Centering Student Identity: Learning Partnerships Institute | Aug 12, 2024

Monday, August 12, 2024 | 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Pacific

$800 per person

The Centering Student Identity: Learning Partnerships and Teaching for Equity Institute offers engagement with our signature Learning Partnership framework and draws from the work of our colleague Zaretta Hammond (author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain). Moving from “big picture” conversations about equity to effectively changing classroom practices can be a big hurdle for schools, districts and the individuals who make up those organizations. Learning Partnerships enable educators to build trust with students across differences of identity (race, gender identity, class, family background, life experience, etc.) and leverage that trust in service of increased student engagement and ownership of learning.

The Learning Partnership framework and identity-focused discussion at this applicable to teaching and connecting with students virtually and in-person. This approach is a powerful addition to a teacher’s toolbox (or anyone working with young people) in service of building relationships and providing meaningful support to students.

Characteristics of a learning partnerships:

• Builds capacity to work across dimensions of identity, mindset and skills—of both the learner and leader/teacher
• Focuses on the goal of accelerating the learning (and learning capacity) of both the learner and the leader/teacher
• Uses a “focal student” approach where the teacher focuses on shifting their relationship and approach with a small number of students outside the “sphere of success” in service of learning to shift outcomes for larger groups of students

Participants will receive pre-reads and resources prior to the meeting via email. Please add [email protected] to your contacts to ensure you receive course communications. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

We are intensely focused on humanizing our spaces. We focus on interactivity and connection by providing frequent body breaks, and attending to learning, practice, and healing in community.

In an effort to create accessible spaces for everyone, we ask that participants refrain from wearing scented products such as perfume/colognes, hair products, cosmetics, and scented lotions while attending our event, as these products can trigger serious health issues for those with fragrance allergies and/or chemical sensitivities. For more information on being fragrance-free, visit this Fragrance Free Toolkit.

B y registering for this event, participants agree to the COVID-19 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND LIABILITY WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS and the National Equity Project In-Person Health & Safety Policy

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