Formats
Leadership Teams and Professional Learning Communities
A year-long program that includes a two-day retreat and coaching sessions.
Outcomes include:
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New relationships and skills necessary to engage in racially conscious conversations and culturally proficient decision making.
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Strategies to engage the entire school community in eliminating institutional barriers.
Student and Staff
Retreats to help students, staff, and administrators have a meaningful dialogue about barriers to achievement.
Outcomes include:
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Staff gain a better understanding of the students’ experiences and perspectives on race and school.
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Students and staff develop new relationships and talk together about how race and culture impact teaching and learning.
Student Facilitator Training
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Students learn how to create a safe environment for staff and students to engage in honest and productive dialogue on issues that are impacting relationships and safety in many middle and high schools. Issues include race, culture, immigration, sexual orientation, gender identity and politics.
Parents and Staff
Parents, staff, and administration
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Outcomes include:
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Creating a committee of diverse stakeholders who develop the relationships, skills, and structures necessary to address racial and cultural barriers to achievement and parent engagement.
Spanish Language Dialogue
Facilitated in Spanish and interpreted to English.
Outcomes include:
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Strengthened relationships between parents and staff
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New Latino parent committees that engage more parents
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Improved cultural awareness and new strategies and policies for school staff.