Leading Equity

Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools Workshop

About Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D.

Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an award-winning associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education, Black girl literacies, and Black and Latinx male high school students. A sought-after speaker on issues of race, culturally responsive pedagogy, and diversity, Sealey-Ruiz works with K-12 and higher education school communities to increase their racial literacy knowledge and move toward more equitable school experiences for their Black and Latinx students. Sealey-Ruiz appeared in Spike Lee’s “2 Fists Up: We Gon’ Be Alright”, a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Yolanda is also the editor of three books on education, and numerous scholarly articles and essays.

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• Black Lives Matter Seminar
• Advancing racial literacy
• Digital Activism
• The armchair activist
• The fear of losing my job because of my social media posts

Connect with Yolanda

Yolandasealeyruiz.com

IG: yolie_sealeyruiz

Twitter: RuizSealey

Books

Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces

Love From the Vortex and Other Poems

Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools Workshop

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Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools Workshop

About Lauren Shallish, Ph.D.

Dr. Lauren Shallish teaches courses on critical disability studies, DisCrit, and inclusive K-16 education at The College of New Jersey (Trenton State).  She previously worked as Chief of Staff at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, in the Office of Special Education at DC Public Schools, and as a qualitative research assistant for the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia University.  She and her husband Justin are foster parents in Mercer County and actively engaged in the local Division for Child Protection and Permanency. 

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• Students who have had experience in foster care
• Recentering the child first
• Resource parents
• Supporting students with online learning
• Racial demographics of students with experience in foster care
• Reunification of families and kinship
• Cultural responsiveness in resource homes
• Relationship building in resource homes
• Funding available for schools

Connect with Lauren

[email protected]

Supporting students in Foster Care

Resources for Parents with Children in Foster Care 

Supports for Foster Families

Books about Foster Care

Children's books about Foster Care

Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools Workshop

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About Tracy Piper, Ed.D.

Each day brings a new opportunity to serve the community. Dr. Piper's work is focused on improving outcomes for all students, especially those from underserved groups. She provides leadership in examining practices that create inclusive systems to support students, staff and families.

Dr. Piper began her career as a stockbroker and changed careers to bring positive changes to her community in education. She has served as a teacher, site administrator and district administrator. With degrees from Northeastern Illinois University, California State University and University of LaVerne she has worked in public schools for 20 years.

She has twin daughters and lives in southern California with three lovable rescue dogs. She serves on the Boards of California Association of Pupil Personnel Administrators (CAPPA) and the Center Against Sexual Assault (CASA).

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• The school to prison pipeline
• Zero tolerance policies
• In-school suspensions
• Vulnerable decision points
• Alternatives to suspensions
• Student and teacher dynamics

Connect with Tracy

In-school suspensions the answer to school discipline? Not necessarily, experts say

Twitter: @drtracypiper

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About Anne Burns Thomas, Ph.D.

Dr. Anne Burns Thomas is a professor in the Foundations and Social Advocacy Department at SUNY Cortland and is the Coordinator of Cortland’s Urban Recruitment of Educators (C.U.R.E.) Scholarship and Program. Since 2006, she has secured more than $1,000,000 in support of the C.U.R.E. Program at SUNY Cortland. Her research interests are teacher diversity in policy and practice in teacher education and district contexts.

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• Scholarship to recruit more teachers of color
• Interest in recruiting teachers of color
• Challenging the “Good Enough” in teacher diversity efforts
• Strict application processes that limit opportunities for a diverse applicant pool
• Do principals really get it?
• Excuses, “we can’t find qualified teachers of color.”
• Suggestions to recruit beyond “Good Enough” efforts

Connect with Anne

Twitter: @aburnsthomas 

Web: www.cortland.edu/cure

“Please Hire More Teachers of Color”: Challenging the “Good Enough” in Teacher Diversity Efforts 

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About Kirk Kirkwood, Ph.D.

With over 20 years of educational experience, Dr. Kirkwood has a broad range of expertise in fund development, program design, and implementation.  He is a graduate of UC Riverside and received his Master of Arts in Education from Claremont Graduate School of Education, a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary, and completed his Doctoral studies in P – 12 Educational Leadership from California State University, Fullerton.  Dr. Kirkwood is the Southern California Regional Director of CalStateTEACH--the California State University System's statewide credential program. 

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• Kirkwood’s story of understanding the value of learning math
• Challenges with math literacy
• A Nation at Risk
• What we can do to foster math literacy

Connect with Kirk

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REGISTER FOR THE LEADING EQUITY VIRTUAL SUMMIT: THE ART OF ADVOCACY

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REGISTER FOR THE LEADING EQUITY VIRTUAL SUMMIT: THE ART OF ADVOCACY

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REGISTER FOR THE LEADING EQUITY VIRTUAL SUMMIT: THE ART OF ADVOCACY

About Lacrecia Terrance

Lacrecia Terrance, owner and CEO of theEduProject, An advocate of comprehensive education for all students with a particular interest in children of color. Lacrecia, has been in the education field as a certified educator for 20 years with more than eleven years of her tenure in administrative capacities. Having served in every level of education including; a teacher, Academic Dean, Principal, High School Director, Instructional Coordinator, District STEM Director , National Faculty Member, and now Lead Educational Consultant for theEduProject and Adaptivex. 

As a leader for change, Lacrecia has had the opportunity to learn and deconstruct systems necessary to enforce education equity, ethically and without liability through these experiences. While strengthening her skills in curriculum research, and designing high impact learning experiences, she continues to impact students and teachers around the world. 

To provide Parents with the best guidance on how to connect home and school during COVID-19, Lacrecia was inspired to launch #HomeEdConnect. This initiative empowers families and students to learn together. The online forum is filled with resources, strategies, demonstrations, online academic chats, weekly challenges, and more!  

Follow her journey Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @LTEduProject. Visit our website at www.theEduProject.org. Coming Soon EdPodChats. 

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• Unschooling
• Getting started with unschooling
• Project Based Learning
• Providing oversite to students at home
• Benefits of unschooling
• Resources available for unschooling

Connect with Lacrecia

The Edu Project

Twitter: @LTEduProject

Connect with me on Instagram: @sheldoneakins