Shared Expertise
Goal of this section
Educators create an environment that welcomes all students and families, recognizing that the school belongs to them and the community. School faculty, staff, and administration highlight and center community expertise for learning partnerships.
Family Engagement
~10 mins
"One strategy is bringing families in at the onset of decision making, rather than bringing them in at the end and asking for their reaction"
Leadership, Positive Relationships, Empowering Families, Multi Dimensional Communication , Multi-tiered supports, collaborative problem solving, data-based decision-making
Culturally Responsive and
Anti-Racist Teaching
Anti-Racist Teaching
(~14 min video)
As you watch this video take note on:
What steps could you take to future understand all of your students?
What does anti-racism mean to you and how does that impact your teaching?
In this clip are Jess Stella from SOTA and Audrey Wilson from Mason.
Start at minute 17:44 and end on 23:51
Find other talks like this from the
2020 Race Matters Series
knowledge-sharing_apqc.pdfBreaking Barriers to Knowledge Sharing
by Cindy Hubert and Brittany Lopez
(~10 min read)
As you read, think about:
Are the mechanisms for knowledge sharing and collaboration between educators in your school or district effective?
What do learning partnerships with other educators look like?