On this episode, Janine Gomez, co-founder and executive director at “ I dream Public Charter School,” in Washington D.C., cultivates the skills and mindset Black and Brown students need to pursue their dreams. She has created a school where students fall in love with the challenges of learning, take risks, collaborate with others, and are encouraged to use their gifts for the good of the world. In her own personal experiences growing up, she attended both private and public school, and she saw the stark difference in the way students were cultivated to dream. In this episode she shares the way that she and her coaches center community and family engagement, inquiry-based curriculum, and “dream time.”

World renown author Mandy Froehlich shares practical ways to create a culture of care for both teachers and students to disrupt teacher burnout in a time where digital inequity and COVID are everywhere. Through her experiences as an educational consultant, instructional coach, digital equity expert, and mental health advocate, she reminds us to focus on the small, but impactful wins to gain momentum and create a culture of care.

In this episode, Amber Bolden discusses how she centers staying relevant, challenging her students, and tapping into their greatness. She challenges educators to examine their ask and offer. Are they cultivating learning environments where students are valued because of what they bring? Are teachers developing habits of mind and skills that can sustain and transfer? But, Amber doesn't just ask the questions, she shares her practices and process for implementation.

In this episode Dr. Kelly Ferguson demystifies culturally responsive teaching and shares the practical ways that teachers can move from ideas to implementation. She also shares some very real challenges that culturally responsive teachers may face and how to overcome them.

In this episode Caia Brown shares how she cultivates the next generation of STEM heroes in her multicultural middle-school classrooms. She believes that the ultimate goal is to help students succeed in life beyond succeeding with the curriculum.

In this episode, Briellen Griffin shares the ways that Grow Your Own (GYO) is helping schools build the capacity of their diverse teachers through creating knowledge pipelines and community representation. But, how the heck does that look on the ground? From idea to implementation, she walks us through the amazing work she is doing and talks about how we can pour into each other and grow together.

In this episode, educator and equity consultant, Salandra Grice centers the often overlooked, but important mindset work into our conversations around equity in schools. She brings practical applications of cultural responsiveness and ways for teachers to reflect and take a self, school-based, and cultural audit towards reaching and responding to the needs of every student, every day.

As a resource coordinator, Amy Bedford brings a collaborative, asset-based, and reflexive stance to the work that she does in urban schools. In this episode, she shares the value in having a partnership mindset, the power in building relationships, and practical ways to implement centers as vehicles for critical thinking in classrooms.

Developing the next STEAM leaders and innovators of color is Nadiyah Johnson's passion and purpose as she leads Jet Constellations' Milky Way Tech Initiative [https://themilkywaymke.com/ ]. In this episode, she gives insights into her why, the impact that she is making, and how she connects with schools, community organizations, and business partners.

Special Education Teacher and Instructional Coach, Brandee Johnson shares the way that she waters her students, how she partners with teachers and parents, and how she creates safe learning spaces.