Chief Executive Officer of BES (formerly Building Excellent Schools), a national nonprofit that identifies and prepares excellent leaders to transform education in their communities.
Show Highlights
- Taking on a new role as CEO and the importance of a listening tour
- Discovering the organization’s mission doesn’t align with the approach to school models
- Shifting away from “No Excuses”
- Identifying White Supremacy Culture
- Navigating any resistance to change
- Collecting other forms of data
Connect with BES
YouTube
Website
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About Chanel Johnson
Chanel Johnson is from Atlanta, Georgia, and currently lives in Atlanta as a Science Specialist for the 5th largest district. She has served countless students and educators since 2009, focusing on the areas of math, science, instructional technology, and coaching. Whether teaching students or teaching adults, her passion is to teach and ignite all voices so that they are heard. She believes in developing digital age learners and digital age educators by stimulating a culture of empowered learners through applying 5 C’s (Creativity, Collaboration, Citizenship, Communication, and Critical Thinking).
Her passion is to show stakeholders how with current researched-based instructional strategies, empowering all learners’ voices, especially those often silenced, fostering a dedicated community. All learners can meet their highest potential. Chanel usually develops and executes professional development around the implementation of content and instructional technology fluently. She believes instruction consists of Standards-Aligned Content, Appropriate Pedagogy, and Technology Integration. The most crucial factor is to remember we are teaching the child before the content.
Chanel believes in the power of community and collaboration through being a part of countless professional learning networks often sparked from social media platforms such as Twitter. You can follow Chanel on Twitter as Dc_stemtastic. She has conducted several professional developments in training coaches, educators, and instructional leaders towards using the most appropriate technology to empower all voices in science education. She has presented at countless national and local conferences, served as an ASCD’s Emerging 2019 Leader. Chanel is also the newly appointed Vice President for GSTA ( Georgia Science Teacher Association), ISTE Certified Educator, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Google Certified Level 1, Flipgrid Ambassador, Nearpod Advanced Educator, and countless more accolades.
On a personal level, Chanel is a proud wife to her husband, Martin. Mother to three kids, Shaylyn, a set of Twins, Christian, and Chloe.
Show Highlights
- Utilizing cultural situations for STEM activities
- Ways to ask questions about culture
- Cultural Relevance beyond equations and formulas
- Teaching kids the how
- Using movies for cultural relevant lessons
Connect with Chanel
Twitter: @DC_STEMtastic
Email: dcstemtastic5@gmail.com
Additional Resources
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About Yvette Latunde, Ph.D.
Dr. Latunde is a Professor in the Organizational Leadership Program and Co-Director of the LaFetra College of Education Center for Educational Equity and Intercultural Research (CEEIR) at the University of La Verne. As she has navigated higher education and public schools, she found herself needing to engage in frequent self-care and purposeful interactions with diverse communities, in order to thrive. Thus she uses mindfulness, and applications of hospitality to lead, teach, mentor, consult, and coach.
Over the years she has published and presented locally and internationally on family, school, and community partnerships. Dr. Latunde is the author of Research in Parental Involvement: Methods and Strategies for Education and Psychology and numerous articles. She is a part of a team engaged in coaching school leaders on applications of mindfulness, and is the lead consultant for the African American Parent Advisory Academy, out of Riverside County Office of Education. Some of the work she is most proud of are the K-12 faith-based partnerships she has helped to develop and facilitate, to improve the ways in which schools engage with diverse families. She is also proud of the significant role she has played in the formation of African American Parent Councils throughout Southern and Central California.
Show Highlights
- Not assume that everyone knows each other
- Connect Black families to processes
- Connecting Black families to the curriculum
- Resources
- Hospitality
- Being relational and interactive
Connect with Latunde
Twitter: @doc_yvette
LinkedIn
Bridges Leadership and Education Service
Amazon Author Page
Faculty Page
Bruised, Yet Not Broken: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Students and Families
LE 60: A Voice for African American Parents: Parent Council Groups with Dr. Yvette Latunde
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About Nancy Markowitz, Ph.D.
Nancy Lourié Markowitz, Ph.D. is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child, where her work focuses on integrating social, emotional, and cultural competencies into teaching and learning across the educator professional development pipeline. She is also Professor Emerita in the Department of Teacher Education at San José State University and has been an urban elementary school teacher and K-8 school administrator. Her recent book, Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens: A Framework for Teachers and Teacher Educators, (2020), written with Dr. Suzanne Bouffard, serves as a resource for bringing a social, emotional, and cultural lens into teacher education and school classrooms.
About Suzanne Bouffard, Ph.D.
Suzanne Bouffard is a writer, researcher, and developmental psychologist who focuses on making research and best practice accessible to educators and families. She is currently Vice President of Publications at Learning Forward and editor of The Learning Professional magazine. She is the author of The Most Important Year: Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children (Avery, 2017) and co-author of Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens (Harvard Education Press, 2020) and Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success (Harvard Education Press, 2012).
Show Highlights
- Shifting from academic to social and emotional
- Things to consider regarding the first few weeks of school
- SEL everyday
- Reciprocal vulnerability
- Culturally Responsive SEL
- Staying grounded and self-care
Connect with Nancy
Email: Nancy.crtwc@gmail.com
Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child
Connect with Suzanne
Learning Forward
Suzanne’s Website
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Teaching with a Social, Emotional, and Cultural Lens: A Framework for Teachers and Teacher Educators
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About Richard “Pete” Hill
Richard “Pete” Hill, served 22 years on active duty with the United States Army and retired in 2006 at the rank of Master Sergeant. While serving on active duty he deployed to combat in the Middle East twice. He served in both Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. For his service, he earned the Bronze Star Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster.
Pete is a self-taught historian who focuses on legislation and court decisions that have shaped and are shaping how Black America is perceived by the rest of the world.
Pete’s educational achievements include a Masters in Human Resource Management and a Masters in Management with an emphasis in Leadership. Pete is also a Certified Diversity Executive and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Business Administration with Walden University.
Show Highlights
- The Great Flood of 1927
- The Great Depression
- The Great Migration
Connect with Pete
Gmail: petehill97@gmail.com
Additional Resources
The Story of the Great Flood of1927 and How it Changed Black Voting Patterns
How 2,000 Blacks were used as barriers at gunpoint during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Minorities and the New Deal
Episode 206: I Never Learned That in School
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About Richard “Pete” Hill
Richard “Pete” Hill, served 22 years on active duty with the United States Army and retired in 2006 at the rank of Master Sergeant. While serving on active duty he deployed to combat in the Middle East twice. He served in both Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. For his service, he earned the Bronze Star Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster.
Pete is a self-taught historian who focuses on legislation and court decisions that have shaped and are shaping how Black America is perceived by the rest of the world.
Pete’s educational achievements include a Masters in Human Resource Management and a Masters in Management with an emphasis in Leadership. Pete is also a Certified Diversity Executive and is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Business Administration with Walden University.
Show Highlights
- The Gag Rule
- Emancipation Proclamation
- 13th Amendment
- 15th Amendment
- The Exodus of 1879
- 19th Amendment
- Maceo Snipes
Connect with Pete
Gmail: petehill97@gmail.com
Additional Resources
Compensated Emancipation Act
Black Codes That Challenged the 13th Amendment
The Colfax Massacre and the End of Reconstruction
The South's Response to the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862
The Exodusters (The First Mass Migration From the South)
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About Carissa McCray, Ph.D.
Carissa McCray, PhD. (she/her), is an English instructor in K12 with over 11 years of experience. She has her B.A. in English, Master’s in Educational Leadership, and PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Her ongoing scholarship and work as an educator are driven by creating equitable learning opportunities through the inclusion of multicultural literature and media to transform curricula.
Show Highlights
- The basic needs of a child
- “Learning Loss”
- “Achievement Gap”
- “Resilience and Grit”
- “Parents don’t care”
- “Giving voice to our students”
Connect with Carissa
Twitter: @booked_wellread
Instagram: @readwithris
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About LeTanya Lawerence, Ed.D.
Dr. LeTanya T. E. Lawrence has built her career as an urban educator, researcher, and advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion. As product of urban education, LeTanya is committed beyond the call of duty to lift the voices of BIPOC student and family voices. She began her journey in equity leadership twenty years ago as a student in the Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers program (TSTT). In the TSTT program she fostered a love for mentoring, and nurturing students’ critical consciousness. LeTanya graduated Manhattan College with a B.S and M.S. Ed in childhood and special education, Sacred Heart University with a CAS in Education Leadership and the University of Bridgeport with a Doctorate in International Education and Educational leadership. After graduating Manhattan College she joined the courageous educators in New York City, DOE. During her induction with NYCDOE she was as a self-contained teacher, inclusion co-teacher and a curriculum designer. LeTanya transitioned from her home in New York City to Connecticut after she got married and started a small family. LeTanya is a mom to three beautiful Black unicorns: 11, 8 and 1 years of age. Her eldest son thrives with epilepsy and autism. LeTanya prides herself that being a mother and wife made her a better teacher and advocate. Le`Tanya is a passionate advocate for Intersectionality issues of race, gender and ability as well as she serves on the Board of Directors for the Epilepsy foundation of Connecticut.
For the past couple of years Le`Tanya has supported school partners across the Tri-state area on various topics including racial equity, special education transition, student discipline, co-teaching, culturally responsive family engagement, student attendance, special education leadership, culturally intelligence as well as she served on the advisory for the Black and Latino Studies curriculum as a contributor to the Black curriculum designer. This year she joined the leadership team of the Consolidated School District of New Britain to support the evaluation and development of a small program for students with social, emotional and behavioral challenges.
Dr. Lawrence was honored by Dr. Bettye H. Perkins, CEO of the Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teacher with the Trailblazer award for her lifetime commitment to equity, excellence and education and most recently through her dissertation research study. Dr. Lawrence completed her dissertation study Mosaic of Thought: A Qualitative Case Study on the Individual Induction Experiences of Black Women Educators (BWEs) in Connecticut Urban Public Schools." Driven by her own intellectual curiosities and professional reflections she wanted to know what have been the experiences of BWEs Her dissertation study focused on the intersection of race and gender to illuminate the teacher induction experiences of Black women in Connecticut. Some of the major themes in her study included Black Girl Magicians at Work and The Placeholder Effect (Lawrence, 2021). Dr. Lawrence developed the Blossom model, a three-dimensional research informed framework to support the mentoring of Black women educators and leaders.
Dr. Lawrence is the founder of Elle’s H.E.A.R.T LLC. Her organization focuses on helping the community through a lens of equity for education, advocacy, research and teacher mentoring. Elle’s H.E.A.R.T provides support around: program evaluation; increasing inclusion options for students with disabilities; making space for BIPOC families’ voices; coaching instructional teams to develop culturally intelligent curriculum; and executive coaching for educational leaders on how to address access barriers for staff and students of color. Throughout her work Dr. Lawrence persists in the face of adversity as she noted, “Because our kids need to see us… because our kids need to hear us,” she presses on.
Show Highlights
- Trends in Special Education
- Deficit mindsets
- Understanding cultural differences
- Implicit and Explicit experiences
- Mentoring Black Women educators
- Staying grounded and self-care
Connect with LeTanya
Twitter: @UptownMagic
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lètanya-lawrence-ed-d-752ba854
Please send all requests for support to Ellesheartconsulting@gmail.com
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About Rosa Isiah, Ed.D.
Dr. Rosa Isiah has served students in her community for 28 years. Currently, she serves as Director of Elementary, Equity, and Access in NLMUSD. Dr. Isiah is passionate about equity and social justice, multilingual Ed, leadership, and closing opportunity gaps for historically underserved students. Dr. Isiah’s experiences as an immigrant, English learner, and a child in poverty add to her passion for her work.
Dr. Isiah is founder of #WeLeadEd Twitter chat and the WeleadED BAMradio radio podcast focused on Ed Leadership and Social Justice. Dr. Isiah co-authored five books on the whole child, equity, leadership, and the power of relationships, including Beyond Conversations About Race (2021). Dr. Isiah contributes her voice to blogs, podcasts, and books on social justice, diversity, equity, access, and women in leadership. Dr. Isiah was the recipient of the Loyola Marymount University 2019 Leader for Social Justice award.
Dr. Isiah is a Solution Tree Culture and Equity professional development associate. She has also presented on social justice topics at conferences including AMLE Guatemala City and Hawaii, UCLACenterX Math Parent Project, San Diego County Office of Ed, NY SPED Collaborative, ASCD, ACSA Region 14, CA League of Schools, ISTE, EdSurge, Future Ready, ALAS and CALSA.
Show Highlights
- Parent engagement at the district level
- Parent Engagement vs Parent Involvement
- Re-engagement strategies
Connect with Rosa
Twitter: @RosaIsiah
Instagram: @rosaperezisiah
Website: www.rosaisiah.com
Podcast: WeLeadED BAMradio
Beyond Conversations About Race: A Guide for Discussions with Students, Teachers, and Communities
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About Elizabeth O. Crawford, Ph.D.
Elizabeth O. Crawford is a teacher educator and curriculum designer specializing in global education. She has taught in a variety of school contexts, including elementary and middle schools in France and the United States. Currently an Associate Professor of Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Elizabeth supports educators to address interconnected global challenges in the curriculum. She values collaborating with other teacher educators, classroom teachers, and organizations globally to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership from the College of William & Mary.
About Carla Marschall
Carla Marschall is an experienced educator, curriculum developer, and pedagogical leader, who has worked in a variety of leadership roles in international schools in Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore over the past ten years. She currently works as the Director of Teaching & Learning at UWC South East Asia, with the mission to make “education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.” A certified Lynn Erickson Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Consultant, Carla is the co-author of Concept-Based Inquiry in Action (Corwin, 2018). Carla holds a Masters in Elementary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Masters in Applied Educational Leadership and Management from the Institute of Education, University of London.
Show Highlights
- Worldwise Learning
- Developing just citizens
- Global competence
- Connecting history with current issues
- Getting started with Worldwise Learning
Connect with Elizabeth and Carla
Twitter: @TeachGlobalEd
Twitter: @CarlaMarschall
Worldwise Learning: A Teacher’s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future
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About Michael Essien, M.Ed.
Michael Essien is an educational leader committed to equity. He is the founder of the Essien Education Group and is a certified Education Specialist in the State of California with 3 decades of experience. Michael became known for creating "Push-In Services", a successful strategy known to reduce suspension rates for Black and Brown students in multiple school districts. Currently, Michael provides workshops on Anti-Racist Discipline, Push-In Services, Project Based Leanring, and the Community School Strategy.
Show Highlights
- Antiracist discipline
- Ways we perpetuate stereotypes
- Sage on the stage teaching
- Helping teachers understand cultural norms
- Additional strategies for antiracist discipline
Connect with Michael
Website: essieneducationgroup.com
Blog: insidethemindofaprincipal.com
Twitter: @MichaelCEssien
Facebook: Essien Education Group
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About Leena Bakshi, Ed.D.
Dr. Leena Bakshi is the founder of STEM4Real, a nonprofit professional learning organization committed to combining STEM and NGSS standards-based content learning and leadership with principles of equity and social justice. She also serves as the Board Secretary for the California Association of Science Educators. Leena currently works with pre-service teachers at UC Berkeley and Claremont Graduate University teaching STEM methods and Universal Design for Learning. She is a former county and state level administrator and mathematics, science and health teacher. Her research interests include Science/STEM education and how we can create access and opportunities for each and every student regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or socioeconomic status.
Show Highlights
- Real Life Science
- Going beyond the textbook
- Equity in state standards
- Standards, Hook, and Society (SHS Method)
- Antiracist Science teachers
- Culturally Responsive Classrooms
Connect with Leena
Website: www.stem4real.org
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/leenabakshi
https://www.linkedin.com/company/stem4real
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/stem4real
https://twitter.com/leenabmc
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/stem4real
https://www.facebook.com/STEM4Real
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/stem4real/
Clubhouse:
@LeenaBMc
Additional Resources
- CASE/CSTA Equitable Science Education: Anti-Racism in Science Education: https://www.nsta.org/blog/building-anti-racist-science-classroom
- Equitable Access to Science Education: https://cascience.org/application/files/8515/6261/0691/Equitable_Access_to_Science_Education.pdf
- STEM4Real Website with our free lesson plan on Climate Change: stem4real.org
- Children's Book: There's Something in the Water: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/theres-something-in-the-water-leena-bakshi/1131140550
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About Principal Baruti Kafele
A highly-regarded urban educator in New Jersey for over twenty years, Principal Baruti Kafele distinguished himself as a master teacher and a transformational school leader. As an elementary school teacher in East Orange, NJ, he was selected as the East Orange School District and Essex County Public Schools Teacher of the Year, he was a New Jersey State Teacher of the Year finalist, and a recipient of the New Jersey Education Association Award of Excellence.
As a middle and high school principal, Principal Kafele led the turnaround of four different New Jersey urban schools, including "The Mighty" Newark Tech, which went from a low-performing school in need of improvement to national recognition, which included U.S. News and World Report Magazine recognizing it three times as one of America's best high schools.
One of the most sought-after school leadership experts and education speakers in America, Principal Kafele is impacting America’s schools! He has delivered over two thousand conference and program keynotes, professional development workshops, parenting seminars and student assemblies over his 34 years of public speaking. An expert in the area of “attitude transformation,” Principal Kafele is the leading authority for providing effective classroom and school leadership strategies toward closing what he coined, the "Attitude Gap.”
A prolific writer, Principal Kafele has written extensively on professional development strategies for creating a positive school climate and culture, transforming the attitudes of at-risk students, motivating Black males to excel in the classroom, and school leadership practices for inspiring schoolwide excellence. In addition to writing several professional articles for popular education journals, he has authored eleven books, including his six ASCD best sellers - Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School & in Life, Closing the Attitude Gap, The Teacher 50, Is My School a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Principal 50 and The Assistant Principal 50. He is also the author of the ASCD book, The Aspiring Principal 50. His latest book is The Equity and Social Justice Education 50.
Principal Kafele is married to his wife Kimberley, and is the father of their three children, Baruti, Jabari and Kibriya. He earned his B.S. degree in Management Science/Marketing from Kean University and his M.A. degree in Educational Administration from New Jersey City University. He is the recipient of over 150 educational, professional and community awards which include the prestigious Milken National Educator Award, the National Alliance of Black School Educators Hall of Fame Award, induction into the East Orange, New Jersey Hall of Fame, recognition as one of the World’s Top 30 Education Professionals for 2020 & 2021 by Global Gurus Top 30 and the City of Dickinson, Texas proclaiming February 8, 1998 as Baruti Kafele Day.
Show Highlights
- Social Justice Education
- Critical Race Theory
- Black Wallstreet
- Booker T. Washington and the Negro Business League
- Juneteenth
- The Equity and Social Justice Education 50
Connect with Principal Kafele
Website: principalkafele.com
Twitter: @PrincipalKafele
Facebook: PrincipalKafele
YouTube: Virtual AP Leadership Academy
YouTube: Principal Kafele Speaks to Educators
The Equity and Social Justice Education 50
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About Byron McClure, D.Ed.
Dr. Byron McClure is a National Certified School Psychologist currently redesigning a high school in Southeast, D.C. His work centers around influencing systemic change and ensuring students from high-poverty communities has access to a quality education. Dr. McClure has extensive knowledge and expertise in mental health, social emotional learning, and behavior.
Dr. McClure has done considerable work advocating for fair and equitable discipline practices for all students, particularly, for African-American boys. He has designed and implemented school-wide initiatives such as SEL, restorative practices, MTSS, and trauma responsive practices. As a result of this work, led by Dr. McClure, his school recently won the 2019-2020 Whole Child Award.
Dr. McClure has presented across the country as a panelist, featured, and keynote speaker. He believes in maximizing everyone’s limitless potential.
Show Highlights
- Culturally Affirming Social-Emotional Learning
- SEL in all spaces
- Learning Loss
- Critical Race Theory
Connect with Byron
Website: www.lessonsforsel.com
Twitter: @SchoolPsychLife
Facebook: @lessonsforsel
Instagram: @lessonsforsel
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Instagram: @sheldoneakins
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About Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D.
Dr. Eakins has a passion for supporting educators with the tools and resources necessary to ensure equity at their schools. Book him for your next keynote or professional development.
Show Highlights
- Thoughts on Juneteenth as a national holiday
- Professional Development for Individuals with Disabilities
- How young is too young to talk about race and privilege?
- What to do a teacher uses the N-word in class
- Learning loss
Connect with Sheldon
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
Additional Resources
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Leading Equity Center Question Form
They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race
Diverse Book Finder
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About Joshua Bornstein, Ph.D.
Josh Bornstein is presently Assistant Professor and Director of the Educational Leadership at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Bornstein has served as teacher, union leader, principal, staff developer, and school board member. He has worked in urban, rural, and suburban communities in Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. His research centers on inclusive educational leadership that eliminates race, class, gender, disability, and first language as predictors of student success. Since May 2020, Josh has hosted a weekly mutual support network of social justice leaders to meet the twin cataclysms of racial injustice and pandemic More info, including registration, resources, and archived video of past sessions available at www.solidarity4edleaders.com Dr. Bornstein can be reached directly at bornsteinj@fdu.edu.
Show Highlights
- Ableism and Institutional Racism
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports
- Responsibilities for educators
- Disproportionality
- Does Implicit Bias play a factor?
Connect with Josh
www.solidarity4edleaders.com
Email: bornsteinj@fdu.edu
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About Marcus “Sankofa” Nicks
Marcus “Sankofa” Nicks holds a Masters Degree in African American Studies from Morgan State University of Baltimore, MD. He has worked in Maryland’s Howard County Public School System for over 11 years as an Achievement Liaison for the Black Student Achievement Program. He teaches African American Studies Seminar and serves as an educational consultant for staff in his district on how to effectively teach students of color through a culturally relevant trauma-informed approach. His research primarily focuses on African American Educational history and the contemporary issues of Black educators who navigate educational settings. He has also served as a lead facilitator on many occasions for affinity groups and healing spaces for Black educators.
Show Highlights
- Practicing healing
- Healing within the Black community
- Expectations as an educator
- Affinity Spaces for Black Educators
Connect with Marcus
Twitter: @NicksMarcus
Facebook: MarcusSankofaNicks
Email: MNicks.historian@gmail.com
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About Hedreich
Hedreich Nichols is an author, educator and consultant helping educators and districts amplify the voices of all students. Hedreich’s YouTube series and podcast, SmallBites, further helps campuses amplify student voices by focusing on equity in education. Between SmallBites and her work as a writer, Hedreich works to help educators create more culturally responsive classrooms and campuses. Her Cherry Lake trade titles "What is Antiracism?" and "What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?" provide teachers with materials to help students understand systemic inequities; and her upcoming Solution Tree title provides educators with guiding principles to help them become more culturally responsible.
As a speaker at conferences like VASCD, MASCD, CUE, ISTE, etc. Hedreich provides educators with inspiration to move beyond conversations around race; giving them hands-on, research-based strategies that can be immediately implemented.
Hedreich received her Master of Education in educational technology at Texas A&M University.
Show Highlights
- What Critical Race Theory is not
- The tenets of CRT
- What can we talk about?
- Student-Driven instructional practices
- Why is CRT up for debate?
- Teacher training
Connect with Hedreich
www.hedreich.com
Twitter: @hedreich
Instagram: @hedreichnichols
Facebook: Hedreich Nichols
LinkedIn: Hedreich Nichols
Podcast: Hedreich
YouTube: SmallBites
Additional Resources
Idaho House Bill 377
What is Critical Race Theory, and Why is it Under Attack?
A Lesson on Critical Race Theory
About Sawsan Jaber, Ph.D.
Dr. Sawsan Jaber is a global educator of 20+ years. She has held a variety of leadership positions both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Jaber is currently a high school English teacher at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park. She founded Education Unfiltered Consulting. She works with schools around the country on curriculum mapping, strategic planning, custom tailoring a social justice curriculum for schools, and anti-bias training. Dr. Jaber is a Board Director of Our Voice Alliance (OVA) charged with amplifying the voices of teachers of color to create more equity for students of color. She completed her Ph.D. with a focus on inclusion and belonging of students from marginalized communities. Additionally, Sawsan is one of the founders of the Arab American Education Network (AAEN). She is a National Board Certified Teacher and has focused most of her research on engaging students in equity work and advocating for Arab and Muslim students. She offers the experience of being a member of a minority group as the daughter of refugees from Deir Yasin, Palestine. Sawsan is a lifelong learner in an ever changing world. Dr. Jaber has been featured in several conferences and podcasts.
Show Highlights
- Why we need to bring more awareness for our Palestinian families
- Misrepresentation of Arab Americans and Muslim students
- Historical significance regarding Israel and Palestine
- What educators can do regarding the Israel-Palestine Conflict
- Resources
Connect with Sawsan
educationunfiltered@gmail.com
Twitter: @SJEducate
Additional Resources
Books to Understand the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
Loss of Land
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About Randall Sampson, Ph.D.
Dr. Sampson is the founder of Liberty Leadership Development (LLD). The organizational mission is to ensure equity and access for ALL students through innovative learning models. Dr. Sampson has experience at the K-12 secondary education level as an administrator, teacher and a national transformation thought leader.
Dr. Sampson’s skills were honed through the Harvard University Achievement Gap Initiative and teacher quality research with, Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson. As a result, Dr. Sampson's analysis of students’ performance data provided a national value-add approach to building sustainable learning environments.
The guiding principles of LLD strategy is found in his own published book “Welcome To The Grind!: How Educators Achieve Exponential Results.” Recently, this book was ranked number 21 of the Top 100 education books in the world.
Dr. Sampson’s focus areas include:
- Closing achievement gaps through the implementation and coaching of rigorous Learning Standards
- Systemically increasing college and career-readiness
- Boosting graduation rates
- Implementing Innovation Learning Pathways
- Building Public-Private Partnerships
Show Highlights
- Three approaches to equity in schools
- Connect
- Honor
- Amplify
- Motivate
- Purpose
Connect with Randall
Liberty Leadership Development
Additional Resources
Welcome to the Grind: How Educators Achieve Exponential Results
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About Kayce Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings is one of the founders of Girl Rising, a global non-profit that uses storytelling to change the way the world values girls. She now leads GR’s educator US Educator program, designed to bring the GR message of resilience, voice and agency to young people across the country. Previously, Kayce had a long career in journalism, most recently as co-founder of The Documentary Group and before that as an ABC News producer based in London, Atlanta and New York, and on the staffs of Nightline, World News Tonight and 20/20. Kayce currently serves on the board of Win, NYC’s largest provider of shelter to homeless families, and the advisory boards of SOLA – School of Leadership Afghanistan and the Bridgehampton Child Care Center.
About Ali Nagle
Ali Nagle is a Southern California girl who has grown into a New York-area teacher. For the last seventeen years, Ali has been teaching reading and writing in fifth grade at traditional public schools and public charter schools. Ali revels in the opportunity to nurture readers and writers and discussing the world with young people. As an educator, Ali explores teacher development and training both in the United States and in various rural communities in East Africa. Ali specializes in curriculum writing, implementing and sharing learning around culturally sustaining pedagogy, and educational leadership.
When not in a classroom or school, Ali enjoys traveling the world, playing with her dog, Archie, and spending time scouring the shelves of independent bookstores.
Show Highlights
- Girl Rising
- A curriculum for all
- Relating global issues to local issues
- Helping students understand their role in their community
Connect with Kayce
educate@girlrising.org
Additional Resources
Girl Rising Video Chapters
Girl Rising Educator Resources
Register for the US Educator Curriculum
Register for Teens Rising Together, the online module
Girl Rising on Flipgrid
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About Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D.
Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. is the Founder of the Leading Equity Center and host of the Leading Equity Podcast. With over 11 years in education, he has served as a teacher, principal, and Director of Special Education.
Dr. Eakins has a passion for helping educators accomplish equitable practices in their schools. He has earned a B.S. degree in Social Science Education, an M.S. degree in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in K-12 Education.
Show Highlights
- Defining Decoloniality
- The Legacy of Colonial Education
- Parent Involvement vs Parent Engagement
- Decolonizing your classroom
Connect with Sheldon
Twitter: @sheldoneakins
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
The Parent Engagement Training Series
Additional Resources
The Legacy of Colonial Education
Episode 16: American Indian Boarding Schools and It’s Impact on Indigenous Education with Dr. Jon Rehyner
Decolonizing My Classroom
How to Decolonize Your Classroom: Five Essentials Every Teacher Must Know with Dr. Michael Dominguez
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About Darlene Reyes
Darlene Reyes is a first-generation Salvadoran-American and alumna from Northwestern University. After graduation, Darlene became an AmeriCorps member for City Year, Washington, D.C. (CYDC), which motivated her to pursue a career in education. She is a 2019 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellowship Aluma who was selected to conduct research on the Imposter Syndrome in Brazil within Higher Education. Her first language is Spanish and she has a high proficiency in Portuguese. Darlene is an advocate for educational equity passionate about holistic solutions for students of all backgrounds especially students with layered identities such as students of color, first-generation, and low socioeconomic backgrounds.
Show Highlights
- Why student empowerment is important
- Learning opportunities for student work
- An overview of student sessions
- Discussing real-life scenarios
- What students are included in the affinity groups?
Connect with Darlene
darlene@leadingequitycenter.com
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About Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D.
Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. is the Founder of the Leading Equity Center and host of the Leading Equity Podcast. With over 11 years in education, he has served as a teacher, principal, and Director of Special Education.
Dr. Eakins has a passion for helping educators accomplish equitable practices in their schools. He has earned a B.S. degree in Social Science Education, an M.S. degree in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in K-12 Education.
Show Highlights
- The importance of student empowerment
- Supporting students after George Floyd’s murder
- Social Justice Affinity Groups
- Beyond “safe spaces”
- The Advocacy Room: An affinity space for student voices
Connect with Sheldon
Twitter: @sheldoneakins
Instagram: @sheldoneakins
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About Afrika Afeni Mills
Afrika Afeni Mills is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with BetterLesson and an Education Consultant. She works with colleagues, teachers, coaches, and administrators to transform practices. Afrika has been featured on podcasts, blogs, delivered keynote addresses and facilitated sessions at conferences across the United States. She will also be publishing a book with Corwin Press in 2022. Afrika believes that all educators can be motivated, engaged, dynamic practitioners and leaders when provided with the support needed to create student-centered, culturally responsive learning environments that inspire wonder and creativity and nurture diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Show Highlights
- Racial Identity Development
- Being proud of our racial identity
- Tracing our ancestry
- Navigating conversations about race
- Additional thoughts on equity and accessibility
Connect with Afrika
Twitter: @AfeniMills
Facebook: Afrika Afeni Mills Equity Guardian
LinkedIn: Afrika Afeni Mills
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About Rajneet Goomer
Rajneet Goomer is an award-winning Director of Student Services and DEI Expert in a public school district in New Jersey. Her 16-year career in education has been rooted in equity, diversity, and inclusion for students, families and staff. Rajneet is the co-chair of the District Equity Council in her current district. She is the voice and advocate for DEI in schools surrounding race, programmatic equity, and inclusion for all students including students with identified needs. Recently, she designed and currently facilitates a POC Employee Resource Group which has become an invaluable safe space for employees of color. Rajneet’s passion extends to designing and leading ongoing professional development and workshops in a variety of areas including DE&I. In 2019, Rajneet was honored with the Mimi Ballard CANDO Award from ResearchILD for innovative, strategic planning and implementation. Rajneet is an empathetic and mission-driven leader dedicated to meaningful change. She is passionate about sharing her expertise and learning others to help them thrive both personally and professionally.
Show Highlights
- The first few months in a DEI position
- What happens after a PD session
- Should we recognize cultural holidays?
- Emphasizing cultural holidays as a cultural outsider
- Making clear expectations for training
- Resources for equity work
- Dealing with pushback and unrealistic expectations
Connect with Rajneet
Twitter: @rpkgoomer
LinkedIn: Rajneet Goomer
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About Lindsay Lyons, Ph.D.
Lindsay Lyons is an educational consultant who works with teachers and school leaders to inspire educational innovation for racial and gender justice, design curricula grounded in student voice, and build capacity for shared leadership. Lindsay taught in NYC public schools, holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, and is the founder of the educational blog and podcast, Time for Teachership.
Show Highlights
- Shifting mindsets that Social Justice is essential in everything we do
- Defining Justice
- Embedding Social Justice in lessons
- Going beyond oppression
Connect with Lindsay
bit.ly/backwardsplantemplate
bit.ly/curriculumbootcamp
www.lindsaybethlyons.com
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About Ayodele Harrison
Ayodele Harrison is an engineer turned education leader, entrepreneur, and certified compassion-based meditation teacher. At the end of his 16th year as a math teacher, Ayodele left the classroom when his desire to continue to grow as a teacher-leader was not nurtured by his school’s administration. Now, as Senior Partner of Education and Director of BMEsTalk with CommunityBuild Ventures, Ayodele leads the work in partnering with public, private and international schools to remedy and reverse the educational inequities students, parents, caregivers, teachers and staff and community members experience everyday.
Ayodele is a fearless and compassionate champion for racial equity, Black Male Educators, and equity-centered school improvement. He has over 20 years of experience in teaching and leading in public, private, and international schools. For four of those years, Ayodele taught at the American International School of Johannesburg in South Africa. He has served as a classroom teacher, content specialist, department chair, mentor, football and basketball coach, in-school and out-of-school program directors, consultant, and thought partner.
Show Highlights
- The state of equity within the next six months
- Working with students
- The role of Black male educators
- Burnout with BMEs
- Strategies to create more balance
- The power of mentorship
Connect with Ayodele
LinkedIn: AyodeleHarrison
Twitter: @Ayodele_Har78
PodCast: AyodeleSpeaks
Website: CommunityBuildVentures.com
Website: BMEsTalk.com
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About Shelby Kretz
Shelby Kretz is the creator of Little Justice Leaders, a subscription box that provides resources for kids to learn about social justice. Each month, educators and caregivers receive a box that provides all the resources needed to engage with kids about a different topic of social justice in an age-appropriate way. Shelby is also the co-founder of 1girl, a non-profit organization that brings leadership programming to middle school girls. She is a UCLA educational researcher and Ph.D. candidate working under Dr. Pedro Noguera, and her research focuses on the connection between the education system and the juvenile (in)justice system.
Show Highlights
- Little Justice Leaders
- Social Justice Education
- Embedding SJ in our classrooms
- Educational systems need to change
- No more excuses
- Transform with purpose
Connect with Shelby
littlejusticeleaders.com
Instagram: @littlejusticeleaders
shelby@littlejusticeleaders.com
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About Lorea Martinez, Ph.D.
Dr. Lorea Martínez Pérez is the award-winning founder of HEART in Mind Consulting, a company dedicated to helping schools and organizations integrate Social Emotional Learning in their practices, products, and learning communities. An educator who has worked with children and adults internationally, Dr. Martínez is a faculty member at Columbia University Teachers College, educating aspiring principals in Emotional Intelligence. Her second book for educators, Teaching with the HEART in Mind, is currently available. Previously, she was a special education teacher and administrator.
Show Highlights
- Teaching with the HEART in Mind
- Five Key SEL Competencies
- Honor your emotions
- Elect your responses
- Apply empathy
- Reignite your relationships
- Transform with purpose
Connect with Lorea
Teaching with the HEART in Mind: A Complete Educator’s Guide to Social Emotional Learning
loreamartinez.com
Twitter: @loreamart
Facebook: loreamartinezSEL
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About Tracy Piper, Ed.D.
Each day brings a new opportunity to serve the community. Dr. Piper's work is focused on improving outcomes for all students, especially those from underserved groups. She provides leadership in examining practices that create inclusive systems to support students, staff and families.
Dr. Piper began her career as a stockbroker and changed careers to bring positive changes to her community in education. She has served as a teacher, site administrator and district administrator. With degrees from Northeastern Illinois University, California State University and University of LaVerne she has worked in public schools for 20 years.
She has twin daughters and lives in southern California with three lovable rescue dogs. She serves on the Boards of California Association of Pupil Personnel Administrators (CAPPA) and the Center Against Sexual Assault (CASA).
Show Highlights
- The school to prison pipeline
- Zero tolerance policies
- In-school suspensions
- Vulnerable decision points
- Alternatives to suspensions
- Student and teacher dynamics
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In-school suspensions the answer to school discipline? Not necessarily, experts say
Twitter: @drtracypiper
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About Khadeejah Smith
Khadeejah Smith holds a bachelor of science in Finance from Northeastern University. A Masters of Arts in Teaching Mathematics from the University of the District of Columbia and a Masters of Science in Education Leadership from Columbia University, Teachers College. Khadeejah Smith has been an educator for over ten years in the metropolitan District of Columbia area. She began her teaching career in Boston Public Schools as a high school math teacher. Khadeejah's experience expands from high school math, home-school early childhood, middle school math teacher, instructional coach, and principal. She brings a diverse view to education from public, charter and private school sector.
Khadeejah is also known as 'EdGapCloser' because she is committed to closing the 'achievement gap' that exist between African-American, Latinos, White, and Asian students due to the lack of equitable resources and opportunities presented to the two groups. Through her commitment to STEM education Khadeejah has spent the last 11 years focused on project-based learning. She understood early in her career the importance of students making real-world connections to make math relevant. She created the real-world project to provide students with a financial assimilation experience to expose students to investment terms and philosophies. This eight week intense project allows students research a salaries, taxes, and daily expenses in order to create budget to survive in their "real-world". As a stay-at-home mom she was able to see first-hand how children take in the world and make meaning. This ability has allowed her to develop creative instructional techniques with teachers that address the whole-child. Being a mom, teacher and instructional leader she has learned how to recognize, develop and act to equip students with tools that will enable them as global citizens ready to solve 21st Century challenges in their community and the world.
Khadeejah began G.R.I.T. Parent vlog this past summer to encourage parent engagement that would extend beyond the school walls. Each video is designed to assist parents in preparing generation ‘Z’ children in navigating life with grit, real-world experiences, independence and critically thinking skills.
Khadeejah Smith is a five time recipient of the Sontag Prize in Urban Education where outstanding teachers in Math and English Language Arts are recognized for their instructional efforts. For one week she returns to Massachusetts in the city of Lawrence to teach their "Math Acceleration Academy" to support struggling learners.
Currently, Khadeejah uses EdGapClosers L.L.C. as a vehicle for public speaking, educator training and community outreach as pathways to create equity in education for African-American and Latino children.
Show Highlights
- What school and home life looks like today
- Transferable skills
- Have we been coddling our students too much?
- The Healthy Struggle
- Teaching independence
Connect with Khadeejah
EdGapClosers
Instagram: @khadeejahsmith
About Tiwana Merritt
Tiwana Merritt is an international educator currently working in South Africa. She has taught most recently in southern China for 3 years and began her teaching career in Australia. Tiwana has specialized in outdoor and experiential education throughout most of her teaching career. She graduated from Southern Oregon University with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science then completed a Graduate Diploma of Education at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia and has a Masters in Educational Leadership through Monash University. As a member of the Teaching and Learning coaching team and the Service Learning Coordinator, Tiwana is responsible for the development and implementation of AISJ’s service learning standards. Recently, equity, social justice and power have become a focus in delivering service learning throughout the school.
She can be reached at:
Show Highlights
- Service Learning
- Teaching students about privilege with Service Learning
- Communicating with the local community
- Lessons learned as a cultural outsider
- Nelson Mandela
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Email: tiwanam@hotmail.com
AISJ
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About Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D.
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an award-winning associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education, Black girl literacies, and Black and Latinx male high school students. A sought-after speaker on issues of race, culturally responsive pedagogy, and diversity, Sealey-Ruiz works with K-12 and higher education school communities to increase their racial literacy knowledge and move toward more equitable school experiences for their Black and Latinx students. Sealey-Ruiz appeared in Spike Lee’s “2 Fists Up: We Gon’ Be Alright”, a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Yolanda is also the editor of three books on education, and numerous scholarly articles and essays.
Show Highlights
- Black Lives Matter Seminar
- Advancing racial literacy
- Digital Activism
- The armchair activist
- The fear of losing my job because of my social media posts
Connect with Yolanda
Yolandasealeyruiz.com
IG: yolie_sealeyruiz
Twitter: RuizSealey
Books
Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces
Love From the Vortex and Other Poems
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About Lauren Shallish, Ph.D.
Dr. Lauren Shallish teaches courses on critical disability studies, DisCrit, and inclusive K-16 education at The College of New Jersey (Trenton State). She previously worked as Chief of Staff at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, in the Office of Special Education at DC Public Schools, and as a qualitative research assistant for the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia University. She and her husband Justin are foster parents in Mercer County and actively engaged in the local Division for Child Protection and Permanency.
Show Highlights
- Students who have had experience in foster care
- Recentering the child first
- Resource parents
- Supporting students with online learning
- Racial demographics of students with experience in foster care
- Reunification of families and kinship
- Cultural responsiveness in resource homes
- Relationship building in resource homes
- Funding available for schools
Connect with Lauren
shallisl@tcnj.edu
Supporting students in Foster Care
Resources for Parents with Children in Foster Care
Supports for Foster Families
Books about Foster Care
Children's books about Foster Care
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About Anne Burns Thomas, Ph.D.
Dr. Anne Burns Thomasis a professor in the Foundations and Social Advocacy Department at SUNY Cortland and is the Coordinator of Cortland’s Urban Recruitment of Educators (C.U.R.E.) Scholarship and Program. Since 2006, she has secured more than $1,000,000 in support of the C.U.R.E. Program at SUNY Cortland. Her research interests are teacher diversity in policy and practice in teacher education and district contexts.
Show Highlights
- Scholarship to recruit more teachers of color
- Interest in recruiting teachers of color
- Challenging the “Good Enough” in teacher diversity efforts
- Strict application processes that limit opportunities for a diverse applicant pool
- Do principals really get it?
- Excuses, “we can’t find qualified teachers of color.”
- Suggestions to recruit beyond “Good Enough” efforts
Connect with Anne
Twitter: @aburnsthomas
Web: www.cortland.edu/cure
“Please Hire More Teachers of Color”: Challenging the “Good Enough” in Teacher Diversity Efforts
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About Kirk Kirkwood, Ph.D.
With over 20 years of educational experience, Dr. Kirkwood has a broad range of expertise in fund development, program design, and implementation. He is a graduate of UC Riverside and received his Master of Arts in Education from Claremont Graduate School of Education, a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary, and completed his Doctoral studies in P – 12 Educational Leadership from California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Kirkwood is the Southern California Regional Director of CalStateTEACH--the California State University System's statewide credential program.
Show Highlights
- Kirkwood’s story of understanding the value of learning math
- Challenges with math literacy
- A Nation at Risk
- What we can do to foster math literacy
Connect with Kirk
kkirkwood@calstateteach.net
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About Lacrecia Terrance
Lacrecia Terrance, owner and CEO of theEduProject, An advocate of comprehensive education for all students with a particular interest in children of color. Lacrecia, has been in the education field as a certified educator for 20 years with more than eleven years of her tenure in administrative capacities. Having served in every level of education including; a teacher, Academic Dean, Principal, High School Director, Instructional Coordinator, District STEM Director , National Faculty Member, and now Lead Educational Consultant for theEduProject and Adaptivex.
As a leader for change, Lacrecia has had the opportunity to learn and deconstruct systems necessary to enforce education equity, ethically and without liability through these experiences. While strengthening her skills in curriculum research, and designing high impact learning experiences, she continues to impact students and teachers around the world.
To provide Parents with the best guidance on how to connect home and school during COVID-19, Lacrecia was inspired to launch #HomeEdConnect. This initiative empowers families and students to learn together. The online forum is filled with resources, strategies, demonstrations, online academic chats, weekly challenges, and more!
Follow her journey Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @LTEduProject. Visit our website at www.theEduProject.org. Coming Soon EdPodChats.
Show Highlights
- Unschooling
- Getting started with unschooling
- Project Based Learning
- Providing oversite to students at home
- Benefits of unschooling
- Resources available for unschooling
Connect with Lacrecia
The Edu Project
Twitter: @LTEduProject
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About Dominique Smith, Ed.D.
Dominique Smith is the director of student services at Health Sciences High & Middle College, where he also serves as a culture builder and student advocate. He is also a social worker, school administrator, mentor, national trainer for the International Institute on Restorative Practices, and member of ASCD's FIT Teaching® (Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching®) Cadre.
He is passionate about creating school cultures that honor students and build their confidence and competence. He is the winner of the National School Safety Award from the School Safety Advocacy Council.
Smith is the co-author of Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management and Building Equity: Policies and Practices to Empower All Learners. He holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California.
Show Highlights
- Why we need to remove labels
- Ways to change our current practices
- Owning our bias
- Addressing labels placed on students by administrators
- What happens when you gather information on students from previous teachers?
Connect with Dominique
Removing Labels: 40 Techniques to Disrupt Negative Expectations About Students and Schools
Twitter: @domsmithrp
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About Gabriel Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Gabriel Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University in the School of Education. His interdisciplinary research explores the relationship between educational inequality and race, specifically the interplay between the academic achievement, equality of opportunity, and the identities of Latinx youth and other youth of color in the context of demographically changing schools and communities. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Speech Communication, a Master of Arts degree in Political Science, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Show Highlights
- Being BIPOC and growing up in a White community
- Niceness
- LatinX youth in suburban schools
- Linguistic police
- What does belonging mean at your school?
- Strategies for educators in suburban schools
- Should I teach in urban schools or suburban schools?
Connect with Gabriel
gabrielr@iastate.edu
Suburban schools as sites of inspection: Understanding LatinX youth's sense of belonging in a suburban high school
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About Mirko Chardin
Mirko Chardin is the Founding Head of School of the Putnam Avenue Upper School in Cambridge, MA. Mirko’s work has involved all areas of school management and student support. His greatest experience and passion revolves around culturally connected teaching and learning, recruiting and retaining educators of color, restorative practice, and school culture. He delivers keynotes across the nation on equity, social justice, and personal narrative. He is also a race, diversity, and cultural proficiency facilitator and leadership coach for the Aspire Institute at Boston University’s New Wheelock College of Human Development. He is a principal mentor for the Perone-Sizer Creative Leadership Institute, a Trustee at Wheaton College, and an active hip-hop artist.
About Katie Novak, Ed.D.
Katie Novak, EdD is an internationally renowned education consultant as well as a practicing leader in education in Massachusetts. With 17 years of experience in teaching and administration, an earned doctorate in curriculum and teaching, and seven published books, Katie designs and presents workshops both nationally and internationally focusing on the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and universally designed leadership.
Show Highlights
- Equity by Design
- Missed opportunities when providing options for students
- Are we creating barriers for our students?
- Intent and Impact
- Are we giving ourselves more work when using UDL?
Connect with Mirko and Katie
Twitter - @MirkoMilk
Twitter - @KatieNovakUDL
Equity by Design: Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL
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About Todd Mealy, Ph.D.
Todd is the author of seven books, including Race-Conscious Pedagogy: Disrupting Racism at Majority-White Schools (2020); Displaced: A Holocaust Memoir and the Road to a New Beginning with Linda Schwab (2019); Glenn Killinger, All American: Penn State's World War I Era Sports Hero (2018); This Is the Rat Speaking: Black Power and the Promise of Racial Consciousness at Franklin and Marshall College in the Age of the Takeover (2017); Legendary Locals of Harrisburg (2014), Aliened American: A Biography of William Howard Day, 1825-1900, Vols. I and II (2010); and Biography of an Antislavery City: Antislavery Activists, Abolitionists, and Underground Railroad Operatives in Harrisburg, Pa (2007). Todd authored a chapter in From the Pews: The Story of the Bethel AME Church in Harrisburg (2015). He has also published several articles in Pennsylvania Heritage and American Heritage.
Todd's scholarship on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania along with Black abolitionist and educator William Howard Day has been cited in works by Steve Luxenberg (Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation), Richard Blackett (Making Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery), and the late Hari Jones ("Deciphering the African American Mystery in American History"). His research on Glenn Killinger is also featured in Anne R. Keene's acclaimed book The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II(2018).
Mealy holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University. He also attained a Master's degree from the same institution, where he was the 2014 recipient of the John S. Patterson Award for academic and creative achievement. In 2018, he received the university's Sue Samuelson Award for his doctoral dissertation.
He is a contributing writer for Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine. His publications in the magazine include pieces about the 19th-century trials that led to the end of legal segregation in Pennsylvania's public schools; the abolitionist and cofounder of the Liberty Party Francis Julius LeMoyne; an All-American football player from Penn State who reached the pinnacle of his career following World War I named Glenn Killinger; the 100-year history of the Penn State Nittany Lions - Pittsburgh Panthers football rivalry; and the greatest African American women's tennis and basketball player before World War II, Ora Mae Washington.
Todd's latest publication in Pennsylvania Heritage is "Muhammad Ali at Fighter's Heaven," a 4,000-word article taking a look at the eight years Muhammad Ali spent training at a long-forgotten training camp in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He has one forthcoming article due out in Spring 2021 titled "Without Fear and without Reproach: Octavius V. Catto and the Early Civil Rights Movement in Pennsylvania," which explores the life of Octavius Catto, an African American civil rights activist and educator killed in Philadelphia trying to protect Black voters on October 10, 1871, just a year after the ratification of the 15th Amendment.
The newest book written by Todd is Race-Conscious Pedagogy: Disrupting Racism at Majority-White High Schools (McFarland & Co.). It is an appeal for race-conscious education at predominantly white high schools. The book's Foreword is written by Dr. Terrence Roberts, known for his role as one of the Little Rock Nine students that desegregated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Writing the Afterword is philosopher George Yancy, author of several books on race, including Across Black Spaces; Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Race in America; and On Race: 34 Conversations in a Time of Crisis.
In 2020, Todd launched the Equity Institute for Race-Conscious Pedagogy, LLC to advance scholarship in race-centered learning while advocating for social justice through pedagogy and curriculum. Founded to help educators at all levels write curriculum with a critical race lens, the institute also carries a research agenda to enhance race-conscious pedagogies through academic publications.
Todd also is an adjunct professor in the History Department at Dickinson College and works as Director of Equity and Instruction at The Bond Educational Group. The Bond offers coaching services to under-resourced K-12 and postsecondary students and provides professional development coaching to educators, athletic coaches, and professionals in the corporate sector, which includes specifically tailored programming. As Director of Equity and Instruction, Todd is The Bond's curriculum writer.
Mealy was born in Bradford in 1979, grew up in Harrisburg, and currently lives in Lancaster with his wife, Melissa, Ed.D., son, Carter, and daughter, Adeline. He has taught in Lancaster County public schools since 2001. He spends summers traveling to countries in Europe, Asia, and South America. He also coached high school football for twenty-two years. These experiences helped shape his focus on issues related to social justice, race theory, political history, and sports culture.
Show Highlights
- Race Conscious Pedagogy
- The importance of Multicultural Education
- The colorblind classroom
- When you haven’t personally experienced racism
- Being silent
- What happens when we shut down conversations about race in the classroom
- Authentic conversations
Connect with Todd
Equity Institute for Race Conscious Pedagogy - https://www.raceconsciouspedagogy.org/
Author's Website - https://www.toddmealy.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddMealy
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/todd.mealy.7
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-m-mealy-ph-d-37492b191/
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About Clement Townsend
Clement Townsend spent close to two decades in front of the camera as a Sports Journalist including time spent on the local news, cable and the internet. His career took him to several markets including San Angelo, Texas, Mobile, Alabama, Lynchburg, Virginia and Chicago Illinois. Clement has covered numerous big events throughout his career such as the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game, and multiple college football National Championships. Clement is the author of “How to Become a Broadcasting Star” and the founder of Broadcasting Career Mentor (BCM). BCM provides media training for youth across the country. BCM offers in person training and virtual training through the Video Journalism Pro Online Course.
Show Highlights
- Why representation matters
- Who is telling our stories?
- Opportunities for getting students involved with media
- Social Media platforms
- Can we integrate media beyond English and Journalism classes?
- Choosing a media platform
- The long-term benefits of public speaking
Connect with Clement
www.videojournalismpro.com
LinkedIn: Clement Townsend
Facebook: CTownsendTV
Instagram: CTownsendTV
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About Stephanie Abraham, Ph.D.
Dr. Stephanie Abraham is an Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education at Rowan University in New Jersey. Her research and pedagogical interests focus on the documentation of the rich language and literacy practices of racialized, emergent bilinguals, as well as helping their teachers develop high quality, critical pedagogies. She is the principal investigator of the Spencer Foundation-funded project, Translanguaging as Resistance and Restoration in a Community-Based Writing Center. Her scholarship has been published in Radical Teacher, the Journal of Education Policy, and Teaching and Teacher Education. Most recently, she has published a critical discourse analysis of the word gap discourse in Equity and Excellence in Education, showing how racial erasure works to make the word gap discourse appear as a humanizing solution to poverty in the United States.
Show Highlights
- The Word Gap
- Does a parent’s level of education impact the Word Gap?
- What is the Word Gap really about?
- The Wordometer
- What should we be focusing on?
- A message to future researchers of the Word Gap
Connect with Stephanie
stephanielynnabraham@gmail.com
What Counting Words Has Really Taught Us: The Word Gap, A Dangerous, but Useful Discourse
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About Deanna Lough
Deanna is a wife, mom, puppy mom, and English teacher and department coordinator, who has taught both middle and high school. She is a former Instructional Coach and current equity advocate. When she’s not teaching, Deanna can be found recording the Speaking Educationally podcast, enjoying the outdoors, and crafting.
Show Highlights
- Why gradeless?
- A journey of discovery towards a gradeless classroom
- How do you assess your students?
- The one-point rubric
- Getting students involved with their learning
- Gradeless during distance learning
- Gradeless resources
Connect with Deanna
Twitter: @Hessteacherest
Speaking Educationally Podcast
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About Taquan Stewart, Ph.D.
Dr. Stewart obtained his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Delaware. From there he worked with the United States Army, in the area of Interior Ballistics. After a short time in Interior Ballistics (and two groundbreaking ballistics reports later) he turned his attention to teaching. He began teaching secondary school science in the Christina School District (Delaware). He then brought his passion to Los Angeles, where he taught physics and other academic subjects. While teaching Taquan earned his Master’s in Education and Administrative Policy Studies, and his Doctorate in Educational Leadership. From 2007 through 2012 Dr. Stewart served as a secondary principal in South Los Angeles. He currently serves as Faculty Advisor for the CalStateTEACH and Los Angeles Urban Teacher Residency (LAUTR) programs, housed at California State University, Fresno and California State University, Los Angeles, respectively. He also coaches budding administrators. In addition to this he serves as Program Director for Project Youth California– a non-profit organization designed to provide additional educational services to underserved youth of the Los Angeles Metropolitan area – previously sat on several boards, and consistently mentors youth.
An educator for nearly 30 years, Dr. Stewart’s interests lay in the opportunity gap in science, urban education, culturally sustaining pedagogy, and the preschool to prison pipeline. In 2017 Dr. Stewart released Thoughts of a Ghetto Scatterbrain: The EP – a text using the intersection of science fiction and critical race to jump start the minds of educators (teachers, administrators, parents, family and community members) to dream of possibilities not always considered. In the same year he released a book of poetry, Penumbra: Me, My Shadow, and the Artificial Light Source.
As a teacher educator, Dr. Stewart stresses a humanizing pedagogy.
Show Highlights
- Preparing future advocates in teacher prep programs
- Erasing the “Savior” complex
- Challenging the concept of GRIT
- Taking a brave stance with advocacy
- Recommended literature
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Instagram: doc_alamin
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About Lee-Ann Stephens, Ed.D.
Dr. Lee-Ann Stephens, Minnesota Teacher of the Year 2006, has been an educator for 30 years with K-12 teaching and leadership experience. She currently serves as a teacher on special assignment with the St. Louis Park Schools in Minnesota, as the High Achievement Program Coordinator which serves Black, Brown and Indigenous students in advanced classes. She is an affiliate with Pacific Educational Group: Courageous Conversations about Race, an Advisor for Integrated Schools, and she has been appointed by Governor Walz to the Education Commission of the States, a partner with education policy leaders to address issues by sharing resources and expertise. At the beginning of the pandemic she partnered with other racial equity leaders in MN to create an Equity Lens Reflection and Exploration Tool for Learning, which can be found on the Minnesota Department of Education’s website.
She holds a B.A. in International Studies, B.S. in Elementary Education, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership. Her scholarship focuses on the needs of Black and Brown students in advanced classes.
Show Highlights
- High Achievement Programs
- Standards of Excellence
- Myths of BIPOC students and their academic ability
- BIPOC students are constantly having to prove their worth and abilities
- Retaining BIPOC students in advanced courses
- BIPOC teacher representation in advanced courses
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Twitter: @MNTOY2006
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About Floyd Cobb, Ph.D.
Floyd Cobb is an adjunct faculty member with the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. His coursework focuses on teaching methods along with the intersections of race, class, power and privilege. He has held a leadership role in issues related to educational equity for almost 15 years and has also served as a central office leader responsible for curriculum and instruction. Floyd holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and is the author of the book, Leading While Black (2017) and co-author of the book, Interrogating Whiteness Relinquishing Power.
About John Krownapple
John Krownapple specializes in professional and organizational learning and development in the areas of belonging, inclusion, and equity. He is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University where his coursework focuses on organizational and pedagogical responses to the issues that emerge from diversity, and he served as the coordinator of cultural proficiency and coordinator of diversity, equity and inclusion for 14 years in a public school district of over 50,000 students. John is also the co-author of Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity: The Keys to Successful Equity Implementation (Mimi & Todd Press, 2019) and author of Guiding Teams to Excellence with Equity: Culturally Proficient Facilitation (Corwin, 2017).
Show Highlights
- Dysfunctional equity implementation
- Functional equity implementation
- Sense of belonging
Connect with Floyd
Twitter: @DrFloydCobb2
Belonging Through A Culture of Dignity: The Keys to Successful Equity Implementation
Connect with John
Twitter: @JKrownapple
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About TJ Rumler, MSW, LISW-CP, CCTP
No sane person chooses the field of social work—there’s always pain behind the passion for the profession. TJ Rumler grew up in West Greenville, SC, seeing first-hand the impacts of poverty, addiction, and racism in his community. Two weeks after 9/11, he enlisted in the US Army. Deploying to Iraq allowed TJ to experience how difficult combat is on soldiers and their families, as well as many failures along the military’s journey towards successful treatment of PTSD. With encouragement from friends and family, TJ left a successful sales career and went back to complete a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Since entering the social work field, he has served fellow Veterans with the Department of Veterans Affairs, individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, individuals with HIV/AIDS, children with behavioral and mental health struggles at PRISMA Health, and currently serves the students and families of Greenville County through his role as Trauma Informed Social Worker with Greenville County Schools. He also owns a Trauma Informed Consulting Firm through which he provides telehealth psychotherapy, as well as customized trainings for various organizations and schools. TJ also serves on the Board of Directors for Pendleton Place and holds the position of Education Team Vice Chair for the Hispanic Alliance. When his social work cape is in the closet, TJ enjoys traveling, writing, cycling, yoga, and chasing concerts. He believes in the saying, “life is short—buy the tickets.”
Show Highlights
- Teacher self-care
- The impact of COVID and self-care
- Reducing anxiety during these times
- Developing personal routines
- Zoom protocols and etiquette
- Deep work and creating an end of day checklist
- Procrastination and self-care
- How school leaders can support teachers with their self-care
- Tap In and Tap Out
Connect with TJ
TEDx Greenville talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0__TbZ89N_w
tj@tjrumler.com
www.tjrumler.com
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Inquire about the Leading Equity Center’s “Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools” training
About Victor Small, Jr.
I was born in Hayward, CA and raised in Oakland and Stockton, CA. I graduated from CSU, Sacramento in 2007 with a BA in English Creative Writing and in 2014 with a Masters in Instructional Technology. I am currently working on a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice at CSU, East Bay. I taught English in public schools and charters for 7 years and was a substitute teacher 4 years prior to that. I got involved with Restorative Justice while teaching in the classroom, and have continued my practice of it as an administrator for the last two years in Oakland Unified School district as well as San Francisco Unified School District.
Show Highlights
- The end of diversity training?
- A historical standpoint as to why this work must continue
- Strategies for educators to continue the equity work
- Looking ahead for future conversations about DEI
Connect with Victor
Twitter: @MrSmall215
Website: www.therjleague.com
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About Inger Swimpson, Ed.D.
Passionate about teaching and education, Dr. Inger Swimpson has been an educator for over 25 years with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). She has served in a number of capacities including middle school science teacher, team leader, and department chair. Her progressive leadership roles include: instructional specialist, equity specialist, and Director, Certification and Staffing and Director, Talent Acquisition. One of Dr. Swimpson’s most gratifying professional accomplishments lies in the establishment of the BOND (Building Our Network of Diversity) Project, a networking, leadership, mentorship, and empowerment program created for African American and Latino male educators in MCPS.
About Daman Harris, Ph.D.
Dr. Daman Harris is currently a principal in Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools and a BOND Project Leadership Team member. He is a certified reading specialist and special educator with experience in academic support, student discipline, community outreach, technical assistance, and program evaluation. Dr. Harris is also an adjunct instructor for McDaniel College and the University of Maryland at College Park, where he teaches courses related to effective teaching methods, conducting research, and educational equity.
Show Highlights
- The BOND Project
- Wokeness
- Intentionality in hiring practices
- Antiracist interview questions
- Culturally Responsive recruitment
Connect with Inger
Twitter: @DrIngerSwimpson
www.bondeducators.org
From Just Being Woke to Doing the Work of Recruiting Diverse Teachers
Connect with Daman
Twitter: @Daman_Harris @bondeducators
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About Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr, Ph.D.
Dr. Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr identifies as a queer Black scholar. She got her doctorate from the University of Minnesota in Curriculum and Instruction. She has two masters’ degrees, one in literacy acquisition and development, the other in school building and school district leadership. Her research connects to the educational needs of queer-identified students, educational inclusivity, and critical literacy practices in and out of school settings. She teaches literacy content and pedagogy courses to pre-service and in-service teachers. She has published articles and book chapters in her area of study- teaching queerly, anti-oppressive pedagogy, and educational inclusivity.
Show Highlights
- Colonial Consciousness
- Queerness and Queer Pedagogy
- Queerness in Education
- State standards and addressing with homophobia
- District policies for LGBTQ+ students
- Colonial Consciousness and the Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Connect with Keitha-Gail
kmartink@umn.edu
Fostering Critical Colonial Consciousness Through Queer Pedagogy
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About Lorea Martinez, Ph.D.
Dr. Lorea Martinez is a social-emotional learning (SEL) consultant, supporting schools and teachers as they integrate SEL in their programs and teaching practices. Her clients include New Schools Venture Fund, Learning Policy Institute, Six Seconds, Nearpod, and public, private, and charter schools. She is a faculty member of the Summer Principals Academy-New Orleans at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research is focused on school climate, SEL implementation, and principals' emotional intelligence. She is working on her second book for teachers, Teaching with the Heart in Mind, forthcoming in 2020. Previously, she was a special education teacher and administrator. Martinez holds a PhD from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
Show Highlights
- Emotional Intelligence
- SEL with fidelity
- BIPOC and assimilation with SEL
- Equity in SEL
- SEL for school leaders
Connect with Lorea
Twitter: @loreamart
Website: www.loreamartinez.com
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About Mariana Aguilar
Mariana Aguilar leads the Research team at education technology company, GoGuardian. In her role, she seeks to understand the relationship between the digital learning experience and student outcomes. Mariana began her career in education as a Teach for America corps member teaching 3rd grade in South LA. Since then, she has worked with various education non-profits including Murmuration and Citizens of the World Los Angeles. Mariana earned her B.A. in Social Science with an emphasis in Psychology from USC, and an M.A. in Urban Education with an emphasis in Digital Learning from LMU.
Show Highlights
- Benefits of online learning
- The digital divide continues to grow
- Equitable pedagogy in online learning
- Online instruction in small group settings
- Starting the year building a virtual relationship
Connect with Mariana
Twitter: @MarMarAguilar
Website: GoGuardian
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About Mona Elleithee
Mona Elleithee has facilitated learning for students, teachers, and leaders across the country for over twenty years. Her craftsmanship as a master teacher has educators leaving Mona’s professional-development sessions asking for more. Modeling best practices as she delicately leads discussions on difficult topics, Mona is celebrated for the compassionate way she assists educators with reflecting on and connecting their own backgrounds to their current beliefs and practices without shame, blame, criticism, or judgment.
Show Highlights
- DEI titles and positions
- School discipline
- Causes of student behaviors
- Co-dependents
- Dysfunctional families
- The Discipline Triangle
- Recognizing our childhood trauma
- Getting teachers and administrators on the same page with discipline
Connect with Mona
Twitter: @renewedharmony
www.renewedharmony.com
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About Homa Tavangar
Homa Tavangar is the author of best-selling Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (Random House), co-author of five books for educators, and most recently, Global Kids, a colorful activity deck exposing children to world cultures and global mindsets. Homa advises and trains schools and organizations like Disney Channel, the National Education Association Foundation, and the Pulitzer Center on optimizing learning, empathy, innovation, global citizenship and anti-racism. She coaches heads of schools and education leaders around the world around accountability for equity and leading through crisis. She is co-founder of BigQuestions.Institute and OnenessLab.com. She serves on the boards of International Schools Services and the Tahirih Justice Center.
Show Highlights
- Global Kids
- Cultural Appreciation
- What is Global Citizenship?
- Global Citizenship and Antiracism
Connect with Homa
Twitter: @HomaTav
https://linktr.ee/homatav
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About Geneva A. Stark, Ph.D., CDP
Dr. Geneva A. Stark, servant leader, visionary, educator, achiever, collaborator, and a problem-solver. She is a native of New Orleans, La. that resides in Metro Louisville. She received her BS Degree from Xavier University of New Orleans, Master’s in Education from the University of New Orleans, Rank 1 from Western Kentucky University in Administration (Principal, Instructional Leader and Director of Pupil Personnel). She received her Doctor of Philosophy Degree as Superintendent and Instructional Leader, from Educational, Leadership, Evaluation, Organization and Development department from the University of Louisville. Dr. Stark recently obtained a National Professional Certification in Diversity and Inclusion.
Show Highlights
- Doing diversity is a lifelong experience for many people
- Racial Equity Policy
- Checking a box
- Creating a Racial Equity Policy
- Accountability
Connect with Geneva
www.gaspconsultant.com
Email: gasp0524@gmail.com
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About Stephanie Romero, Ed.D.
Stephanie Romero has 20+ years of experience teaching all levels, from elementary students to adults. She has been a mindfulness meditation practitioner for over 15 years. To join her mindfulness practice with her professional life, Dr. Romero spent three years researching mindfulness in education for her dissertation, which led her to create the nonprofit Awaken Pittsburgh, bringing mindfulness to youth and the adults who serve them. Dr. Romero completed YogaRoots on Location’s 200-hour antiracism and social justice teacher training and an Examining Whiteness Facilitator Training. She is a member of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Mindfulness and Consciousness Studies.
Show Highlights
- Modeling mindfulness as teachers
- Mindfulness during a pandemic
- Creating a self-care plan
- Getting kids into the moment with mindfulness
- Reducing test anxiety
- Trauma informed mindfulness practices
- Mindfulness and its relationship to bias
Connect with Stephanie
www.awakenpittsburgh.org
sromero@awakenpittsburgh.org
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About Scott Cavanias
Scott Cavanias is currently a middle school principal and has experience as an educational leader throughout the K-12 levels. He has been instrumental in implementing the World’s Greatest Schools process at two different schools, and has supported their transformations into places where beliefs drive everything for students, staff/faculty, and families. Prior to his work as an educational administrator, Scott was a high school teacher, Renaissance Advisor, and ASB Director. He has a passion for student leadership and building school culture, where his work earned him an induction into the California Association of Renaissance Educators (CARE) Hall of Fame. He was also recognized as the Bob Burton Spirit Award Winner by the California Activities Directors Association. Scott is also a part of the Instructional Leadership Corps, which is a joint project with Stanford University and the California Teacher’s Association and works closely with non-profit educational foundations.
About Jessica Delavigne
Jessica Delavigne is currently a district instructional coach and the 2020 district Educator of the Year. As a district coach, she supports schools’ work with site and district instructional focus areas and initiatives. Working closely with site administrators and staff, she supports the work that is being done with school culture, vision, and beliefs, and ensures that this work drives focus areas within the instructional realm. Ms. Delavigne has gathered experiences at a number of different school sites that have helped her to understand how critical it is to build a school’s culture, identity, and a foundation of collective values in order to effectively address instructional goals that must support all students. Ms. Delavigne understands and has experienced the power of a unified school culture and shared school vision, and knows just how much movement can be made in instruction and professional development if shared, school-wide beliefs are present.
Show Highlights
- Academic tracking
- Getting rid of track to support all students
- Equipping our teachers to effectively educate during COVID-19
- Student Panels and what to do with the data
Connect with Scott
@AIS_Principal
Connect with Jessica
@jdelavigne_rusd
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About Principal Deidre (Dee) Hannible
Principal Dee is an educational leader with nearly twenty years of experience serving students, teachers, and families from all walks of life. She believes in fostering positive and energetic environments where students and staff excel. Throughout her educational career, she has persistently developed, trained, and implemented curriculum and researched-based best practices to close student and teacher achievement gaps. She is currently a proud middle school principal in Texas, and the host of the podcast, Unapologetically Educated.
Show Highlights
- Why it’s important to have conversations about race in schools
- Essential life lessons
- Engaging in racial conversations
- Avoiding the conversations and settling for a video instead
- Do your homework
- Setting the stage
- Ethnic studies
Connect with Principal Dee
www.Unapologeticallyeducated.com
@DeeEducated
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About Brad Weinstein
Brad Weinstein is the Chief Innovation Officer and a co-founder of BehaviorFlip, the first software that utilizes restorative practices. He has been featured in numerous high-profile publications and podcasts including Washington Post, Cult of Pedagogy, and School Leaders Now. Brad also created TeacherGoals on social media, which is one of the most popular educational accounts in the world.
Brad worked as a Director of Curriculum and Instruction in downtown Indianapolis. Prior to that, he served as principal on the eastside of Indianapolis. Brad is a former teacher of the year and taught for 11 years at the middle school and elementary school level. He holds a B.A. in Education from Purdue University, an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana Wesleyan University, and completed a Principal Licensure Program from Indiana Wesleyan University.
About Nathan Maynard
Nathan Maynard is a youth advocate, educational leader, and change maker. He is the co-author of Washington Post bestselling and award-winning Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice. Nathan also is the co-founder of BehaviorFlip, the first restorative behavior management software. Nathan studied behavioral neuroscience at Purdue University and has been facilitating restorative practices for more than 10 years. He was awarded “Youth Worker of the Year” through dedicating his time with helping underserved and underprivileged youth involved with the juvenile justice system in Indiana. He was instrumental in the design and opening of Purdue University's first high school in 2017, Purdue Polytechnic High School, serving underserved and underprivileged youth in inner city Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to his four years as a school administrator, he was a youth worker and program director in a youth residential treatment care center. He is passionate about addressing the school-to-prison pipeline crisis and closing the achievement gap through implementing trauma-informed behavioral practices. Nathan has expertise in Dialectical Behavioral Coaching, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Youth Development, Restorative Justice, and Trauma-Informed building practices to assist with creating positive school climates.
Show Highlights
- Inclusive school environments
- Identifying if our schools are inclusive
- Inclusivity in online spaces
- Going beyond lip service
- Getting staff on board with inclusivity and promoting social justice
Connect with Brad
@WeinsteinEdu
Connect with Nathan
@NmaynardEdu
@BehaviorFlip
www.behaviorflip.com
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About Sawsan Jaber, Ph.D.
A global educator with twenty years of experience in a variety of positions, Dr. Sawsan Jaber is an educational leader in multiple settings in the U.S. and abroad. She has a passion for facilitating critical conversations about equity in schools with educators and educational leaders. Sawsan is a Board Director of Our Voice Alliance charged with amplifying voices of teachers of color to create more equity for students of color. Sawsan is a National Board Certificate candidate. She is the founder of Education Unfiltered Consulting. Sawsan is one of the founding members of the Arab American Education Network. She is a featured speaker in regional, national, and international educator conferences.
Show Highlights
- BIPOC supporting each other
- The fear of saying the wrong thing
- Challenges in racial equality and advocacy
- Words without action
Connect with Sawsan
educationunfiltered@gmail.com
@SJEducate
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About Barbara (BK) Kennedy, Ed.D.
Dr. Barbara Kennedy ("BK"), co-author of the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education, 3rd Edition (2018), is the founder of GlobaLingo Education Consulting, LLC. A multilingual educator and advocate for equity for over thirty years, BK has served as a teacher of world languages and bilingual education, district administrator, national consultant, and state director. Fluent in English, German, and Spanish, BK has conducted research on the bilingual teacher shortage in US K-12 schools. She devotes her everyday energies to supporting dual language educators in equity-focused program design, redesign, and evaluation, as well as through professional development.
Show Highlights
- Utilizing world language
- Emerging Bilingual and Multilingual Education
- Discovering languages
- Linguistic Equity
- Certification challenges
- Some strategies for recruiting multilingual teachers
- Compensation for multilingual educators
Connect with BK
globalingoed@gmail.com
http://www.globalingoed.com/
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About Ambra Green, Ph.D.
Dr. Ambra L. Green is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at The University of Texas at Arlington. Her research is focused on behavior disorders, positive behavior intervention and supports, and disproportionality in special education referrals and exclusionary practices. She has experience working within the U.S. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP) and serves on the OSEP Center on PBIS equity workgroup. She is a national special education scholar with publications and funded research focused on diverse learners with disabilities and issues of inequity and injustice for vulnerable populations.
Show Highlights
- What is PBIS?
- PBIS vs RTI
- Benefits of PBIS
- Challenges of PBIS
- Flexibility in PBIS
Connect with Ambra
Ambra.green@uta.edu
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About Kelli Rugless, Psy.D.
Dr. Kelli Rugless is a Licensed Psychologist and the owner of Flourish Psychology, a private psychological practice dedicated to meeting the unique needs of women. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Biopsychology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and her Master’s degree and Doctorate of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Health Psychology, from Loma Linda University. Dr. Kelli is a Board Member at Breaking the Chains Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on using creative arts as tools for healing eating disorders, disordered eating and negative body image. Her work focuses on delivering evidenced-based services in a culturally-sensitive manner to the women in her practice as well as making psychological concepts more relevant and accessible to the general population. She has participated in a number of panels, podcasts, magazine articles, and speaking engagements and is in production of her own podcast “The Hangup” which focuses specifically on uplifting women by discussing our unique strengths and how to capitalize on them in our everyday lives. Dr. Kelli is a member of several professional associations including the American Psychological Association, The Academy for Eating Disorders, and the International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals. Dr. Kelli lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and two sons
Show Highlights
- Equitable Learning Spaces
- Coaching Teachers
- Strategies for Instructional Coaches
- Issues with Bias and White Supremacy
- Healing Conversations
Connect with Kelli
IG: dr.kellirugless
Website: www.drkellirugless.com
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About Elena Aguilar
Elena has trained thousands of educators across the United States and abroad in transformational coaching. She is the author of four highly acclaimed books: The Art of Coaching, (2013) and The Art of Coaching Teams, (2016) Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators (2018) and the Onward Workbook (2018), and the forthcoming Coaching for Equity (August 2020). She is a regular contributor to Edutopia and ASCD’s Educational Leadership, and she was a blogger for EdWeek Teacher for many years.
Elena’s expertise derives from twenty five years as a classroom teacher, instructional coach and leadership coach working in diverse school environments. In her role as a consultant, she has partnered with leaders in public and private organizations across the United States and abroad. Elena is also the co-founder of Kenya Big Picture Learning, and she’s on the advisory board of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. Elena holds a BA in history and Latin American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MA in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her teaching credential from California State University, Hayward, and she also holds an administrative services credential. Elena lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, son, and two cats. When she’s not coaching or writing she enjoys traveling abroad, photographing birds, hiking, drinking coffee and reading fiction.
Show Highlights
- Equitable Learning Spaces
- Coaching Teachers
- Strategies for Instructional Coaches
- Issues with Bias and White Supremacy
- Healing Conversations
Connect with Elena
Twitter: @brightmorningtm
Website: www.brightmorningteam.com
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About Joe Truss
Joe Truss is committed to dismantling white supremacy culture in schools. He brings 15 years of experience, and originally grew up in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. A first generation college student, he graduated from UC Berkeley, before attending Tufts University where he got his teaching credential. He began as a high school Spanish teacher in East Oakland. After attending UC Berkeley's PLI program, he started school leadership work and now has been the Principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School in SFUSD, for 5 years. There, he has worked to grow Project Based Learning, restorative practices, and reading intervention. In 2018, he started his blog CulturallyResponsiveLeadership.com, where he writes about school leadership and racial equity work. He also offers workshops and leadership coaching.
Show Highlights
- Who is Joe Truss?
- What’s on Joe’s mind these days?
- Racism in America
- Digging into our ancestors
- White Supremacy culture and ways to dismantle it
Connect with Joe
Twitter: @trussleadership
Website: https://culturallyresponsiveleadership.com/wsc-virtual/
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About Julye Williams
Julye Williams leads First Book’s Accelerator - a division designed to shrink the time expertise from leading researchers and practitioners gets into the hands of educators serving students in under-resourced schools and programs. Julye began her career establishing free tutoring programs in New York City public schools, and went on to create the cultural exchange program, Global Youth Connect, to give students across continents exposure to one another. She later co-founded North Star Academy - Liberty Elementary in Newark, NJ that continues to educate 450 students annually. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, Julye holds an MBA from Florida A & M University.
Show Highlights
- First Book
- Sources of Childhood Trauma
- Trauma’s Effect on Learning
- Strategies to Help Students
- Compassion Fatigue in Educators
Connect with Julye
Twitter: @FirstBook
IG: @julyewilliams
Website: www.firstbook.org
Email: jwilliams@firstbook.org
Additional Resources
Download The Trauma Toolkit
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About Kelisa Wing
Kelisa Wing has been in education for 14 years. Her journey into the teaching profession began after she was honorably discharged from the United States Army. She served as a Youth Consultant for the Self-Expression Teen Theater (SETT) under the United Way in Toledo, Ohio. After moving to Germany with her family, she began substitute teaching, then transitioned to a Special Education paraprofessional, was a school secretary, and eventually, an Administrative Officer. She then taught 8th-grade Language Arts and Reading to military-connected students at Faith Middle School in Fort Benning, Georgia, has been an Elementary School Assistant Principal in West Point, New York, and is now a Professional Development Specialist in Virginia. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S. Army for six years and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. She is the author of 'Conversations' (2006), 'Weeds & Seeds: How To Stay Positive in the Midst of Life’s Storms' (2017), 'Promises and Possibilities: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline' (2018), 'If I Could: Lessons for Navigating an Unjust World', and a contributing author of 'Becoming a Globally Competent Teacher' (ASCD, 2019). She is a 2017 State Teacher of the Year, a 2016 Association of Supervision, Curriculum, and Development (ASCD) Emerging Leader, and the 2017 University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Edward Parnell Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. She is the only educator on the Education Civil Rights Alliance (ECRA) Steering Committee, and a member of the Leading Educator Ambassadors for Equity (LEAE) with the ECRA. As a member of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY), she has led efforts for mentoring teacher leaders through a partnership with 100Kin10, and she is also a member of ASCD. She is also on the Advisory Board for the Learner Variability Project (LVP) & Digital Promise, ASCD’s Global Advisory Council, and the ASCD College Football Playoff Foundation (CFP) Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline Working Group. She speaks both nationally and internationally about discipline reform, equity, student engagement, and many other topics Kelisa holds a bachelor’s degree in English from UMUC, a Master of Arts in Secondary Education, and an Educational Specialist degree with a concentration in Curriculum, Instruction, and Educational Leadership from the University of Phoenix. Kelisa credits her faith in God, and His grace, favor, and mercy as the key to her success. Kelisa lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and children.
Show Highlights
- Systemic Racism
- Teaching with Standards
- Overcoming Fears and Biases
- Teaching Black History
- Teaching Other Cultures to Students
Connect with Kelisa
Twitter: @kelisa_I2teach
Website: www.kelisawing.com
Additional Resources
If I Could: Lessons for Navigating An Unjust World
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About Desmond Williams
Desmond served six years at an all-boys school in Washington DC, teaching four years and serving as principal for two more years. His first year as an administrator reading scores soared to 64% proficient. In his second year, and upon his departure, The Bishop Walker School boasted reading scores of 83% proficiency. After leaving BWS, Desmond founded and launched Nylinka School Solutions. One of Desmond’s big goals was to help other educators increase the level of engagement and investment of boys of color. Mr. Williams does this by leveraging his experience and expertise to aid schools and school districts. The goal of Nylinka School Solutions is to help children achieve their dreams one solution at a time. In all, Desmond has spent nine years as a teacher and seven as an administrator. However, his greatest satisfaction is seeing kids maintain their enthusiasm for leaving their mark on the world. He has recently ventured into the world of writing. His first book The Burning House: Educating Black Boys inModern America was released in February of 2020 and debuted as a #1 New Release. In the fall of 2020, Desmond will return to Howard University to pursue his PhD in Educational Psychology.
Show Highlights
- Educating Black Males
- Issues of Standardized Testing
- Alternative Way of Testing
- Strategies for Advocacy
- Disproportionalities in Special Education Programs
- The Other Health Impairment/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Label
Connect with Desmond
Twitter: @Nylinka
#sobtc
Website: www.Nylinka.org
Email: dwilliams@nylinka.org
Additional Resources
The Burning House: Educating Black Boys in Modern America
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About Arun Boudh
Arun Boudh is Co-Founder and Director of Lokuttara Leadership Academy and its educational residence, Blossom Projects, which provides English, Technology, Mathematics, Art, humane education and various life skills to students from the most remote regions of Kerala.
Arun is from Kerala, south India, with a BAin Malayalam literature from BM College in Mavelikara, and a diploma in Buddhism and Social Work from Nagarjuna Training Institute in Nagaloka in Nagpur. He is a Buddhist Dhammamitra practicing in Triratna BouddhaMaghasangh. Arun has been collaborating with Dayamudra at Jai Bhim International since 2009 and leads social work trainings, educational workshops, and Ambedkerite Buddhist teachings across Kerala. Earlier in his career, he launched The Ambedkar Education and Cultural Society, which evolved into a democratic public space for the learners and artists, providing English and Music education and hosting public forums on Ambedker thought. Arun has translated three works of Dr. B.H. Ambedkar “Buddha and the Future of his Religion”, “1956 Conversion Speech”, “Buddha or Karl Marx”, as well as Urgyen Sangharakshita’s “Dhamma Revolution” into Malayalam.
About Dayamudra Dennehy
Dayamudra Ann Dennehy is an ESL tenure track faculty member at City College of San Francisco, where she works with language learners at all levels of English language proficiency in Credit, Non-Credit, and Vocational classes, in face-to-face and online classes. Dayamudra has led grassroots educational projects with a Mayan weaving cooperative in Guatemala and a Roma/Gypsy community program in Hungary, taught at a language school in Indonesia, has led yoga and meditation workshops across the U.S., India, Mexico, Scotland, and Spain, and has studied 8 languages, including English. She founded her own non-profit organization, Jai Bhim International, in 2008, which she leads as volunteer Creative Director collaborating with with an India-based team on an alternative leadership academy, serving caste-oppressed Dalit and Adivasi students in Kerala who have dropped out of high school. Daya is currently enrolled in the Educational Leadership/ Equity and Social Justice doctorate program at San Francisco State University, to be completed 2021.
Show Highlights
- Youth Retreat for Dalit in India
- Growth of the Youth Retreat
- Dalit Youth Becoming Role Models
- Leadership Academy
- India Schooling System
- India's National Languages
- Success Stories of Leadership Academy
Connect with Arun
arunboudh@gmail.com
Connect with Daya
Twitter: @sfdaya
IG: @dayamudra_esl
Website: Blossom Projects
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About Renae Azziz, Ed.D.
Dr. Renae Azziz is the Founder and Director of Virtuoso Education Consulting. She and her team of consultants support educators nationally with Equity-focused best practices.
Before starting Virtuoso Education Consulting, Renae practiced as a School Psychologist. Currently, Renae and team provide consultation, training, and facilitation to schools, districts, and State Education Agencies regarding Assessment, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Culturally Responsive Practices, Proactive Discipline, Implicit Bias, and Disproportionality in Special Education.
Renae is the author of several articles and professional development resources geared to supporting educators with developing awareness, knowledge, and skills to meet the needs of all students. Renae received her undergraduate and school psychologist training from Indiana University and earned her Doctorate in Education at The Johns Hopkins University.
Show Highlights
- The Problem of Disproportionality
- Causes of Disproportionality
- Making More Equitable Learning Environments
- How Disproportionality Effects School Discipline
- Mitigating Disproportionality in Schools
Connect with Renae
Twitter: @Virtuoso_Ed
Website: www.virtuosoed.com
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About Kiera Vargas, JD
Kiera Vargas is an educator who realizes that one of the key components to teaching is to “love thy student and nurture them like your own.”
She has taught in North Carolina, she was the 2019 Teacher of the Year for Madison County, located in Madison, Florida, and taught for a Department of Defense Education Activity School in Kentucky, and she currently teaches in the Language, Literature, and Philosophy Department at Tennessee State University.
Kiera Vargas has presented on various topics; to include most recently, “Librarians Being Open-Minded Professionals: Fostering Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity,” Building Teacher/Relationship;
Kiera Vargas holds a BS in Journalism and Mass Communication concentration Public Relations and MS in English Education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a Juris Doctorate from Charlotte School of Law, and an MLIS from Drexel University.
Kiera’s research interests are: Critical Race Theory, School to Prison Pipeline, Minorities and
Education, The Education Gap, Education Policy, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX, Information Literacy.
Main Points
- The Importance of Relationships During COVID-19
- Establishing Communication With Students
- Building Relationships During COVID-19
- Building Relationships Online
- Connecting With Students
Connect with Kiera
Twitter: @DrSurvivor Website: www.epifhanyshappen.com
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About Shamari Reid
Shamari is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University in the department of Curriculum & Teaching where he is completing his dissertation on the agency of Black LGBTQ+ youth in NYC. Before starting his doctoral program, he completed a B.A. in Spanish Education at Oklahoma City University and an M.A in Spanish and TESOL at New York University. He has taught Spanish and ESL at the elementary, secondary, and post secondary levels in Oklahoma, New York, Uruguay, and Spain. Most recently, he began teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on Urban Education, Teaching Developmental Reading, and Literacy, Language, and Culture at CUNY-Hunter College. His research explores the possibilities of involving Black youth in explorations of their agency, activism, and advocacy and what such explorations could mean for the preparation of their teachers.
Connect with Shamari
Website: www.shamarireid.com
Twitter: @shamarikreid
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About Terri Watson, Ph.D.
Terri N. Watson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership and Human Development at The City College of New York. A Harlem native, her research examines effective school leadership and is aimed to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of historically excluded and underserved students and families. Dr. Watson is the guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Educational Administration and History (Taylor & Francis Group) titled, A Seat at the Table: Examining the Impact, Ingenuity, and Leadership Practices of Black Woman and Girls in PK – 20 Contexts (Publication Date: Summer 2020).
Show Highlights
- Difference Between Anti-Racist and Performative Wokeness
- Kindness is Already Practiced
- Risking Your Job for Anti-Racism
- Leading Anti-Racist Work
- Providing Representation of Everyone
- Reconstructing the School System
Connect with Terri
Twitter: @terrinwatson
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About Amy Samuels, Ed.D.
Amy Samuels is an assistant professor at the University of Montevallo in Alabama where she teaches in the Instructional Leadership and Teacher Leadership programs. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education Social Studies, with a minor in Black Studies, from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Later, she earned both her master’s and doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of South Florida where she specialized in curriculum policy and development, Critical Race Theory, and practices for fostering equitable schools. Regarding research, Dr. Samuels’ professional publications in journals and book chapters align with the topics of educational justice, culturally responsive pedagogy, and race and racism. She has delivered multiple presentations at national and international conferences such as the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), American Educational Researchers’ Association (AERA), and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) on topics related to racially just schools, culturally responsive teaching, and strategies for creating inclusive classrooms. Her recent work includes Champions of Equity: Fostering Civic Education to Challenge Silence, Racial Inequity, and Injustice (Multicultural Perspectives, 2019), The Revolution Will be Live: Examining Educational (In)Justice through the Lens of Black Lives Matter (Journal of Educational Controversy, 2018), and Exploring Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Teachers’ Perspectives of Fostering Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms (The SRATE Journal, 2018).
- Discussions About Race in the Classroom
- The Idea of Fragility
- What To Do When a Teacher is Called “Racist”
- Having Difficult Conversations About Race
- Implicit Bias
Connect with Amy
Twitter: @ajasamuels27
Email: asamuels@montevallo.edu
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LE 97: 4 Things to Consider in the Pursuit of Fostering Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms with Dr. Amy Samuels
About Marty Martinez, Ed.D.
Dr. Marty Martinez is an educational leader in PreK-12 education at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) in Sacramento, CA. Marty currently leads the SCOE Principals’ Academy which serves practicing public, charter and private school principals in enhancing their leadership capacity and in developing practical strategies to support the development of learning cultures where all students thrive.
Marty has taught across multiple grade levels at the elementary school level, and served as a school principal/administrator at several diverse schools. In addition to his work at SCOE, Marty also teaches leadership and leading innovation courses in the Benerd School of Education’s Doctoral Program at the University of the Pacific.
Connect with Marty
Email: mmartinez@scoe.net
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About Beth Poss
Beth Poss is the Director of Educational Initiatives for LessonPix. She is also a speech/language pathologist and a former special education administrator, assistant principal, and assistive technology team member with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland. She is passionate about supporting all students in accessing a rigorous curriculum in a Universally Designed Learned educational environment. She is an adjunct faculty member for Johns Hopkins University and presents nationally on best practices in Universal Design for Learning, Special Education, Assistive Technology, Instructional Technology, and Early Childhood Education. Areas of special interest include Designing Inclusive Learning Environments, Visual Supports for Students with Disabilities, and Culturally Responsive Teaching.
Show Highlights
- What is UDL and why should educators be using it?
- Myths around UDL
- Differentiation vs UDL
- How to use UDL in the classroom
Connect with Beth
Twitter: @possbeth
Email: possbeth@gmail.com
Additional Resources
UDL Resources
Culturally Responsive Design for English Language Learners, The UDL Approach by Patti Kelly Ralabate and Loui Lord Nelson
Dive Into UDL, Immersive Practices to Develop Expert Learners by Kendra Grant and Luis Perez
Your UDL Lesson Planner: The Step by Step Guide for Teaching All Learners by Patti Kelly Ralabate
LE 75: Universal Design for Learning with Dr. Martha Ryan-Toye
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Bringin' Hip Hop Into Our Schools Virtual Summit
About Christian Chan, Ph.D.
Christian D. Chan (he, him, his), PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor of Counseling at Idaho State University and President-Elect of the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA). His interests revolve around intersectionality; multiculturalism in counseling, supervision, and counselor education; social justice and activism; career development; critical research methodologies; intergenerational conflict in families; and couple, family, and group modalities with socialization/communication of culture and social identities. His prior professional experiences include case management with foster care adolescents, career development, higher education administration, and individual, couples, parent-child, group, and family counseling services. As a recent recipient of the AADA President’s Outstanding Service Award and ALGBTIC Ned Farley Service Award, he actively contributes to peer-reviewed publications in journals, books, and edited volumes and has conducted over 115 refereed presentations at the national, regional, and state levels.
Show Highlights
- Children and their mental health during COVID-19
- Having conversations about what is happening with our children
- Understanding and naming our experiences
- Keeping traditions within the home
- School counselor supports for students
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scchat
- Different formats of teleservices
- FERPA and privacy with teleservices
Connect with Christian
Twitter: @christianxderek
Email: christiandchanphd@gmail.com
Additional Resources
#scchat
#counselored
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Teaching Online: A Step-By-Step Course to Launch an Equitable Online Course
About Tonya Ward Singer
Tonya Ward Singer is a literacy and language consultant who helps K-12 educators transform teaching for equity and EL achievement. Teachers and administrators describe her work as groundbreaking, dynamic, practical, relevant, and impactful.
Tonya is the author of bestsellers EL Excellence Every Day and Opening Doors to Equity. She co-authored Breaking Down the Wall and EL and literacy curricula for major publishers including Scholastic, Pearson/Longman, and Oxford University Press. Tonya has taught across multiple grade levels as a core teacher, reading specialist, and EL specialist, and excels as an international consultant helping educators collaborate courageously for equity in literacy and high-level core learning.
Show Highlights
- What is EL Education?
- Connecting EL Education and Equity
- Strategies that educators can implement immediately
- Differentiation in EL
Connect with Tonya
Twitter: @TonyaWardSinger
Website: www.tonyasinger.com
Additional Resources
Essentials for EL Excellence
EL Excellence Every Day
Opening Doors to Equity
Breaking Down the Wall
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