Transforming School Culture and Curriculum: Centering Equity Roots ConnectED Virtual 1 Day Institute

Join us for a day of learning and collaboration as we dive into transforming school culture and curriculum to center equity in education.
About this Event

Spend one day in our Educational Institute, and change every day of teaching. Join us for an inspiring journey into the transformative Roots ConnectED . Designed for teachers, community leaders, and advocates committed to fostering inclusive learning environments, this session will provide practical tools and insights to effectively address bias and promote equity in educational settings through shifts in school culture and curriculum.

Why?

You know that advancing educational equity requires transforming school spaces and working to center marginalized voices. ‘Transforming School Culture and Curriculum: Centering Equity’ is a day dedicated to how we can prioritize practices that disrupt dominant culture through consistent effort to create spaces of belonging. This makes way for students to have access to various forms of learning success.

As a participant in this Institute, you will be given the space to cultivate a human and love centered mindset while practicing the use of anti-bias tools. You will leave with more confidence, experience and resources to support your journey as an educator

What?

In this transformative one-day professional development session we will share how you can do this important work through lessons and practical examples of how to build community, increase representation in curriculum, cultivate critical thinking skills, and provide multiple pathways to learning. With our Anti-Bias Education Framework as a foundation, together we will realize not only your capacity, but that of your students’, to create change.

Participants will:

Build fluency with the Roots ConnectED Anti-Bias Education Framework and examples of how it lives in personal teaching development, classroom culture and curriculum.
Reflect on why and how to increase engagement through curriculum and in classroom conversations by ensuring students see themselves represented and providing space to authentically learn about others.
Reflect on implications for practice and how to take the learning from this session to create authentic moments, experiences, and lessons where students can ask critical questions and see themselves as agents of change.
Co-create, plan and practice navigating conversations and learning experiences to prepare for working with students.

How?

Experience the impact of an interactive adult learning space that models, and is informed by, the Roots ConnectED Anti-Bias Framework. You will build connections with other educators, learn about and reflect on curricular examples, participate in dynamic small group discussion, and engage with whole group questions and facilitated spaces to share practice. Learning tools include:

case studies and best practices
skill building scenario work
reflection and action planning

Who?

Any teachers, school leaders, instructional coaches or educators passionate about promoting inclusivity and equity in educational settings through personal and collective action.

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