Equity First Coaches Institute Part I – Examining Personal Assumptions About Race
November 10, 12, 17, 19, December 8, 10, 2020; 4:30-6:30 pm EST
Over the last few months a very bright light has been shed on the racial disparities in this country, from our health care system as we see drastic differences in outcomes of individuals who have suffered from the COVID-19 virus to our criminal justice system where we have repeatedly observed and felt the lives of Black men and women taken indiscriminately. We know that the white supremacy ideology that drives our healthcare and criminal justice systems also influences our educational system. Our school data reveals to us that we have not educated all children well. It is time for us to fulfill the promise of education, particularly to those who have been marginalized by beliefs and practices that are steeped in institutional racism.
This six-day virtual training is not another surface level conversation about race or a quick solution to a persistent issue. It is for leaders, teacher leaders, and educators who want tools to build your capacity to access, engage, and sustain complex and challenging conversations about racial equity, identity, and implicit bias that lead to better action in schools. The work of dismantling oppressive and racist leadership and teaching practices begins with us doing our personal work first.
During this virtual experience you will engage in such activities as the discussion of texts, equity-centered dilemma protocols, and autobiographical storytelling that will support understanding and articulating own racial identity. You will also learn how to coach others to begin to develop a level of critical racial consciousness so that the influence of race and culture in our schools becomes personal and immediate.
Facilitating Virtual Learning Communities Webinar
October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 2020; 7-8:30PM Eastern
Participants in these sessions will engage in a variety of SRI protocols and practices to explore how SRI critical friendship can foster and sustain professional learning communities in a virtual space. Ample time will be reserved to debrief the virtual experience, examine implications for our work, and develop next steps in using virtual professional learning communities to engage more teachers and students in SRI’s Mission and Guiding Principles
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Our goal for 2020 is to help educators remember why they became educators, and to do whatever we can to not only help them to ‘feel’ supported, but to actually ‘be’ supported, and work together to create the schools our students deserve. I hope you will join me and continue to support SRI!
SRI is fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence, and we cannot do this work without your support!
Thank you for your commitment to students, families and communities!
Do you have news to share? Interesting things happening in your area? Please let us know so we can share with our community! Email Chris Jones, chris@schoolreforminitiative.org.
Thank you,
Deirdre Williams, Chris Jones, and Patrena Wright
On behalf of School Reform Initiative
