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Staff Resources

SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

Anti-Asian Racism Resources

"I Still Believe in Our City" Public Art Campaign by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

LACOE Newsroom: "Addressing Anti-Asian Racism and Discrimination: Resources for Educators"

Toronto District School Board: "Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: A Resource for Educators"

Learning for Justice: "Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings"

Learning for Justice: "How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism"

Stop the Hate: "How to Support Asian and Asian Americans Amid the Recent Wave of Anti-Asian Violence"

NYC Department of Education: "COVID-19 Related Anti-Bias Education Resource Guide"

Anti-Defamation League: "Challenging Anti-Asian Bias and Acting as an Ally"

MGH Institute has pre-recorded webinars available on-demand. The series includes webinars on:

Webinar #1: Anti-Asian Racism during the COVID-19 PandemicWebinar #2: Living Through a Pandemic: Understanding, Coping, and Finding MeaningWebinar #3: Predictable Parenting for Unpredictable Times: Promoting the Success and Wellbeing of Asian and Asian-American Students through COVID-19Webinar #4: The Challenges International Students Face During COVID-19 and How Parents Can Be Supportive (Mandarin session)Webinar #5: Understanding and Supporting Asian International Students during COVID-19Webinar #6: Asian American Parents: Understanding and Supporting LGBTQ+ ChildrenWebinar #7: Anti-Blackness and Racism in the Asian CommunityWebinar #8: Asian Allyship with the Black Community

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Responding to the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Social Emotional Support:

National Education Association: "Talking to Kids About the Attack on the Capitol"

National Association of School Psychologist: "Supporting Marginalized Students in the Context of the 2020 Election: Tips for Educators"

Anti-Defamation League: "11 Ways Schools Can Help Students Feel Safe in Challenging Times"

Dr. Alyssa Hadley-Dunn, Associate Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University: "Resources for teachers on the day after the attack on the Capitol"

Edutopia: "Five Ways to Help Students with Trauma"

Learning for Justice: "When Bad Things Are Happening"

Learning for Justice: "To Sustain the Tough Conversations, Active Listening Must be the Norm"

Facing History and Ourselves: "Fostering Civil Discourse: A Guide for Classroom Conversations"

Colorín Colorado: "The 2020 Election and Beyond: Resources for ELLs"

Educational Resources

NYC Dept. of Education: "January 6th, 2021 Resource Guide"

PBS NewsHour: "Classroom resource: Three ways to teach the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol"

PBS NewsHour: "Fact or Fiction? How can students sort through the misinformation?"

Learning for Justice: "Do Something: Student Tasks"

Twitter @SSChatNetwork: Resource Sharing for January 6

Self Care:

CDC: "Taking Care of Your Emotional Health"

Culturally Responsive Education

"Culturally responsive education is the understanding that children are people, and without building relationships and without understanding children, we can’t teach them.” José Luis Vilson (Math Teacher)

Transforming Public Schools: A Guide to Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education

Zones of Regulation: Equity in SEL

Guidebook to Race & Racism: An Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy

Social Justice Books: The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

Learning for Justice: Race & Ethnicity

Black Lives Matter in Schools

Facing History and Ourselves

PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL GROWTH

Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses 'White Fragility'

University of Washington professor Dr. Robin DiAngelo reads from her book "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism," explains the phenomenon, and discusses how white people can develop their capacity to engage more constructively across race.

How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a timeBaratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on black Americans who have committed the crimes of ... eating, walking or generally "living while black." In this profound, thought-provoking and often hilarious talk, he reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing -- while challenging us all to level up.

"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion": Peggy McIntosh

W. Kamau Bell On Being Black In America

#HatchKids Discuss Microaggressions

Addition videos in this series:

"Empowering Educators: A Convening on Racial Equity in Education"

Hosted by the American University Antiracist Research & Policy Center

00:00:00 – 00:14:00 | Opening Remarks
00:14:00 – 01:12:55 | Session One: Practical & Actionable Guidance for Educators
01:12:55 – 02:29:33 | Keynote: Teaching Humanity with Jason Reynolds
02:33:24 – 03:46:26 | Session Two: The Importance of Antiracist Teaching
03:46:26 – 03:47:41 | Closing Remarks

Created for teachers—by teachers—to bring together content experts and educators from all backgrounds. With an emphasis on fun, engaging, accessible, and free tools for classrooms, these bite-sized opportunities are designed to connect educators with each other and PBS shows, themes, and content.

PBS Virtual Professional Learning Series

Series Highlights:

Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching

- Deepening Your Understanding of Race and Racism
- Using Media to Know Better, Teach Better
- Focusing on Young Learners

Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism

Learning with the Littles: Developing Cultural Awareness

Who Tells Your Story?: Cultivating Inclusive Spaces for Empathy Inquiry

Teaching with Molly of Denali: Culturally Responsive Teaching with Molly

Equity and SEL - What Educators Need to Know and Do

Equity in education requires a physically and emotionally safe and positive school climate for all students. Building strong social and emotional competencies, for both teachers and students, can play a key role in ensuring education equity.

Creating Opportunities through Relationships (COR) Training

The Creating Opportunities through Relationships (COR) learning modules are designed to strengthen teacher-student relationships.

There are five online learning modules that each take approximately 60-90 minutes:
Module 1: The Power of Relationships
Module 2: Building Relationships through Awareness
Module 3: Promoting Safety and Happiness
Module 4: Promoting Feeling Capable and Valued
Module 5: Promoting Engagement in Learning

Knowing your students’ cultures

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-part PBS series on African American history in the US

Asian Americans is a five-part PBS documentary on Asian American history in the US

Latino Americans is a six-part PBS series on Latino American history in the US

Underwater Dreams tells the story of a predominantly Latinx high school and their robotics team

In Kent Nerburn’s Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder, the reader gets to know Native American history and culture through an elder