Black Teacher Leadership & Sustainability Institute | Feb 22-23 | Online

As participants in our Black Teacher Leadership & Sustainability Institute (BTLSI), Black teachers and educators will deepen commitment and agency in their work while developing strategies for leadership and sustainability. Attendees will receive caring guidance and facilitation to collaboratively explore the personal and professional challenges they face as Black school-based educators. Through this experience, participants will have an opportunity to share, reflect, and set intentions for how to lead and thrive as Black educators in their different contexts. This 2-day virtual Black affinity professional development offering provides a space to build community with and learn from Black teachers and educators from across the country.

Participants will learn, examine and discover:

• Frameworks and protocols that foster equity-centered teaching, learning, and leadership
• The implicit and explicit work of Black teachers in the United States
• How to navigate individual and organizational dynamics that impede the development and sustainability of Black teachers
• Deepened understanding of socio-political contexts and how racial oppression affects education policies and practice. We believe working toward liberation means understanding how oppression plays out!
• The importance of emotional intelligence and wellness for Black teachers in schools
• Concrete skills for health, wellness, and leadership in challenging contexts
• Research, strategies, and tools to support the leadership and sustainability of Black teachers in an oppressive system

Black teachers and educators working in the educational ecosystem (TK-12 schools, higher ed, education-focused nonprofits, etc) who are able to attend the full course.

• Saturday, February 22, 2025; 8:30am – 2:30pm PT | 10:30am – 4:30pm CT | 11:30am – 5:30pm ET
• Sunday, February 23, 2025; 8:30am – 2:30pm PT | 10:30am – 4:30pm CT | 11:30am – 5:30pm ET

This course will be delivered in 2 days of live, interactive learning sessions conducted online via Zoom. Participants receive electronic versions of all resources and tools.

We are intensely focused on humanizing our virtual spaces. We focus on interactivity and connection (these training courses are not webinars), frequent screen and body breaks, and attending to learning, practice, and healing in community with people across the country.

We provide an advance draft of our slide deck 24 hours before the session and enable live transcription and closed captions during the live Zoom session. Our sessions are recorded (absent any technical difficulties) and can be accessed for up to 30 days after the course concludes.

The cost for this workshop is $250 per participant.

Participants will receive a password-protected Zoom link and any other pre-reads and resources prior to the meeting via email. Please add [email protected] to your contacts to ensure you receive course communications.

Registration by credit card on Eventbrite is our preferred method. We are a small (but mighty) organization and processing and collecting check payments for our events has a high administrative impact.

Please visit our registration page on our website for information on paying by check or purchase order and our cancellation and registration transfer policy. Please be sure to reference the registration form specifically for Black Teacher Project events.

Event Venue

Online