3101 - Becoming the Educator They Need: Educating Black and Hispanic Males
Robert Jackson
Black and Latino Males are the most misunderstood, suspended and expelled students in K-12 Schools. It's important to understand the thought process of these young men in order to educate them more effectively even during a pandemic. Many of these young men live in fear daily and it comes out in negative ways in their interactions in school settings. This interactive session will give strategies to teach educators and administrators how to become the educator these young men need including affirming them, speaking positive words, teaching them to control emotions and how to turn hard skills into soft skills. This session will also address how young men are wired. Mr. Jackson will be sharing research from his ASCD Gold Excel Award Winning Book, “Becoming the Educator They Need: Mindsets, Strategies and Beliefs for Supporting Male Black and Latino Students. Come join this fun session and learn techniques educators and administrators can use right away.
3102 - Equity from the Top: A district audit to assess the central office equity efforts
Douglas Fisher
Nancy Frey
There are any number of equity audits focused on the school building. These audits provide actionable information that teachers and leaders can use to improve the experiences for students. But schools are part of a larger organization which has been neglected in equity efforts. The central office plays a significant role in establishing an equity agenda, create the climate, using resources, and engaging in governance. This session introduces the six categories that school district leaders can use to evaluate their equity efforts the systems level.
3103 - Equity in Action
Chaunte Garrett
Equity in Action is ensuring safety- physically, emotionally and academically. In this session, participants will understand how to create safe environments for students to thrive. We will explore practical strategies to equity is a reality in every aspect of the student experience.
3104 - Creating Gender Inclusive Schools
Joel Baum
While there has been increased attention paid to LGBT-based bullying in our schools, the fact remains that these vulnerable youth still struggle mightily. A closer look reveals that much of this mistreatment is grounded in issues of gender. Students perceived as failing to meet society’s feminine and masculine ideals are frequently targeted by peers. Gender-based bias is in fact a weapon that is used against many students, regardless of sexuality, gender identity or expression. To be sure, establishing more gender inclusive conditions will support school leaders to meet their charge of ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable transgender and other gender-expansive students; but doing so creates better conditions in which all students can thrive. Educational leaders will leave this session with a clear picture of what a gender inclusive school looks, sounds and feels like, and a tangible roadmap for getting there.
3105 - I am more than what you see: Strategies for really getting to know me!
Ignacio Lopez
In this session participants will learn the differences between self-awareness strategies and simple “check-ins” or getting-to-know-you-efforts, we need to be thinking about how ALL students are learning but also processing their feelings and identities. Teachers will walk away with four strategies to building equitable learning environments (virtual or in-person).
3106 - Ten Essential Questions for Leaders to Better Support, Retain, and Grow Teachers of Color
Mark Teoh
Kevin Malonson
Shareefah Mason
Shontoria Walker
Studies consistently show that teachers of color matter for all students, and especially for students of color. Yet, the proportion of teachers of color in the workforce continues to lag far behind the share of students of color in schools: nationally, 51 percent of students in U.S. public schools are students of color, but just 20 percent of teachers are teachers of color (TOCs). While the hiring of teachers of color continues to grow and even outpace that of white teachers, it is the retention of teachers of color that continues to be a barrier towards a more diverse teaching workforce. Building on research conducted by Teach Plus and the Education Trust, the presenters, which include teacher leaders and researchers, will share learnings on why teachers of color to illuminate teacher of color turnover and effective strategies for retaining them. In this session intended for school, district, and state leaders, teacher leaders will share what they learned from their multi-state, qualitative research on what it would take to disrupt the kinds of school cultures that fail to support, retain, and grow teachers of color. Objectives of the panel: Hear directly from researchers and teachers of color on their research into school cultures. Understand how their resulting research builds on the growing knowledge base of what it would take to improve retention of TOCs. Consider potential ideas and solutions from teachers for better supporting and retaining teachers of color.
3107 - Reimagining Schools as Safety Nets for Access: Social Justice Through SEL
Suzanne Martin
Dr. Martha Lue Stewart
Dr. Mary Little
Numerous reforms have been attempted to improve access in our nation’s educational system post Brown v Board of Education (1954). Included are the Imperative for Education Reform Report where local, state, and federal educational reforms were magnified (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983). On the cusp of its 35th anniversary of its release, the National Assessment on Academic Progress (NAEP, 2019) reported, “fewer than 50% of white students and only between 10-20% of minority students meeting proficiency levels depending on the subject” (n.p.). Further noting, “far too many children and young adults are not well educated, prepared to enter college or the workforce, and ultimately, able to achieve the level of prosperity this nation offers and makes possible for every citizen” (NAEP, 2019, n.p.). The need for collaborative, innovative, and substantive strategies across the curricula is paramount. Contributing factors include, but are not limited to, implicit bias, lasting effects of poverty, lack of culturally responsive teaching and learning pedagogy.
3108 - The BOND Project: Male Educators of Color Creating Spaces for Wellness, Leadership and Equity
Daryl Howard
Desmond Mackall
Rodney Harrison Jr
The BOND (Building Our Network of Diversity) Project is an affinity group that seeks to recruit, develop, retain, and empower male educators of color. With male educators of color being less than 2% of the teaching force nationwide, it is important to highlight the work of initiatives that improve recruitment and retention efforts, developing teacher efficacy, and building self care and inclusionary spaces for educators. Presenting at this ASCD conference aligns with our mission as we elevate the need to create spaces for wellness, leadership and equity. In this session, participants will: 1) Learn the story and mission of the BOND Project, 2) Examine the challenges of male educators of color and the benefits of affinity groups for workforce diversity, and 3) Reflect on wellness, leadership, and equity as vital to successful educators, schools, and student outcomes.
3109 - Culturally Responsive Classrooms: How SEL Supports Diverse Classrooms to Increase Learning
Dr. Marcella Chiromo
Valarie Pearce
In this session, we will identify what a culturally responsive classroom looks like and provide some tangible techniques for schools and teachers. We will discuss the importance of respecting culture in classrooms and schools to increase performance for students of color. We will show participants how SEL techniques not only support diverse classrooms but provide support to teachers and schools in creating a more welcoming environment for students of color.
3201 - The Community Matching Process- Creating Partnerships that Work.
Luis Torres
The participants will engage in a process of gaining access to resources and developing Community Based Organizations. School leaders, teachers, staff, and parents will learn to access the funds and resources necessary to better serve their communities without using the school budget.
3202 - Becoming a More Culturally Responsive Instructional Leader
Ann Cunningham-Morris
Instructional leadership includes a focus on leading curriculum, instruction, and assessment as well as supporting high-quality professional learning for teachers. Instructional leaders are most effective when they have the capacity to engage teachers and build equitable learning communities for culturally and linguistically diverse learners. So, how can school-based and district-level leaders make sure they are integrating culturally responsive practices into their instructional leadership? In this session, participants will examine this question, reflect on their own culturally responsive leadership behaviors, and learn how to develop more culturally responsive teachers.
3203 - Equitable Instructional Practices: Ways to Examine and Redesign Your Teaching
Natalie Pough
In this session, participants will examine and redesign their instructional practices to ensure equitable learning opportunities are presented to all of their students.
3204 - Swimming in Alphabet Soup: How to Optimize Equity for Students with Special Needs
Barbara Boroson
In the world of SPED, we are drowning in a sea of acronyms: IDEA, ESSA, FAPE, RTI, MTSS, SW-PBIS, UDL, IEP, CSE, LRE, BIP, MDR, and many, many more. SOS!!! Let’s dive under the surface and explore what equity and inclusion really mean for students who have special needs. This session will help teachers and ed leaders understand and streamline the essentials of equity and inclusion for students with special needs to ensure smooth sailing for all.
3205 - Advancing Equity in the Midst of Multiple Crisis
Michele Bowers
Michael Dennis
Daryl Camp
Before there was a coronavirus crisis, there was an on-going crisis in education for a majority of students of color. We invite you to join the conversation as we discuss the many historical issues that have impacted educational policies and practices resulting in disparate access, experiences, and learning outcomes. Equally important, we will explore strategies to create educational systems and environments that relevantly engage and meaningfully support our families and students of color.
3206 - Creating Culturally Responsive Literacy Communities for Black and Latinx Youth
Kim Parker
This session will provide an overview of culturally responsive intentional literacy communities--classroom spaces with particular values and actions--that can lead to the literacy success of Black, Latinx, and other students. With an understanding of the components, participants can then think through how to create these settings with students, how to incorporate literacy practices that normalize high achievement, and how to troubleshoot potential pain points during the creation and maintenance of them.
3207 - Say My Name: Advancing towards Cultural Proficiency
Huda Essa
Cultural proficiency is a critical skill sure to expand students' potential for present and future success. When educators obtain the learning required to build cultural proficiency, everyone benefits. This session will provide you with the knowledge necessary to identify where you are now and what is needed to advance forward. The information is applicable to assessing and creating goals for individuals, departments, and entire communities of all sizes.
3208 - Creating a Visually Powerful Racial Identity Statement
Mark Anthony Gooden
Sharon Radd
Gretchen Givens Generett
Equity-minded educators completing racial autobiography find them a useful tool to examine one’s own racial identity, which is a necessary early step toward building an awareness of race, privilege, and institutional systems of racism and other forms of oppression. However, writing one can be a daunting task, especially for those who have not interrogated their own lived racial experiences. A racial identity statement facilitates this process because it is a visually engaging first step to completing the racial autobiography. In this session, we will demonstrate how to use the visually appealing web application Padlet to create an engaging “racial identity statement”. That visual exercise will facilitate the write-up of the narrative as a first step toward building a deep awareness of race and antiracist leadership.
3301 - Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
Shane Safir
Jamila Dugan
Street data is the qualitative and experiential data that emerges at eye level and on lower frequencies when we train our brains to discern it. Street data is asset based, building on culturally responsive education by focusing on what’s right in our students, schools, and communities instead of seeking out what’s wrong. Street data embodies an ethos and a change methodology that will transform how we analyze, diagnose, and assess everything from student learning to district improvement to policy. Join us for this dynamic webinar as authors Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan lay out their transformational model, which will help you shift your focus from satellite-level data (test scores and other metrics) to real-time, on-the-ground stories, experiences, and artifacts.
3302 - Targeted & Tactical: Learning from Leaders in High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools
Kathleen Budge
William Parrett
Little doubt exists that the current pandemic will have the greatest adverse impact on the most vulnerable people in the U.S. and globally. Experts estimate the number of people living in poverty in the U.S. could reach the highest level in recent history. Now, perhaps more than ever, educators need to develop targeted responses to the challenges posed to their students by poverty. Participants in this session will learn about these targeted, tactical actions taken by leaders in high-poverty, high-performing schools to keep equity at the center of their work. They will come to understand that strategies such as integrating SEL, using trauma-sensitive practices, leveraging community partnerships, and supporting self-care are only part of the story. Long term success of these approaches rests on a an unwavering commitment to equity in practice.
3303 - Use What You Got, Start Where You are, Do What You Can...
Kelisa Wing
Too many times, educators want to make a change for the students they serve and be leaders in creating equitable spaces; however, they do not know where to start. This session will empower attendees to gain the knowledge to know what they can do within their sphere of influence to make changes for all students so every child, every where can learn achieve and succeed.
3304 - Rebuilding A Broken Educational System: Taking Action through an Equity Lens
Basil Marin
Jahkari Taylor
This session seeks to increase educator awareness of the need to prioritize equitable practices in school to provide all students with the best opportunities to succeed. Attendees will be exposed to some of the latest research on educational equity centered on culturally responsive teaching and actions teachers can take to eliminate the racial tension and oppressive structures in the classroom. Attendees will gain strategies for eliminating the opportunity gap in their classroom. Attendees will also gain strategies to facilitate social-emotional learning from a trauma-informed perspective. In addition, attendees will gain practical strategies for incorporating culturally responsive approaches to engage culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Silence is not an option, and we all have a role to play in rebuilding the educational broken system.
3305 - How to Strengthen SEL Through EdTech
Chanel Johnson
Participants will apply practical SEL strategies using several tech tools including Flipgrid, Nearpod, and Google Jamboard.
Participant Outcomes:
• Discover ways various tech tools empower the equity of voices.
• Reflect on your own SEL learning
• Apply practical ways to apply SEL using Flipgrid, Nearpod, Google Jamboard
• Practice using these tools and ready to use them in your classroom right away
3306 - School Community Response to Pandemic
Dave Kiyvyra
Terena Swales-Tompkins
Eagle Academy PCS in Washington, DC is situated in a traditionally underserved community with high rates of unemployment and homelessness. While many schools had to limit or reduce special education services, Eagle Academy transitioned quickly and maintained all services for their students. The school has also proactively addressed the heightened community needs during the pandemic by opening daycare facilities and food delivery services, while integrating intensive literacy instruction for students.
3307 - Serving the Whole Child: Supporting Blended Families to Maximize Student Achievement
Ashanti Bryant Foster
Most teachers exhale on Fridays when it's time to practice their self-care away from the campus or computer, but for the split family student, they have to concern themselves with packing up to go to the other parent’s home. As educators, we can use the MEND strategy to provide wrap-around support for 40% of the national student population in separate homes. Easing the post-weekend transition of the whole child requires nurturing great relationships, effective communication, multiple access to the curriculum and a drive for expectation from the school campus. This session provides success stories to show you how to MEND the Whole Child.
3308 - How Teletherapy Really Works!
Sara Smith
E-Therapy shares their wealth of webinar experience in how to make professional development stick with practical activities for creating an engaging and effective online learning environment. Learn strategies for PBIS in the virtual setting and how to help reduce anxiety in students, including mindfulness activity examples and mental health support for parents and educators. This presentation is jam-packed with helpful information and practical strategies you can start using right away.
GS02 - A Chance in the World: The Power of Human Lighthouses
Steve Pemberton
Steve Pemberton is living proof that anything is possible when you have people that never give up on you. These people, human lighthouses as Steve calls them, served as beacons of light that helped him create a life he never dreamt was possible. Steve will share his own story of growing up in the foster care system and overcoming generational poverty to defy his seemingly impossible odds. He’ll share his lessons learned for breaking negative cycles and how through strong relationships and love we can all defy the odds —even when everyone says you don’t have a chance in the world.