Scott Seider | Associate Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology, Boston College
Scott Seider is an associate professor of applied developmental psychology at the Boston College Lynch School of Education & Human Development. Dr. Seider’s research focuses on the civic development of adolescents, and he has reported on this work in more than 70 academic publications including Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success (2012), which won the American Educational Research Association's outstanding book award in moral development and education. Prior to joining the Boston College faculty, Dr. Seider worked as a teacher-educator at Boston University and as an English teacher in the Boston Public Schools. He serves on advisory boards for EL (Expeditionary Learning) Education, Character.org, the Journal of Adolescent Research, and the Center for Parent & Teen Communication.
Graves, D & Seider, S; Schooling for Critical Consciousness Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice (a hardcopy of the text was provided during Cohort Retreat)
1. Read chapter 1.
2. Choose a chapter (2 - 6) to read based on the work you are planning to focus on for your Equity Impact Initiative. Chapter 1 provides some background on each of the schools featured in chapters 2 - 6.
3. Read chapter 7.
Based on this reading, respond to the following reflection question: What did the pre-work reading get you thinking about or wondering about with regard to your own Equity Impact Initiative?