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Ep. 2 I See My Call As Being A Disruptor - Introducing, Dia Bryant
Dia Bryant's interests in education sparked when she was just four years old, but her passion was set a full blaze upon setting foot in a New York City classroom in 2004 when she began her first year as a New York City Teaching Fellow. After serving in the capacities of teacher, math coach and new teacher trainer, Dia realized she had a growing appetite for solving complex problems in communities that mirrored life in her hometown, Detroit. Urban education would serve as an integral part of life for eight years before she founded and led Vista Academy in 2013, a middle school serving East New York Brooklyn focused on quality academics and character education.
Though many children thrived in Dia's classrooms, she found it hard to ignore the deep-seated inequities that created variance across districts, neighborhoods, schools, and classrooms. These inequities often served as the root cause of poor student achievement, large amounts of teacher turnover, punitive discipline practices, low expectations, and inherently opportunity gaps. These factors drove her to continue her studies, and has inspired her to more deeply center courageous equity, in pursuit of excellent schools. Most recently she sees racial and socioeconomic integration an integral lever for change in human capital, systems design, curriculum, and disciplinary practices.
Upon Graduation in 2020, Dia intends to impact a major American city in her quest to create diverse and equitable learning environments for children, adults, families, and communities.
Learn more about Dia Bryant: https://rides.gse.harvard.edu/people/dia-n-bryant
Share your thoughts and follow Klay on your favorite social media: @PlanAwithKlay and use the hashtag #PlanA101. Want more Plan A? Subscribe to Klay's website: KlaySWilliams.com Have a story to share and would like to be considered as a future guest on Plan A Konversations? Email our team: [email protected].
Want to support Plan A Konversations? If you find value in what you’ve heard, feel free to support the podcast and contribute whatever is comfortable for you HERE. Thank you!
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By Klay S. WilliamsDia Bryant's interests in education sparked when she was just four years old, but her passion was set a full blaze upon setting foot in a New York City classroom in 2004 when she began her first year as a New York City Teaching Fellow. After serving in the capacities of teacher, math coach and new teacher trainer, Dia realized she had a growing appetite for solving complex problems in communities that mirrored life in her hometown, Detroit. Urban education would serve as an integral part of life for eight years before she founded and led Vista Academy in 2013, a middle school serving East New York Brooklyn focused on quality academics and character education.
Though many children thrived in Dia's classrooms, she found it hard to ignore the deep-seated inequities that created variance across districts, neighborhoods, schools, and classrooms. These inequities often served as the root cause of poor student achievement, large amounts of teacher turnover, punitive discipline practices, low expectations, and inherently opportunity gaps. These factors drove her to continue her studies, and has inspired her to more deeply center courageous equity, in pursuit of excellent schools. Most recently she sees racial and socioeconomic integration an integral lever for change in human capital, systems design, curriculum, and disciplinary practices.
Upon Graduation in 2020, Dia intends to impact a major American city in her quest to create diverse and equitable learning environments for children, adults, families, and communities.
Learn more about Dia Bryant: https://rides.gse.harvard.edu/people/dia-n-bryant
Share your thoughts and follow Klay on your favorite social media: @PlanAwithKlay and use the hashtag #PlanA101. Want more Plan A? Subscribe to Klay's website: KlaySWilliams.com Have a story to share and would like to be considered as a future guest on Plan A Konversations? Email our team: [email protected].
Want to support Plan A Konversations? If you find value in what you’ve heard, feel free to support the podcast and contribute whatever is comfortable for you HERE. Thank you!